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betsuni

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17. He'll be treated just like Jeffries, Schumer and other Democrats if he's seen as potential leadership or presidential

Reply to elocs (Reply #16)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 04:06 PM

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candidate. The pseudo-revolution populists will start up, of course they will, with their anti-establishment purity tests.

Bashing Booker for Big Pharma was a big one here, because of New Jersey, same as Hillary was accused of being corrupted because of New York and Wall Street. Campaign contributions from workers in those industries is magically corrupting.

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What is imperative is what is happening right now, that we get free & fair elections in 2026 much less than '28. elocs Thursday #10

Well we definetly don't Mountainguy Thursday #14

From your lips to god's ears. They have elections in Russia too, but do they change anything? No. elocs Thursday #15

Frank Luntz has his own very Republican reasons for... dchill Thursday #8

Bashing will start. I remember accusations of him being beholden to Big Pharma/Wall St., moderate/centrist/establishment betsuni Thursday #11

Yes, it's never too early to start bashing moderate, centrist or establishment Democrats and calling them elocs Thursday #16

He'll be treated just like Jeffries, Schumer and other Democrats if he's seen as potential leadership or presidential betsuni Thursday #17

K&R! William769 Thursday #13

Brilliant insight. I never would have come up with that . . . GulfofMexico Thursday #18