Let's see, 2020 - 40 = 1980. What happened in 1980?
I wonder what happened 40 years ago that became a tipping point?
Let's see, 2020 - 40 = 1980. What happened in 1980? bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again. |
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billy carter pee'd on an airliner?
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman |
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Contract on America
Newt Gingrich |
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That, and ...
The think tanks - Koch Bros. et al - decided to build a pipeline from the local races up to national. That's why national stories dominate even local races, because the local offices recruit candidates based on their adherence to the national platform first. That's why I keep saying general elections are pragmatic exercises in us-vs-them power. Fixing the system happens in the 2 or 4 years in-between. The Repub machine has been working the system in the in-between years since the 80s. -- Drew |
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yeah, they have
The heritage foundation have correctly executed a long-term plan. They have the discipline, the money, and the people. The liberals merely react to try to fix what they think is wrong at the moment, but they have no long-term plan. The only thing that the liberals can hope for is demographics. But the conservatives will spend as much money and time and effort as they need to suppress it. And they have the resources. |
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Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.
Joe Biden was the chair of thee Senate Judiciary Committee. Bork did not get approved. Link: Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination Bork became a verb. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
How hatred came to dominate American politics
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- Oct. 5, 2020, 12:03:41 PM EDT
I wonder what happened 40 years ago that became a tipping point?
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- Oct. 5, 2020, 01:08:31 PM EDT
billy carter pee'd on an airliner?
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- Oct. 5, 2020, 01:46:29 PM EDT
Contract on America
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- Oct. 5, 2020, 03:03:48 PM EDT
That, and ...
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- Oct. 5, 2020, 04:40:17 PM EDT
yeah, they have
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- Oct. 5, 2020, 04:51:28 PM EDT
Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.
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- Oct. 5, 2020, 10:50:28 PM EDT
