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1. The Republicans started 40 years ago running for any local elected office they could find.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 11:29 PM

Feb 2014

Dog catcher, school board, "city commission" in one horse towns, anything. And worked their way up to President. That is how they managed to get into position of power to make the mess they have. Democrats still have not really learned that lesson.

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The Lone Ranger never existed, and neither do magic silver bullets [View all] struggle4progress Feb 2014 OP

The Republicans started 40 years ago running for any local elected office they could find. RC Feb 2014 #1

There's a choir? Where? I missed it! hunter Feb 2014 #2

Oh yes he did, and he was a black man named Bass Reeves . . . brush Feb 2014 #3

I learned about Mr. Reeves a couple of years ago. gordianot Feb 2014 #4

Interstin man. But seems to me we'd honor Reeves best by rememberin him as himself, rather than struggle4progress Feb 2014 #6

I agree brush Feb 2014 #9

However claims that he never existed do not serve his memory at all, they deny it. Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #12

Howabout Jesus? Wanna go there? Electric Monk Feb 2014 #5

Doesn't look like a particularly productive topic of conversation to me struggle4progress Feb 2014 #8

this is an odd poll Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #7

It made perfectly good sense to me at the time struggle4progress Feb 2014 #10

here within your reach Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #11

The Lone Ranger is the Green Hornets grandfather. NT el_bryanto Feb 2014 #13

That's what they say struggle4progress Feb 2014 #15

and the Lone Ranger wasn't alone KurtNYC Feb 2014 #14