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LeftInTX

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8. I was only 12 in 1968, so all I've ever known in splitting in the Dem party.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #7)

Sun Nov 20, 2016, 04:44 PM

Nov 2016

(I don't count 1960 and 64 cuz I was too young to pay attention to inter-party issues)

1968 was a clusterfuck. Some of it beyond our control. Johnson didn't run. Bobby was killed. There was the Eugene McCarthy/Humphrey mess.

The Republican party was split as hell this year and they won.

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A Black Comedy of Errors [View all] MineralMan Nov 2016 OP

Not a downer - realistic. My mood hasn't improved since election night. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2016 #1

Never give up. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #2

Sorry, but I'm not interested in any sort of marginal splinter movement MineralMan Nov 2016 #3

It's not "marginal" or "splinter." The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #4

To tell you the truth, I'm dropping out of organized MineralMan Nov 2016 #5

If you look back at history, this crap really is kind of normal. gulliver Nov 2016 #6

I know. I spent most of my adult life with Nixon, Reagan and Bushes. MineralMan Nov 2016 #7

I was only 12 in 1968, so all I've ever known in splitting in the Dem party. LeftInTX Nov 2016 #8

The Republican Party had one principal candidate. MineralMan Nov 2016 #9

I hear you. LeftInTX Nov 2016 #12

But, the difference between then and now LeftInTX Nov 2016 #10

The Republicans figured out basic populism as a strategy. MineralMan Nov 2016 #11

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing," said Edmund Burke The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #13

"everyone who is young to wake up and get smart really quickly" Martin Eden Nov 2016 #14