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In reply to the discussion: Democrats are way way way too nice to all Republican assholes. It's been like that for way too long [View all]mtnsnake
(22,236 posts)41. Your are right. The press was way too easy on him, too, especially early on.
No doubt about it. The press ended up loving his bullshit because of the ratings they got out of it. The so called liberal press (yeah right, liberal my ass) were a bunch of wusses.
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Democrats are way way way too nice to all Republican assholes. It's been like that for way too long [View all]
mtnsnake
Nov 2020
OP
You would think, right. I mean, Dems are all that more smart than the right, yet nothing. Always.
LizBeth
Nov 2020
#3
Take the higher road, move along, get on with taking care of the people and fixing all the things
LizBeth
Nov 2020
#21
HRC did and that is just one more disappointment. I think she would have been very tough.
LizBeth
Nov 2020
#23
The article said it was Palmieri who said it. Hillary took the high road just like the rest of them
mtnsnake
Nov 2020
#8
Did she ever call him a LIAR to his face during those debates? NO, at least not that I remember
mtnsnake
Nov 2020
#16
Biden was one of the very few Democrats who pasted Trump good. Where was everyone else tho?
mtnsnake
Nov 2020
#22
The only way to change lots of minds is to make things like lying a big issue.
JoeOtterbein
Nov 2020
#25
nobody is changing minds. The ones that went after Clinton are the ones supporting Trump
JI7
Nov 2020
#32
Changing minds is best achieved when we focus on an issue and pile on the repubs...
JoeOtterbein
Nov 2020
#37
Sanders and Hillary aside, we are way too nice when it comes to dealing with Repub assholes.
mtnsnake
Nov 2020
#38
There is no "we" here. The problem is the white community which wants to ignore racism
JI7
Nov 2020
#40
I've got not problem with what you're saying. But, do you think our Party is tough enough when
mtnsnake
Nov 2020
#45
If that was call calling out his shit, then it's no wonder he got away with his lies.
mtnsnake
Nov 2020
#9
He got away with it becsuse those that support him don't care about his lies. His white racist supp
JI7
Nov 2020
#12
Maybe if we tried harder to stop his lies than we did, maybe he wouldn't have had
mtnsnake
Nov 2020
#35
I've never ignored white racism. That's just not what I intended my post to be about.
mtnsnake
Nov 2020
#42
And what's anyone doing now about him, JI7, other than taking his shit with a glass of water?
mtnsnake
Nov 2020
#13
Yes, Biden beat him soundly, but it doesn't change the fact that our talking heads are too soft
mtnsnake
Nov 2020
#18
"Republicans on the national level get to bully everyone else without consequences."
mtnsnake
Nov 2020
#27
That's the key. Nip lies in the bud. Media have been the major culprit on this, however.
ancianita
Nov 2020
#53