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dionysus

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3. Sure, but how to conquer it? The clintons, with their now long history in DC,
Sun Dec 11, 2016, 06:56 AM
Dec 2016

Gave the repukes a trainload of ammo to use against them.

Surely they would try the same against any dem, but the clintons in particular.

Anything rooted in truth are the things that irked lefties (i know it was Bill in office, but they are tied together at the hip by a LOT of ppl) such as NAFTA, prison & welfare reform, and deregulation of the media.

However the GOP are flaming hypocrites when they cry about those things, because they weren't for the people on those issues either.

Like when trump stole bernies populist themes after he (well, his advisors) saw how well they resonated. As if anyone with a functional brain would ever believe that trump is a populist. He took lip service to a whole new level in his joke of a campaign.

Sadly, a lot of dems, on DU at least, instead of hammering on him for his populism being faker than his hair or tan, got mad at bernie for giving him shit to use against her.

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