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kwassa

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14. The Good Ol' Days folks are the constituency of the Tea Party.

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Fri Nov 15, 2013, 10:28 PM

Nov 2013

America is turning brown all around them and they can't handle it. Women are speaking up too much. The old order is falling. This is why they want to turn back the clock.

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'Longing for the Good Old Days (that never were)' [View all] Number23 Nov 2013 OP

AMEN! AMEN! nt brush Nov 2013 #1

I agree. The old days sucked. bravenak Nov 2013 #2

He was joshing about smallpox, the vaccine had been around Warpy Nov 2013 #3

I have a friend from Zimbabwe that still walks with a limp from polio she got as a child Number23 Nov 2013 #4

The 50's were pretty good for me... jaysunb Nov 2013 #5

Ha! I'm a Southerner through and through Number23 Nov 2013 #6

That's why I live in California ! jaysunb Nov 2013 #8

That's perfect!! Number23 Nov 2013 #9

now, now. Just to speak up for Ohio ... kwassa Nov 2013 #13

I'd rather JustAnotherGen Nov 2013 #7

Word. Girl, the stories my mother tells make me so damn glad that I wasn't around then Number23 Nov 2013 #10

Ahh... the good old days... Raine1967 Nov 2013 #11

AMAZING post. And your experiences aren't all that different from what alot of people of color Number23 Nov 2013 #12

The Good Ol' Days folks are the constituency of the Tea Party. kwassa Nov 2013 #14

Well a post on DU in the last week with over 300 recs shows that it's not just the Tea Party that Number23 Nov 2013 #15

OH yeah, I hate those treestar Nov 2013 #16