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Bootstraps, you say? (Original Post)
Soph0571
Mar 2019
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rownesheck
(2,343 posts)1. Uh hello...
Pull yourself up by your bootstraps is only commendable if you are a white male.
Soph0571
(9,685 posts)2. Slaps forehead
Silly me!
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)7. Right-wing male WASP bartenders would make perfect Rethugs.....
after receiving their first millions from billionaires in campaign slush money.
Then and only then shall they be anointed!.........
underpants
(182,848 posts)3. But what if you pretend to play water polo or row to get into college?
Flip flops don't have bootstraps.
griloco
(832 posts)4. 😆 There's a bumper sticker!!!
getagrip_already
(14,788 posts)5. That was the old conservatism... the new conservative say...
Bootstrap pullers are cheap, hire two and be done with it.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)6. They mean like tRump's "kids"
did. Screw all the "little guys" over, and act rich like daddy did, even when he was broke.