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Tarheel_Dem

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6. I certainly agree with you, however, these are not normal times. I began really paying attention...

Wed Jul 16, 2014, 01:35 PM

Jul 2014

in the Clinton years. Up until then, I just voted a straight Dem ticket, every election (still do). Believe it or not, Republicans weren't always crazy. These are not your grandfather's Republicans. I think the rise of talk radio, the blogosphere, and Fox News, makes it damn near impossible to do the work of "We the People".

I also think the current GOP wants to punish Obama voters aka "The 47%" for having the audacity to choose him over what they offered up as an alternative. When you think about it, they're doing just that. From minority voting rights, women's rights, gun rights to everything the 47% cares about is under attack, and that's deliberate.

Things like the debt ceiling, highway funding, etc. used to be routine. But the current GOP never wastes an opportunity to oppose ANY & ALL things this President asks for. That's not the norm.

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