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exboyfil

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6. I don't remember the Vietnam protests

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 11, 2020, 08:22 PM

Nov 2020

but those rate right up there as well. The 1960 and early 1970s were very chaotic.

The intellectual and administrative skill level of Republican presidents drops every time since Eisenhower with maybe a slight bump for GHWB. If the trend line continues the next Republican president will either be Eric Trump or Roseanne Barr.

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The only thing that comes close in my memory... Binkie The Clown Nov 2020 #4

I don't remember the Vietnam protests exboyfil Nov 2020 #6

Oh God. Not Roseanne grab her crotch while singing the anthem Barr. Daaaann! The show sucked too. Evolve Dammit Nov 2020 #8

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