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C Moon

(12,558 posts)
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 02:05 AM Dec 2016

When I was young there was one thing I believed about the GOP and the rich...

They wanted to take our society back to the industrial age. A time when young children were working on production lines, when there was no overtime, no insurance, no family leave, when when workers "owed their soul to the company store."

I seriously feared those times would return one day. But as I got older, I began to see how the balance of our government seemed to be preventing that.

But now the GOP has implemented a well-oiled formula of lying, cheating, using foreign governments, voter suppression, stepping all over our constitution, etc, and I am once again certain their goal is to take our country back 100 years.

I hope those who voted Republican in 2016, and don't have millions at their disposal, come to realize that the GOP is NOT looking out for their best interest.

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When I was young there was one thing I believed about the GOP and the rich... (Original Post) C Moon Dec 2016 OP
Same here, but they will probably believe the lies that will say Obama caused it. Already Bolton is RKP5637 Dec 2016 #1
Anthropology Bear Creek Dec 2016 #2
Yeah, I always buy a lottery ticket when it gets really big, and then I dream for a few days MiniMe Dec 2016 #3

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
1. Same here, but they will probably believe the lies that will say Obama caused it. Already Bolton is
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 02:19 AM
Dec 2016

suggesting the Russian hacking was a false flag by Obama. Republican isn't a political party, it's a mental disorder, seriously.

Bear Creek

(883 posts)
2. Anthropology
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 05:12 AM
Dec 2016

They all believe that one day it will be them. That somehow a miracle will occur and they will be the one in charge with millions so they can behave that way themselves. Also they think it is someone else who the GOP is talking about and not them. They deserve the benefit but some one else does not.

MiniMe

(21,828 posts)
3. Yeah, I always buy a lottery ticket when it gets really big, and then I dream for a few days
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 07:14 PM
Dec 2016

I don't expect to win, but I always hope and get to dream for a bit. But I'm not stupid enough to think those dreams will come true.

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