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2016 Postmortem

TIME TO PANIC

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5. Yeah, it's sickening.

Reply to liberal_at_heart (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 02:37 AM

Mar 2016

They respect corruption. They think you're a fool if you're not dishonest, you know the 'it's part of the game' mentality. This shit began in the 80's with Reagan, but it's totally acceptable now.

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The amazing times we live in [View all] angrychair Mar 2016 OP

Our system is corrupt to the core. TIME TO PANIC Mar 2016 #1

We shall see RobertEarl Mar 2016 #2

And we've become a country where being corrupt is okay as long as the liberal_at_heart Mar 2016 #3

Yeah, it's sickening. TIME TO PANIC Mar 2016 #5

Apparently it was totally acceptable back in Reagan's day, too, Art_from_Ark Mar 2016 #6

Yeah, now it's both parties, and no one ever gets convicted. TIME TO PANIC Mar 2016 #7

Maybe instead of governing from the White House, they can from the Big House. artislife Mar 2016 #4

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Whoosh NJCher Mar 2016 #9

I second that, NJCher. Unknown Beatle Mar 2016 #10