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dchill

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5. He IS our Lieutenant Governor and the leading candidate.

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Thu Feb 17, 2022, 02:58 AM

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'The brand is so toxic': Dems fear extinction in rural US [View all] riversedge Feb 2022 OP

Rural America is a dying place. ppl vote not places. It's not to be ignored, but it's not the future PortTack Feb 2022 #1

Seriously? Cheezoholic Feb 2022 #22

This is a good reply. n/t ms liberty Feb 2022 #23

The future is the millennials, and no they don't live in rural areas. This isn't an attack PortTack Feb 2022 #38

Not all city folk are "elite" as you claim. Moebym Feb 2022 #44

You think Houston, Dallas and San Antonio is full of elites? prodigitalson Feb 2022 #46

Have Iowans rejected Democratic values? elleng Feb 2022 #2

I give you a personal friend of mine from Iowa DFW Feb 2022 #7

Excellent! elleng Feb 2022 #8

Wow! Lemon Lyman Feb 2022 #10

WOW! elleng Feb 2022 #13

:-) Lemon Lyman Feb 2022 #21

We need about ten thousand more Democrats like Rob spread around the country DFW Feb 2022 #12

Ten thousand is a lot, but elleng Feb 2022 #14

There are a lot of tiny municipal positions that can be filled by dedicated people DFW Feb 2022 #15

Looks like I got the name right: elleng Feb 2022 #16

Ah, so that IS their baby. It sounded familiar. I had just never heard the name before. DFW Feb 2022 #17

I tend to disagree maxrandb Feb 2022 #49

Jfc. 🙄 Budi Feb 2022 #3

He IS our Lieutenant Governor and the leading candidate. dchill Feb 2022 #5

Where's the polling saying he's the leading candidate? Budi Feb 2022 #4

Not the Democratic brand that is toxic. PatrickforB Feb 2022 #6

Send tanks in? What is this Tiannamen Square? AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2022 #9

The union must and will be preserved. We have activated the National Guard PatrickforB Feb 2022 #30

What minorities are you planning on protecting by killing gun owners? AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2022 #32

You misread me. PatrickforB Feb 2022 #35

Brainwashing and Toxic Masculinity drift_poet Feb 2022 #11

Good post. brer cat Feb 2022 #19

The divide is not only built on mistrust. Renaissance Man Feb 2022 #34

We lost the notion of the 'common good' decades ago. Now even caring for others seems so riversedge Feb 2022 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author chia Feb 2022 #24

Well said. chia Feb 2022 #25

You can thank decades of AM hate radio eShirl Feb 2022 #18

Yup! Botany Feb 2022 #26

+1 appalachiablue Feb 2022 #29

How do we counter this? DBoon Feb 2022 #36

It's not just The Cornpone Zone. Dems are The Others Party. czarjak Feb 2022 #27

The GQP is the dying party. OneCrazyDiamond Feb 2022 #28

Clueless Renaissance Man Feb 2022 #31

Don't worry, the government's gonna be rolling tanks down main street AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2022 #33

I lived it yankee87 Feb 2022 #37

Blaming globalization on the dem's is inaccurate. Casady1 Feb 2022 #40

There is nothing toxic about the Democratic Party. It is the insurrectionists and other crazies. LiberalFighter Feb 2022 #39

k/r progressoid Feb 2022 #41

Rush Limbaugh was largely responsible for helping the GOP win over rural voters lees1975 Feb 2022 #42

Bullshit! maxrandb Feb 2022 #48

Can we talk yet about the nearly determinate role churches have played in this? NullTuples Feb 2022 #43

It is healthy to self-examine, and sometimes, it is critical. BeckyDem Feb 2022 #45

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