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TalenaGor

(1,104 posts)
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 09:00 PM Aug 2020

my dad, 82 years old today, comforted me...

He's a lifelong Republican, tho we never talk politics. today he told me not to worry that America was stronger than this "screwball Trump" he said things may be bad for a period of time, but America would persevere....

💜

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Skittles

(153,226 posts)
3. America IS stronger than Donald Fucking Trump
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 09:07 PM
Aug 2020

right now the issue is: is America stronger than Donald Fucking Trump, Putin and the Greed Over People party

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
12. Ah, that is good to hear and lucky you. I will not even talk to my father about so not sure but...
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 11:11 PM
Aug 2020

Thinking he will still vote Trump and not something i need to know, cause I am gonna have to love him anyway. So yea you.

BigmanPigman

(51,643 posts)
5. My 86 year old mother told me that
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 09:12 PM
Aug 2020

it will take decades to undo the harm that Dump has done to the country. My dad said the same thing before he died 1 1/2 years ago. Most people I have spoken with agree with this assessment.

crickets

(25,987 posts)
6. Thank you for sharing that, TalenaGor.
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 09:24 PM
Aug 2020

Please thank your dad too. He made me feel a little better. 💖

Leith

(7,813 posts)
9. The country will survive in one form or another
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 10:37 PM
Aug 2020

Unfortunately, not all of us will.

The sooner this gets straightened out, the better for all of us.

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