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2016 Postmortem

DemocratSinceBirth

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3. Reminds me of what was said about Reagan.

Reply to MrWendel (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 10:05 AM

Jul 2016

He had to thread the needle. He was never going to get a lot of POC votes but he needed to be careful, lest he tainted by the racist stink, that turns off moderate whites who the last thing they want to think about themselves is that they are racist.

Nixon had to thread the needle too...

Trump doesn't seem to give a rip.

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I Guess He Doesn't Need that Guy After All [View all] MrWendel Jul 2016 OP

He is playing a dangerous game. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #1

Was it Rachel... MrWendel Jul 2016 #2

Reminds me of what was said about Reagan. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #3