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hatrack

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2. 30 years ago, yeah, 20 years ago, maybe . . . .

Reply to J_William_Ryan (Original post)

Thu Mar 13, 2025, 07:04 PM

Mar 2025

But "Republicans will say bad things about us, and their voters won't like us!!!!" passed its sell-by date around, oh, 2009 or so.

Sorry, times have changed, and this used condom of an excuse isn't convincing.

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Shutting down the government failed for Republicans - it would fail for Democrats as well [View all] J_William_Ryan Mar 2025 OP

Disagree WA-03 Democrat Mar 2025 #1

30 years ago, yeah, 20 years ago, maybe . . . . hatrack Mar 2025 #2

How about SDANation Mar 2025 #3

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Normally you would be right. However, this is anything but a normal CR. waterwatcher123 Mar 2025 #6