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denverbill

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4. Actually, Mitch, liberalism always wins in the end.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Fri Mar 15, 2013, 10:36 AM

Mar 2013

We got rid of monarchy, we got rid of slavery, we got women the vote, we got universal education, we got kids out of coal mines, we got 40 hour work weeks, we got Social Security and Medicare.

Conservatives are working to undo every one of those things. Sometimes, they succeed. Mostly, they fail, because by and large, people want America to be a better place.

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Mad Turtle Disease [View all] marmar Mar 2013 OP

�and restore the American ideal� magellan Mar 2013 #1

The Tortoise is scum Angry Dragon Mar 2013 #2

He represents one of the last of the Strom Thurmond rethuglicans. After Congress is purged of him mfcorey1 Mar 2013 #3

Actually, Mitch, liberalism always wins in the end. denverbill Mar 2013 #4

It just takes conservatives about 10 years to wrap their heads around a liberal idea and either... Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2013 #5

I'd give it more like 150 years. They are mostly over losing slavery by now. denverbill Mar 2013 #6

Only the one on the right is "mad". CosmicDustBunny Mar 2013 #7

Is that Churchy LaFemme? (On the left.) Demoiselle Mar 2013 #8

if you looked like him olddots Mar 2013 #9

He simply said "Obamacare should be repealed." "Root and branch" was his lunch order. 11 Bravo Mar 2013 #10