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JI7

(89,264 posts)
2. Trump was the backlash against black president, same sex marriage, demographic changes etc
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:31 PM
Feb 2019

but those changes after still moving forward even with right wing attempt to push back.

Hekate

(90,793 posts)
5. It's a gut-punch every day, but remember how much cheating & treason it took to keep Hillary out...
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 12:15 AM
Feb 2019

I say that to remind myself that the majority in this benighted nation of ours actually did not vote for the Mad King.

She would have been good. But Obama remains the best and I'm glad I got to be here for that.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
7. Whiplash is a pretty good descriptor.
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 04:25 AM
Feb 2019

But it helps a bit to understand that Obama’s success is the basic cause. Not his race alone, but the fact that he was so damn good at it that it blew their tiny little brains up. So naturally we got the absolute opposite. A throwback to the Neanderthals with their smaller brains, primitive language skills and gut thinking —> Trump and his followers.

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