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Wellstone ruled

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1. Crafting of the modern day GOP message

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Sun Aug 28, 2016, 12:50 PM

Aug 2016

began with Richard Nixon. Later is further refined by Lee Attwater and Roger Ailes,then embellished even more by the likes of Karl Rove, Frank Luntz and field tested via Limpballs and Weiner Savage. What you see and hear is what has happened to Ikes Party post LBJ.

Wedge issues became the play of the day and civility was kicked to the curb.

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Republicans can’t pretend not to know what fuels the Trump campaign [View all] Arkansas Granny Aug 2016 OP

Crafting of the modern day GOP message Wellstone ruled Aug 2016 #1

butbutbut today's GOP isn't wearing KKK garb & saying the n word. so they aren't racists. right? pansypoo53219 Aug 2016 #2

I'm sure that some of them honestly don't realize how racist they actually are. Arkansas Granny Aug 2016 #3

Encourage him just to skip voting awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #4