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harumph

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8. Very sorry to hear that. It must have been devastating.
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 08:26 AM
6 hrs ago


I have to believe we will get to the other side of all of this.

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trump versus W [View all] mnmoderatedem 8 hrs ago OP
W's administration looks world class compared to this shit show newdeal2 8 hrs ago #1
Compared with Trump, W is a towering intellect. Crunchy Frog 7 hrs ago #2
This! Joinfortmill 6 hrs ago #16
Trump wants his "Mission Accomplished" moment too. hot2na 7 hrs ago #3
Sadly, you're right EuterpeThelo 7 hrs ago #5
My late husband and I EuterpeThelo 7 hrs ago #4
Very sorry to hear that. It must have been devastating. harumph 6 hrs ago #8
Thank you, Harumph EuterpeThelo 6 hrs ago #9
W was an idiot, but he had trusted staff Smackdown2019 7 hrs ago #6
Yes. I had that discussion with a friend during Trump's first term... thesquanderer 6 hrs ago #7
A lot of dems voted for the Iraq war, including 3-out-of-5 of our past presidential candidates so, CrispyQ 4 hrs ago #29
W started two long wars of occupation. 5,000 US troops died, and upwards of a million people in the region Martin Eden 6 hrs ago #10
HW was not horrible Cosmocat 6 hrs ago #11
W is like Thomas Jefferson compared to trump. Katinfl 6 hrs ago #12
Don't despair, I think the Grim Reaper is at his door. Joinfortmill 6 hrs ago #17
Sure hope you are right. Katinfl 5 hrs ago #21
For me it was Nixon; GW was doing his best to emulate nixon. mwmisses4289 6 hrs ago #13
I felt Nixon's shenanigans started GOP corruption. IzzaNuDay 5 hrs ago #23
The same GOP was behind them both IbogaProject 6 hrs ago #14
Like most things, it was complicated... Joinfortmill 5 hrs ago #19
The Nazis and Good Germans came earlier in 53 IbogaProject 4 hrs ago #26
The real difference between the two of them is that as dumb as GW is/was as president, and lets face it, he was another Escurumbele 6 hrs ago #15
trump is definitely more of a sadist and seems mucifer 2 hrs ago #30
I know what you mean, I felt the same way. lark 5 hrs ago #18
Much as I was against the war in Iraq Norbert 5 hrs ago #20
We were attacked in 2001 and allies came to help. Katinfl 5 hrs ago #22
I judge them equal in incompetence The Blue Flower 5 hrs ago #24
The GOP has been spiralling downward since Ike... Wounded Bear 5 hrs ago #25
I was 9 through 17 when Dubya was in the White House EnergizedLib 4 hrs ago #27
I never thought I would say that about Nixon, for crissake. bluescribbler 4 hrs ago #28
Trump solidified his position on 1/6/21 ITAL 2 hrs ago #31
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