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Rural_Progressive

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7. St Ronnie Raygun was the beginning of the end
Fri May 14, 2021, 02:46 PM
May 2021

and Ms Clinton knew how much baggage she brought to the table justified, unjustified, real, not real. The truth is perception is all that matters and she, of all people, after her years in public service knows that better than most.

This country has not "changed" in the past four years. All that has happened is the Orange Menace yanked the band aid off the festering abscess of racism, misogyny, homophobia, and xenophobia that has been the country's curse since its inception. After eight years of a black man as president and then deciding the smart move to retain control of the WH would be to run any woman, much less Ms Clinton, shows just how totally out of touch the DNC was with the reality of this country.

It may not have been fair to have selected a white, male, candidate to run in 2016 but it would have been far more likely to have resulted in a win.

One thing is for certain, any illusions we've harbored about our nation have been stripped away. We've had our face rubbed in it and I hope we've learned from what we've seen. I can tell you this for certain. Had it not been for the horror of the past 4 years I would never have run for 1st Vice Chair (and won) of my county's Democratic Party.

Everybody steps up and does a little and we might get a better country out of all this for our kids and our grandkids.

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They would need 2/3 of the Senate to convict TheRealNorth May 2021 #1
I had the same thought - but - soldierant May 2021 #9
how is that different than anything else they do? Johonny May 2021 #15
That's not the point though, they will impeach him in the House, just as Dems impeached Trump in the OnDoutside May 2021 #10
Yeah but, they did it first with Bill Clinton Walleye May 2021 #16
The Clinton one looks rather quaint and endearing now ! I bet the first one will be for Biden OnDoutside May 2021 #17
Agreed, but the GOP knows that. RVN VET71 May 2021 #13
We are never going back to normal, because people on the left Eliot Rosewater May 2021 #2
I think it goes back further than that frankly. We are never going back to normal because KPN May 2021 #4
St Ronnie Raygun was the beginning of the end Rural_Progressive May 2021 #7
No baggage other than 25 yrs of propaganda against her. lies...Unless you mean she needed to Eliot Rosewater May 2021 #12
Guess you didn't read my post carefully Rural_Progressive May 2021 #14
I thought the same thing in 2016. Merlot May 2021 #18
Food for thought. FM123 May 2021 #3
As the folks at Pod Save America say, "without HR1, we are fucked". Fiendish Thingy May 2021 #5
Marc Elias just said the same to Nicolle Wallace, Nothing matters more than HR1/S1. Nothing. OnDoutside May 2021 #11
That is a GIVEN. We all need to participate to ensure it doesn't happen. NoMoreRepugs May 2021 #6
The thing is that most sane people still know right from wrong. hadEnuf May 2021 #8
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