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RKP5637

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6. It's incredible how so much has changed. I've also felt over the years the democratic party has

Reply to Initech (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 13, 2016, 11:53 PM

Dec 2016

abandoned the hard core industrialized areas they used to support. When I was a kid the unions, blue collar and industrial areas were pretty much all hard working democrats. How that has changed. I'm not surprised Trump won those areas.

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OUR Nuclear Option [View all] Chasstev365 Dec 2016 OP

It Won't Be The Last Time SoCalMusicLover Dec 2016 #1

I've been so fed up I switched to Unaffiliated as have many. I still vote democratic, but I'm fed up RKP5637 Dec 2016 #2

So were my grandparents. BigDemVoter Dec 2016 #3

My grandparents were Michigan blue collar liberals their whole lives. Initech Dec 2016 #4

It's incredible how so much has changed. I've also felt over the years the democratic party has RKP5637 Dec 2016 #6

Yeah my grandpa was a union guy until he retired. Initech Dec 2016 #7

It's stunning how people fell for the Trump propaganda sitting in his golden tower saying RKP5637 Dec 2016 #12

It reminds me of George Carlin's infamous "big club" monologue. Initech Dec 2016 #14

I wish George Carlin were were still around. He was great and always spoke the absolute truth! RKP5637 Dec 2016 #16

It's so sad. The GOP wants to turn the US into a dystopian society. I still think many Americans RKP5637 Dec 2016 #5

Yeah conservatives just don't get it. Initech Dec 2016 #9

I think there are a fair number that would like to ride around in armed gangs taking parts of the RKP5637 Dec 2016 #15

Brilliant solution! Withholding all money from all Dems is almost as brilliant pnwmom Dec 2016 #8

Ignore All Shortcomings SoCalMusicLover Dec 2016 #10

Slam all Dems with a broad brush. Threaten all of them. pnwmom Dec 2016 #11

OK, but how do we reconcile Bettie Dec 2016 #18

Either the threat to do that is genuine or it's a stance/bargaining position el_bryanto Dec 2016 #13

If the Democratic Party doesn't oppose this existential threat, to hell with it. (nt) Paladin Dec 2016 #17