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Old 09-01-2020, 09:39 PM   #1
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how will we ever survive like we did five years ago

all that stuff existed back then

after 2 terms of obama

and will exist again in five years after trump is gone

it's almost like who the potus is doesn't really matter all that much to the bigger picture
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Old 09-01-2020, 09:42 PM   #2
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What did Obama do that needed surviving after?
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Old 09-03-2020, 12:07 PM   #3
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What did Obama do that needed surviving after?
Only the worst crime of all-- trying to give people healthcare.
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Old 09-01-2020, 10:44 PM   #4
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how will we ever survive like we did five years ago

it's almost like who the potus is doesn't really matter all that much to the bigger picture
That was the lesson I drew from Obama, myself. Obama never once got my vote -- he desperately wanted socialism, the lesser way, lesser than capitalism, and could not get it -- did a lot for gun sales, too, notably rifles of 5.56mm bore and twenty or thirty rounds' magazine capacity. Semiautomatic, too.
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Old 09-02-2020, 11:08 AM   #5
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he desperately wanted socialism,
From a far right extremist who was told communism and socialism is same. Since he was commanded what to think, that must be the truth.

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Old 09-02-2020, 09:36 PM   #6
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From a far right extremist who was told communism and socialism is same. Since he was commanded what to think, that must be the truth.
Even a budget-minded Pasty-Faced Basementdweller (Alba subterranea) like yourself would have a hard time living on any difference -- and you in particular show zero inclination to ever try it. Along with zero inclination to address civil rights and how to get and keep them -- not your strong suit.

I study; you only know how to type, as you were saying for a while.

Reduced liberty is liberty reduced -- were that the case in the late 1970's, you wouldn't be typing on a computer now. Reduce liberty and you reduce innovation. Undertoad could tell you his new car includes no socialist-developed components. Socialist places produce -- Trabants. For innovation, socialism has to parasitize capitalism.
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