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BannonsLiver

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6. Totally agree on all counts.

Reply to FHRRK (Reply #3)

Fri Aug 15, 2025, 10:53 PM

Aug 2025

The “we go high when they go low” and “my honorable friend across the aisle” eras are over. This is a bubble and not reflective of the outside world. In the outside world people can call Trump whatever they want and not worry about sanctimonious blather and condemnation for communicating how people actually communicate.

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we go high was a disaster for the party, except for the elites nt msongs Aug 2025 #1

I said that, more or less, Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #16

we bring water balloons to a nuclear war. It is embarrassing and has been for many years. NewHendoLib Aug 2025 #2

We can push blames to politicians, but IMO it is our own damn fault FHRRK Aug 2025 #3

You can't fight back without using offensive terms? leftstreet Aug 2025 #4

Seriously! FHRRK Aug 2025 #12

That's likely been said more than a million times Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #17

Totally agree on all counts. BannonsLiver Aug 2025 #6

No shit. dalton99a Aug 2025 #8

Two years ago? In 2016 Hillary Clinton called Trump a puppet of Putin during a debate, why would betsuni Aug 2025 #19

I see we're going through the blame Obama phase of introspection again tman Aug 2025 #5

Kick dalton99a Aug 2025 #7

The New York Times is on the case! LudwigPastorius Aug 2025 #9

No sarcasm smiley? live love laugh Aug 2025 #10

Didn't think it necessary, as the NYT Pitchbot Twitter account is itself a parody. LudwigPastorius Aug 2025 #11

when has Jia Lynn Yang ever written about ANYTHING our party has done right? bigtree Aug 2025 #13

Is this about Republicans being the exciting fun party that lets you stay up late watching horror movies and betsuni Aug 2025 #14

He killed three people with a fucking pencil TheBlackAdder Aug 2025 #15

We need those pencils though, how else is Chuck gonna write his strongly worded letters? Lancero Aug 2025 #18