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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe hit bottom and now on our way up?
Jones may not get much done in three years as a senator, but his victory Tuesday can accomplish something important if we let it. Weve been asking ourselves: Where do we hit bottom and start back up?
This can be it.
http://www.startribune.com/in-alabama-we-just-may-have-hit-bottom-and-started-back-up/464005153/
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We hit bottom and now on our way up? (Original Post)
question everything
Dec 2017
OP
lunasun
(21,646 posts)1. Sad this country had to go so low
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)2. As a country no, Red Don has some bidding of Putin's to do and it includes crashing our bonds like
... what happened in Russia at the end of the 90s that they're still blaming the US for.
Alabama though is a true canary in the coal mine for the KGOP hopefully, lot harder for a dem to win in Alabama than it was for Scott Brown to win in Massachusetts.
Irish_Dem
(47,518 posts)3. I think there will be some bumpy times ahead of us next year.
But I hope we are turning the corner for sure.
0rganism
(23,975 posts)4. if W and Trump have taught me anything over the last 20 years...
...it's that THERE IS NO BOTTOM
American politics is not a barrel, it's a sewer.