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EnergizedLib

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17. So, if we lose in 2020

Reply to genxlib (Reply #14)

Sun Nov 10, 2024, 03:08 PM

Nov 2024

Maybe we win Tuesday, but maybe we lose four years or eight years from now. This hurts now, but you never know what kind of victories we could be celebrating in 2026/2028.

We’re not going to win every election and we’re not going to lose every election. Damage will be done, but we’ll be able to make our impact again, too.

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One phrase I have barely seen mentioned this week is COVID 19 [View all] genxlib Nov 2024 OP

Congress, particularly (R) side, made it all worse with STIM Bills bucolic_frolic Nov 2024 #1

On the contrary, those were GOOD things. alarimer Nov 2024 #8

Totally disagree. Inflation was too much money chasing too few goods. bucolic_frolic Nov 2024 #9

Oh, I saw Covid mentioned, in the context of how fucked we are now that RockRaven Nov 2024 #2

Hard to disagree. intrepidity Nov 2024 #3

You don't see/hear, "nobody is above the law" any more. nt Hotler Nov 2024 #4

Because it's true in theory EnergizedLib Nov 2024 #7

Trump would likely have won in 2020 without covid EdmondDantes_ Nov 2024 #5

I don't disagree. genxlib Nov 2024 #11

I think Biden won because of COVID alarimer Nov 2024 #6

I don't disagree with you genxlib Nov 2024 #10

The Trump regime was also completely unrealistic about the pandemic. keep_left Nov 2024 #12

I think Fauci would be best served by just retiring quietly genxlib Nov 2024 #15

Yeah, you're right--someone else should shoulder that responsibility. keep_left Nov 2024 #16

This hurts EnergizedLib Nov 2024 #13

I can't say I know for sure that MAGA was waning at that time genxlib Nov 2024 #14

So, if we lose in 2020 EnergizedLib Nov 2024 #17