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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Count Down [View all]H2O Man
(73,528 posts)21. Exactly!
You raise one of the single most important points -- and I thank you for that! Because far too often, we witness people we have long respected, getting caught up in nonsense. We notice that in a different way than we do when someone we recognize as a jackass says the same thing. In fact, I can remember being part of some stupid arguments in 2008
..and no one dragged me, kicking and screaming, into those exchanges: I jumped in, head first!
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Nicely said. K & R .. you have hit upon a key difference in Dem vs. GOP candidates.
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