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2016 Postmortem

dmosh42

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2. Having been around long enough to remember seeing Truman in the newsreels before TV......

Reply to portlander23 (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2016, 02:27 PM

Dec 2016

I know Bernie appealed to me because his economic message was something that I know would get
us to where the middle class would get a positive effect. Taxes would be more fair, education more accessible, healthcare in reach for all, etc. This was the way it was in the 1950s. Trump was more of
the rich trying to make sure we keep the unbalanced economic system, and manipulate those who felt
'left out' into saying "f--- You! to the rest of us.

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Trump and Sanders voters felt like their candidates were vehicles for their respective movements [View all] portlander23 Dec 2016 OP

I was a Sanders supporter. TDale313 Dec 2016 #1

Having been around long enough to remember seeing Truman in the newsreels before TV...... dmosh42 Dec 2016 #2