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oldsoldierfadingfast

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5. Back then ...

Reply to pat_k (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2026, 02:58 PM

Jul 1

my family was Repub. I and 'some' of my family switched parties in the 70s when the Koch Bros. and big money started buying the Repubs. and it seemed to me that the two parties were switching sides. Those of us who switced never went back.

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