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In reply to the discussion: Is the America we know coming to an end? [View all]PufPuf23
(8,902 posts)IMO we lost our democracy when the USSC made an exception to award the 2000 election to GWB when, if the process had been allowed to play out, Gore won. Then the GWB administration lead us into an illegal war of aggression in Iraq and we did not address our home grown war criminals but some folks made lots of money while many innocents lost their lives. Then on the GWB's way out the door, the nation was looted while the economy crashed. POTUS Obama and the Democrats were left to clean up the mess., actually typical of the 20th and 21st century GOP. GOP breaks, Democrats fix.
This is why establishing egalitarian voting rights now is so important. IMO separation of church and State needs to be updated too not to mention doing away with Citizens United. With Trump, the nation fell over a ledge and is in a struggle to restore sanity.