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ms liberty

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9. No, it started with that ahole Lee Atwater. But the rest of your rant, yes.

Reply to 4bonhoffer (Original post)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:19 AM

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Mr liberty and I have several acronyms that we use in public and private. For example,
I HA is I hate Amurika or Amurikins, when appropriate. I am hereby announcing a new acronym for the fam:

I HATT SM: I hate this timeline so much.

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It started with Karl Rove [View all] 4bonhoffer Yesterday OP

Well written! Chasstev365 Yesterday #1

Diversity IS our strength, so thank you for that. democrank Yesterday #2

Yep. Atwater - a real slime ball. NewHendoLib Yesterday #3

Yup, they're all Ground Zero for this. GoCubsGo Yesterday #5

Let's not forget to give some credit to Roger Ailes. rubbersole Yesterday #6

Here is another one from Karl Rove which seems very relevant today. markodochartaigh Yesterday #4

Before alternative facts we had Rove's "We create our own reality." surfered Yesterday #7

Sure, Rove was all about portraying heroes as cowards, 70sEraVet Yesterday #8

No, it started with that ahole Lee Atwater. But the rest of your rant, yes. ms liberty Yesterday #9

it started w fox news. none of their blather mattered until it was presented w/o facts/reality. mopinko Yesterday #10

Don't forget Max Cleland Beatlelvr Yesterday #11

Yes, it did. happy feet Yesterday #12