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JHB

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9. The policies they want, that their backers want, are not popular...

Reply to Jakes Progress (Original post)

Mon Feb 8, 2021, 11:41 AM

Feb 2021

...so they can't run on the "strength" of those.

They need to ride on a cushion of foam and bile to take and maintain power. It's how they've done it for decades.

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Why do republican politicians act this way? [View all] Jakes Progress Feb 2021 OP

Acting is the actual problem. LakeArenal Feb 2021 #1

There should be a new comic strip called Waqqy Toons.. ananda Feb 2021 #2

I think so. It took me a long time, and reading some books, to accept this. Mike 03 Feb 2021 #3

I used to have republican friends. Jakes Progress Feb 2021 #4

More or less. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2021 #5

Cruz is such an obvious sneeze Jakes Progress Feb 2021 #6

This makes me think of the Al Franken quote about Ted Cruz... smirkymonkey Feb 2021 #7

I thought it was going to be the time he called Cruz a "world-class butthole" Act_of_Reparation Feb 2021 #8

The policies they want, that their backers want, are not popular... JHB Feb 2021 #9