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2016 Postmortem

hlthe2b

(102,127 posts)

3. I am trying hard to remain positive, but it does not help that I remember our saying...

Reply to lambchopp59 (Original post)

Sun Dec 25, 2016, 12:10 PM

Dec 2016

the very same thing re: GWB* and his cabal.

I honestly have lost faith in this country's electorate. As bad as the Bush* years were and the devastating economy he left for Obama, it seems too many NEVER remember, NEVER learn.

Thus, my sigline is and will remain:

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Maybe it takes a lot of painful consequences to make an electorate awaken [View all] lambchopp59 Dec 2016 OP

"But he wouldn't really... Freddie Dec 2016 #1

I don't think Trump really cares about any of that... Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #8

as conservatives would NOT campaign on cutting SS or medicare or medicaid and NOW they say is beachbum bob Dec 2016 #2

I am trying hard to remain positive, but it does not help that I remember our saying... hlthe2b Dec 2016 #3

I'm on my "don't give a fuck tour".. Historic NY Dec 2016 #4

what scares me is we'll have to live with their choice too. lambchopp59 Dec 2016 #5

Or a little of this..... paleotn Dec 2016 #6

Great suggestion! A double feature, as long as the LSD is still in therapeutic range... lambchopp59 Dec 2016 #7

The title of your OP is the central theme in an article I'm in the process of writing stevenleser Dec 2016 #9

Love to read it when it's polished! lambchopp59 Dec 2016 #10

No, people don't learn like that ... its generational and after 2 - 3 generations its time to learn uponit7771 Dec 2016 #11

Unfortunately, "painful consequences" include a lot of needless death and misery. Orsino Dec 2016 #12

Too true. lambchopp59 Dec 2016 #13