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thucythucy

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1. It's so much easier to win elections

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2026, 03:37 PM

11 hrs ago

if you have no problem with lying, cheating, and breaking the law. A huge tolerance for hypocrisy also helps.

That's the real disadvantage Democrats face. They're not willing to be as duplicitous and smarmy as Republicans.

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Republicans Learned What Democrats Forgot [View all] applegrove 11 hrs ago OP

It's so much easier to win elections thucythucy 11 hrs ago #1

Also, "R" voters are gullible and weak-minded. They yearn to be told what to think and do. FoxNewsSucks 11 hrs ago #2

And have access to the tools that flood the zone Johonny 10 hrs ago #5

Important truth: People vote on emotion. dalton99a 11 hrs ago #3

This is so true Scubamatt 10 hrs ago #7

and tRump IS THE BEST AT IT. a kennedy 10 hrs ago #4

Well Repubs have a fully devoted highly rated TV network, all of talk radio, underpants 10 hrs ago #6

That you'll never go broke underestimating.....? ColoringFool 10 hrs ago #8

Republicans don't care about actually governing, tanyev 8 hrs ago #9

"The message is clear: Those liberals are coming for you and your family. Though you are the truest Americans, betsuni 6 hrs ago #10