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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHooray.....Al Franken topics are down to only 8 threads here on DU.
Thats a good thing....because this morning it was at 30+ Has anything else taken over the discussion or is it just because weve said everything we could about him.
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)We are turning on each other.
rzemanfl
(29,568 posts)And the deep sleepers came out as well for this one.
Something big going down this coming week?
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)Well I think that certain people are clearly trying to push a agenda and are doing it for the right-wing. You have Russia, Tax breaks, and all of the other sick things the GOP/Trump are doing to our country.
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)Are sincere, and passionate about their beliefs.
That is the difference between us and them.
It doesn't matter what theirs do, ala Moore and Trump, they can be guilty as hell and as long as they promise to ban abortions, take away healthcare and screw with minorities, they will still back them 100%.
Our side is principled, and they have figured out exactly how to use that to their advantage.
I'm with NanceGreggs on this one.
Time to take the gloves off.
And if I get bloodied in the process, that is the price I pay.
There is too much at stake to let them get away with it.
mucifer
(23,565 posts)lame54
(35,321 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)marybourg
(12,634 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)bagelsforbreakfast
(1,427 posts)always the punctuation of a routine for him to say "Me, Al Franken."
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)And we get to borrow the money back to cover the deficit, pay interest on it for 20 years, and have our children pay off the debt someday.
All told, the billionaires get double what they steal!
MrModerate
(9,753 posts)They get out of spec from overuse, after all.
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)Of them flooding us with bullshit.
Putin did exactly the same thing.
Even used the same terminology.
"alternative facts".
jalan48
(13,884 posts)PDittie
(8,322 posts)It processed through the news cycle more rapidly even than is typical, due IMO to his appropriate handling of it.