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scarletwoman

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4. And that's the difference between the Republican mind and the Democratic mind in a nutshell.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jan 27, 2018, 12:10 PM

Jan 2018

Republicans: show them a bogeyman and they'll come running, salivating like Pavlov's dog, because they're wired to respond to fear.

Democrats: show them a social/community problem and they'll want to rise up to solve it, because they're wired to respond to human needs.

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Poll: North Korea is top issue for Republican voters in 2018 midterms [View all] DonViejo Jan 2018 OP

Christ. liberalnarb Jan 2018 #1

Yeah well an interesting survey would be to determine which of those repub voters have severe Kashkakat v.2.0 Jan 2018 #2

BOOM! Ligyron Jan 2018 #5

Let them all enlist in the invading force bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #3

That will never happen. They will fight to the last drop of someone else's blood. kairos12 Jan 2018 #8

And that's the difference between the Republican mind and the Democratic mind in a nutshell. scarletwoman Jan 2018 #4

This should be an OP..... pangaia Jan 2018 #7

What a pack of fools! workinclasszero Jan 2018 #6

Ginned up confrontation not fooled Jan 2018 #9

Are you effing kidding me? Hard to stay optimistic when you see harun Jan 2018 #10

Whatever happened to, "Jobs, jobs, jobs"? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2018 #11

It's always the ones who will never go into a war zone that are the most hawkish. Crowman2009 Jan 2018 #12

Really? sofa king Jan 2018 #13

I don't believe this for 1 minute! It is and has always been bluestarone Jan 2018 #14