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1. I wonder what the country would be like -
Sun Dec 2, 2018, 01:27 PM
Dec 2018

if Stalin had been able to buy radio commercials for say, Dewey. And also have fake articles posted in a bunch of papers. And had a few Soviet spies been able to touch the voter rolls in a few states before the election. And it was reported in the media, just like the hacking of voter rolls was.

And if say Dewey said Truman was a criminal and had firey speeches saying no one should enter the country and minorities are evil, etc., while it was known that Dewey had business dealings with the USSR.

And even before the election, things came out about Stalin's support for Dewey.

I bet Republican leaders back then would be up in arms and unsupportive of Dewey even before the election. Far more than the never Trumpers. And, if he won, they would be more inclined to impeach, just like they were more inclined to sign up for impeachment of Nixon.

What the hell happened to the GOP?

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