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albacore

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10. Every election since 1980 is/was make-or-break. And look what we've had.

Reply to GreenEyedLefty (Reply #2)

Mon May 2, 2022, 11:43 PM

May 2022

Obama and Clinton brought us out of Repub recessions and put the country on its feet again. Biden is trying to do the same.
Reagan, Bush, Bush, and trump brought us disaster... the death of the Middle Class, wars of choice, debt, and polarization thru fear.
Looking back... 1980 was the beginning of the end of our little experiment.

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Is it a realistic possibility... [View all] LiberatedUSA May 2022 OP

Well, the nutcases pretty much control the South Just_Vote_Dem May 2022 #1

Every election is make or break GreenEyedLefty May 2022 #2

Every election since 1980 is/was make-or-break. And look what we've had. albacore May 2022 #10

The rebirth of nullification. roamer65 May 2022 #3

MJ legalization is nothing like nullification. MJ legalization is a change to STATE law and kelly1mm May 2022 #8

It is a milder form. roamer65 May 2022 #9

No, its really not. There is much history to nullification if you want to read up on it. There are kelly1mm May 2022 #11

I don't see it that way. pwb May 2022 #4

Unfortunately, yes, for a lot of reasons Diablo del sol May 2022 #5

If the GOP controls Congress they'll go for national ban JenniferJuniper May 2022 #6

I don't think you'd see a split... regnaD kciN May 2022 #7