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2016 Postmortem

applegrove

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4. Not to mention that, for the GOP, calling ISIS Islamic extremists

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 01:36 AM

Feb 2015

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is necessary for them because "extremists" alone could denote/imply the GOP themselves and their base. Just like ISIS, the GOP is at war with good government and thrives in the insecurity it purposely builds up amongst the people. So there is that too.

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The GOP’s Giuliani disaster: Why Rudy’s vile nonsense is a big problem for Republicans [View all] DonViejo Feb 2015 OP

He’s really not one of us.. busterbrown Feb 2015 #1

It pretty much proves Republican are not patriots. C_U_L8R Feb 2015 #2

Noun, verb, 9/11. blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #3

Not to mention that, for the GOP, calling ISIS Islamic extremists applegrove Feb 2015 #4