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alarimer

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3. Liberals have abandoned the working class

Reply to Ferd Berfel (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 08:37 AM

Mar 2016

as well as the poor. THIS is why so Trump is so popular. It's not racism, it's that liberals (starting with Bill Clinton) have abandoned them and the New Deal, in favor of some Third Way bullshit. This is also why Bernie resonates so much and what pisses me off most about Hillary.

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Beware the Blue State Model: How the Democrats Created a "Liberalism of the Rich" [View all] Ferd Berfel Mar 2016 OP

Eh? ChazInAz Mar 2016 #1

Thomas Frank isn't a conservative. Odin2005 Mar 2016 #2

Liberals have abandoned the working class alarimer Mar 2016 #3

I second your post nt moonbabygo Mar 2016 #4

EXACTLY - I 3rd the post Ferd Berfel Mar 2016 #5

Agree. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #6

Disagree With His Premise erpowers Mar 2016 #7