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Hekate

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4. Ever since the RNC when Trump got the nom & the balloons stopped falling, she & Steve Schmidt...

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 4, 2018, 04:53 PM

Jun 2018

...sat there in the dark and the ashes after Trump's apocalyptic speech talking about the Constitution and democracy and the republic -- Steve literally choked up.

I could tell they felt they were at the deathbed of the Party they had served, and quite possibly that of our republic. As a consequence I have followed their progress as commentators with interest ever since.

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"Lies! Lies! Lies!" Nicolle Wallace takes a page from Mark Slackmeyer during Watergate... [View all] Hekate Jun 2018 OP

Nicole is fearless. triron Jun 2018 #1

It has been interesting following Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #2

With Steve Schmidt along for the ride. MontanaMama Jun 2018 #3

Ever since the RNC when Trump got the nom & the balloons stopped falling, she & Steve Schmidt... Hekate Jun 2018 #4

So remember, Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #5

I was stunned by that speech myself. It was so dark, so unlike any other Convention speech ever... Hekate Jun 2018 #6

It did not surprise me at all. Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #7

They both had problems with Palin Hamlette Jun 2018 #8

Self- kick Hekate Jun 2018 #9

She is quietly laying the groundwork to convince deplorables to vote for Democrats. Tatiana Jun 2018 #10