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HiwasseeHoo
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The last four years has shown he can do what he pleases without
consequences. Executive orders for free everything! Will be like the Oprah Winfrey show in real life.
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Time to stick a fork in everyone else?
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BambooHoo
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Bloomy will do poorly on Super Hoosday
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MasterRusty
02/23/2020 4:43PM
The DNC is already panicking
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Faz d. Hoo
02/23/2020 5:28PM
He’s not a socialist **
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111Balz
02/23/2020 1:31PM
I wouldn't bother, that ship has left the dock. Clearly the Bern isn't
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Seattle .Hoo
02/23/2020 2:15PM
Top 10 billionaires:
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 2:50PM
I'm not sure I like the word corrupt in this context but I think most if
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Faz d. Hoo
02/23/2020 6:17PM
I find many executives
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VaTechie
02/23/2020 8:10PM
I've had the opposite experience. Generally good, smart people.
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 8:15PM
Maybe many is too strong when I think of all the clients I have worked for
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VaTechie
02/23/2020 8:44PM
Satya is grossly underpaid. He has increased the market cap of
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 8:52PM
Okay, maybe I am not clear
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VaTechie
02/23/2020 9:04PM
Sure. And Microsoft has created over 10,000 millionaires out of their
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 9:14PM
Yes, I lived down the road from AOL when it was big
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VaTechie
02/23/2020 9:45PM
You generally make great posts but you sometimes seem to think that
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Seattle .Hoo
02/23/2020 4:20PM
Tax policies that put more money in their
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 4:27PM
Also rooted in exploiting weak anti trust laws and using their fortunes to
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Hooooooooooooooo
02/23/2020 8:50PM
Monopolistic practices? Please. Are you going to try to argue that
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 9:04PM
So Amazon routinely takes over smaller companies that don't wan to sell out
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Hooooooooooooooo
02/23/2020 9:24PM
That's not monopolistic.
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 9:28PM
While it may not be a monopoly by definition the intent and effect are
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Hooooooooooooooo
02/24/2020 09:33AM
Come see me when Amazon hits double digit market share.
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BocaHoo91
02/24/2020 11:22AM
Well I said they have monopolistic practices like being able to increase
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Hooooooooooooooo
02/25/2020 11:10AM
It is pretty much the definition of monopolistic
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Faz d. Hoo
02/23/2020 9:39PM
C'mon. Name something I can only buy from Amazon. Hell name something
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 9:44PM
Are you kidding? How about non-mainstream book, audio, or video media.
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Faz d. Hoo
02/23/2020 10:07PM
I don't know. Name a book. I'll be surprised if I can't find it somewhere
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 10:23PM
You can, but you have to go out of your way to do so
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Faz d. Hoo
02/23/2020 11:19PM
Amazon is a juggernaut for sure, and their sheer scale and logistics engine
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BocaHoo91
02/24/2020 08:01AM
Cool. My disdain isn't rooted in ignorance or envy. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/23/2020 4:28PM
That’s the story and they’re sticking to it. **
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SchmHoo
02/23/2020 5:51PM
It's not a story. It's how taxes work. If you want to say that we've had
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 8:18PM
Sure. And “many” of them are corrupt ...
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 4:42PM
I didn't say all or even many, I said "a lot." I believe quite often their
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Seattle .Hoo
02/23/2020 5:10PM
I'd argue business has less power now than they did 30, 40, 50 years ago.
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 8:24PM
It feels like you're being a little oblique here. I'm not sure what I said
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Seattle .Hoo
02/23/2020 8:47PM
My Boss is top of the list **
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LAHOOters
02/23/2020 3:21PM
Two of mine are on the list. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/23/2020 4:21PM
They have more money than Seattle. That's not fair. **
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Hokieesith
02/23/2020 3:17PM
Lmao. Sure he isn’t. **
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moohoofus
02/23/2020 1:51PM
Why are you denying him his self-identity? **
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JMHoo
02/23/2020 1:33PM
Yeah, even Sanders himself is not denying it. **
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BambooHoo
02/23/2020 1:39PM
He calls himself a democratic socialist and he explains what that means.
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111Balz
02/23/2020 1:47PM
Regulation is control... **
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hoothat
02/23/2020 2:12PM
10 commandments are regulation **
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HiwasseeHoo
02/23/2020 2:29PM
And? **
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hoothat
02/23/2020 2:32PM
Yes and it's quite often a good thing. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/23/2020 2:16PM
People have been warning of a revoluation due to wealth disparitywell,
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GoochlandHoo
02/23/2020 12:12PM
Revolution? People that are walking around with cell
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Hokieesith
02/23/2020 1:12PM
What do you believe was the undercurrent for Trump being elected?
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GoochlandHoo
02/23/2020 2:00PM
And coming for pervs like yourself **
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HiwasseeHoo
02/23/2020 1:16PM
Are you going to sit on me Fat Bastard?
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Hokieesith
02/23/2020 1:19PM
Man, you have lost it **
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WaxHoo
02/23/2020 1:53PM
I don't eat shit. Sorry. You will be left to float away **
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HiwasseeHoo
02/23/2020 1:22PM
Let’s wait until he wins the general
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 12:25PM
This is what it would be like for the poor & middle class under Bernie..
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Lupos
02/23/2020 1:18PM
With Bern...the Che **
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Tuckahokie
02/23/2020 12:16PM
Good morning rich people...because at tax time in Bern-World we will be**
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Tuckahokie
02/23/2020 09:42AM
Hoping he borrows it. You wouldn't
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Shenhoo
02/23/2020 10:25AM
That pesky search feature will show my thoughts on deficits...of course
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Tuckahokie
02/23/2020 10:52AM
You vote will show how you really feel about deficits.
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Shenhoo
02/23/2020 11:47AM
And deficits will shrink under the Bern? Explain that to us, please. **
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Lupos
02/23/2020 11:50AM
Do you think fiscal responsibility will be a key issue in this election? **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/23/2020 2:28PM
No. When was the last time it was? **
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Lupos
02/23/2020 3:07PM
The last four years has shown he can do what he pleases without
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HiwasseeHoo
02/23/2020 1:19PM
I don't think anyone knows what a Bernie presidency would be like
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Quaker
02/23/2020 12:30PM
Agree. I liked Yang but the $1000 a month was too rich.
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Lupos
02/23/2020 1:02PM
Deficits don't matter? **
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WaxHoo
02/23/2020 11:39AM
Reagan's contribution to the modern Tepublican party.
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Shenhoo
02/23/2020 11:48AM
The real answer? Deficits are neither good nor bad. What are you getting
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Seattle .Hoo
02/23/2020 1:58PM
Go Bern go. Let the war games begin. It will be fun watching the rest of
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moohoofus
02/23/2020 09:16AM
It turns out Dem voters in the 3 states so far support Medicare for all at
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wahoo138
02/23/2020 09:11AM
The culinary union thing was not a drag **
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hoodeyo
02/23/2020 7:35PM
Surprising? **
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moohoofus
02/23/2020 09:56AM
No. Because the current system is broke. **
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HiwasseeHoo
02/23/2020 1:14PM
And that will fix it? **
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moohoofus
02/23/2020 1:50PM
Honestly I don't know moohoo. But as a society we need to do something
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HiwasseeHoo
02/23/2020 1:56PM
More than your mortgage sounds excessive. I agree I would like to see
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moohoofus
02/24/2020 07:00AM
I don't think it's anywhere close to that simple.
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hoolstoptheheels
02/23/2020 09:51AM
It is when they don’t understand the question and think it means public
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WahooRQ
02/23/2020 10:32AM
I think you were right. The link to article from hools is really
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111Balz
02/23/2020 2:10PM
I could live with medicare for all... and I think we'll ultimately end up
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 09:38AM
Bernie's fuzzy math on medicare for all alone is horrifying ... he truly
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CharlestonSC
02/23/2020 10:13AM
But the math would work if anyone bothered to put some thought into it
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 11:08AM
Yeah, I do not see why others cannot see this
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VaTechie
02/23/2020 8:19PM
Comrade! Exactly... **
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southdenverhoo
02/23/2020 1:17PM
If he'd stick with that as a campaign theme and drop the
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 2:52PM
Exactly, democrats f up when they did not agree to healthcare only
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VaTechie
02/23/2020 8:21PM
And what about health insurance? That goes away?
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Hokieesith
02/23/2020 3:34PM
If it was up to me, everyone would get
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 3:54PM
Those costs are simply staggering to my mind. Something's broken badly. **
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Shenhoo
02/23/2020 12:42PM
I agree 100% with Boca; he has nailed it **
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Quaker
02/23/2020 11:31AM
If you trust the federal government to implement such a system in short
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Faz d. Hoo
02/23/2020 11:30AM
As long as they let the physicians run it
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Oregon Hoo
02/23/2020 3:08PM
Minor quibble (though some may see it as a major one)
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SchmHoo
02/23/2020 3:33PM
See my reaponse to Faz d below
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Oregon Hoo
02/23/2020 3:47PM
Physicians don't run government programs, they care for patients
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Faz d. Hoo
02/23/2020 3:31PM
Set it up this way
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Oregon Hoo
02/23/2020 3:43PM
That's how it would likely play out for a while. I think we'd get it
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 11:32AM
It is just as likely that it would cause such a backlash
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Faz d. Hoo
02/23/2020 11:38AM
I believe Winston Churchill put it best
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Quaker
02/23/2020 11:45AM
Fair points
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 11:41AM
It adds up; Canadians pay half what we pay
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Quaker
02/23/2020 10:45AM
The cost is what the market will bear
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Faz d. Hoo
02/23/2020 11:33AM
Now compare rates of obesity, smoking, alcohol abuse, drug addiction,
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CharlestonSC
02/23/2020 11:09AM
Good ideas but too many moving parts
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Oregon Hoo
02/23/2020 3:21PM
A lot more people and a lot more immigration
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Faz d. Hoo
02/23/2020 6:25PM
Those are all great things that we should invest in that could have
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111Balz
02/23/2020 1:46PM
Not just Canada, its every modern nations (and several non-modern) nation
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Quaker
02/23/2020 11:29AM
Bingo
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SchmHoo
02/23/2020 09:33AM
Not when the alternative is med for all and higher taxes **
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TomKazanski
02/23/2020 09:57AM
I think many folks are getting tired of escalating prices and deductibles
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Oregon Hoo
02/23/2020 12:38PM
Time to roll out the Never Bernies. **
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Hoodafan
02/23/2020 09:08AM
Chris Matthews is closing in on it.
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hoodeyo
02/23/2020 10:46AM
Bernie getting landslided could only be exceeded by his winning and proving
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Hoodafan
02/23/2020 10:55AM
Same thing happened 4 years ago with Republicans
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Oregon Hoo
02/23/2020 3:31PM
If it is indeed Bernie, and it would take a Super Tuesday miracle to stop
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hoolstoptheheels
02/23/2020 09:40AM
Maybe they could come up with some fake hoax meme **
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WaxHoo
02/23/2020 09:14AM
Stoopid worked for Trump. Why not for Bernie? **
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WaxHoo
02/23/2020 09:03AM
I don’t think there’s any way it’s not Bernie.
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 08:45AM
It’s remarkable that we’d go from one Hail Mary pass to a ridiculous
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WahooRQ
02/23/2020 08:54AM
This kind of appeal taps into a bias that seems to be bred into us
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Joey Wahoo
02/23/2020 09:41AM
Have read about that before, I think there's some truth to it,
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hoodeyo
02/23/2020 12:16PM
I don't think Joey was making a messaging recommendation.
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hoolstoptheheels
02/23/2020 1:25PM
I'm not thinking of messaging per se,
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hoodeyo
02/23/2020 3:07PM
Agreed. Like in the 1930s, right wing populist nationalism rose out of a
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hoolstoptheheels
02/23/2020 3:23PM
To some degree people measure their life in comparison to the people they
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111Balz
02/23/2020 3:37PM
Excellent post **
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SchmHoo
02/23/2020 12:44PM
Good post -- it is this vein into which populism
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fishhoo
02/23/2020 10:51AM
In general, times ARE good, in terms of relative peace and prosperity.
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Chuck Taylor
02/23/2020 10:27AM
Nailed it. Life Is Good despite what tv talking heads say.
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BambooHoo
02/23/2020 10:22AM
Yes well, things were every bit as good in 2016 when the same nonsense
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hoolstoptheheels
02/23/2020 12:57PM
Thanks, and good post. It’s also a consequence of information bubbles too.
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WahooRQ
02/23/2020 09:54AM
Haha you used good and smart government in a sentence & actually believe it **
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TomKazanski
02/23/2020 09:35AM
I think both parties need to look at their primary process
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BocaHoo91
02/23/2020 09:07AM
The current set up does seem to produce terrible candidates.
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KCHoo
02/23/2020 09:19AM
National Primary? Another opportunity for Russian interference!
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BambooHoo
02/23/2020 09:15AM
The choice is between two crazy old men with little governing experience
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BambooHoo
02/23/2020 08:59AM
Sure, but running against the most unpopular incumbent since Jimmy Carter
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WahooRQ
02/23/2020 08:43AM
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