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JHB

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1. Leaves out two things...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2020, 09:08 AM

Aug 2020

1) Republicans started down this lockstep partisanship path decades ago. Conservatives were ready to attack and oust any pol who couldn't get with their program. Voting across the aisle was treated as fraternizing with The Enemy. Even before the 2008 primaries, Republicans were telegraphing that they'd vote in Soviet Politburo-grade lockstep to block initiatives by a Democratic president.

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