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JHB

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5. There's a difference between "running in liberal circles" and...

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Tue Aug 15, 2023, 08:05 AM

Aug 2023

...having liberal principles. The latter has toots that keep you grounded. The former can be shallow and a lot easier to flip; it's the stuff that makes "a conservative is a liberal who got mugged" possible.

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Co-conspirator Ken Chesebro once "ran in liberal circles." [View all] Auggie Aug 2023 OP

sketchy description "running on liberal circles" Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #1

Working on behalf of Al Gore is bullshit? Auggie Aug 2023 #2

"six contested states"? These cheaters worked from that assumption bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 #3

Something, no doubt, convinced him he was downtrodden. Scrivener7 Aug 2023 #4

There's a difference between "running in liberal circles" and... JHB Aug 2023 #5

On the other hand, some with deep roots in ideology can swing just as far in the opposite direction EYESORE 9001 Aug 2023 #6

Not so much on the other hand, since their roots are in the extremism, not the principles JHB Aug 2023 #7

Also Michael Savage EYESORE 9001 Aug 2023 #8