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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: HRC = Holy Republican Congress [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)8. When grabbing for labels to fling like mudballs it might help
to remember that it's truth that hurts. Nonsense does not.
This month's The Atlantic, a politically fairly middle of the road journal, has a big article on "America's Lurch to the Left." It provides a historical overview of what is happening, context in which to view what we are all a part of. Hopefully it'll be reassuring to those who fear change is not happening.
Why America Is Moving Left: Republicans may have a lock on Congress and the nations statehousesand could well win the presidencybut the liberal era ushered in by Barack Obama is only just beginning.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/01/why-america-is-moving-left/419112/
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OMG probably all the way back to the big bang and whatever came before that TOO nt
msongs
Jan 2016
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If I was to judge Bernie Sanders on the basis of some comments made on DU by some who say they are
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Jan 2016
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