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markodochartaigh

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2. What could have been done:

Reply to lees1975 (Original post)

Thu Jul 24, 2025, 01:03 AM

Jul 24

A) Keep Henry Wallace on the ticket. B) Ensure that every school in the country (even private and home school) has civics and economics courses that describe exactly how the US got into the Great Depression, how the New Deal helped the country, how the supreme court and the Businessmen's Plot attempted to short circuit the New Deal. C) Ensure that the National Security Act was never signed by Truman. D) Impeach Ford as soon as he pardoned Nixon.

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What Democrats could have done that would have changed everything we are going through now. [View all] lees1975 Jul 24 OP

I agree with every one of your points. Trueblue1968 Jul 24 #1

What could have been done: markodochartaigh Jul 24 #2

new judge seats could also end up republican some day nt msongs Jul 24 #3

Branding Trump for what he is should have been top priority up and down the Democratic Party BeyondGeography Jul 24 #4

Dems wanted to kill the fillibuster but MadameButterfly Jul 24 #5

Thank you BaronChocula Jul 24 #8

Biden was explicitely, and vocally, against any such maneuver stopdiggin Jul 24 #6

Woulda Coulda Shoulda are failure modes. However, usonian Jul 24 #7

What could have been done? Just fucking vote for Gore, Hillary, and Kamala, that's what. W_HAMILTON Jul 24 #9

The ice cream vendor was in my city. Grumpy Old Guy Jul 24 #10

Get A Plan. Register Voters. Verify Their Status Well Ahead Of Election Day... BurnDoubt Jul 24 #11