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Old 12-04-2015, 06:30 AM
 
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No doubt the country is being divided by right-wing rhetoric. Just listen to the hateful, bigoted demagoguery that Donald Trump spews out. He demeans, belittles and falsely blames the nation's problems on blacks, hispanics, women, gays, muslims, and the disabled. GOP has become the Old White Bigot party.
Obama was dividing this country long before Trump started running for president.
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Old 12-04-2015, 06:35 AM
 
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Americans see things in black or white; it's liberal vs. conservative, good vs. evil, anti-this vs. pro-that and so on. Obviously recent events have contributed towards this growing divide, but the lack of critical thinking skills in the country is mainly to blame. If more people were able to see the grey area between two extremes, then I think people would be more unified.
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Old 12-04-2015, 06:43 AM
 
Location: The Lone Star State
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Obama almost constantly whining about and blaming republicans at the national and world podium, inserting himself where he shouldn't on local events (while ignoring larger events), all fans the flames of division.

Same thing with Hillary calling the GOP her enemy.
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Old 12-04-2015, 06:49 AM
 
Location: zooland 1
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Most devisive president we have ever had
World policy in shambles... We are untrustworthy as a country
Domestic tranquility in a shambles... Pure alinsky... This is ALL on Obama and those who subscribe to his world vision...

He will continue to harm everyone of us for years
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Old 12-04-2015, 10:08 AM
 
Location: The Springs
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I'm actually enjoying this meltdown. I always knew the human race were a pile of dix. It's funny to see it come into fruition now. Let us die in peace, those of us who want to do so anyway. Humans are disgusting.
Off topic, however...

I'm not a religious person, but figured Jesus didn't die on the cross because "people are basically good".
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Old 12-04-2015, 10:43 AM
 
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Obama was dividing this country long before Trump started running for president.
Obama wasn't doing the dividing. The minute he was sworn in the right-wing hater zealots on AM radio went into overdrive and so did the commentators on Fox. All we heard was a bunch of garbage about Obama's birth certificate, he's a Muslim, etc. etc.
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Old 12-04-2015, 10:48 AM
 
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No doubt the country is being divided by right-wing rhetoric. Just listen to the hateful, bigoted demagoguery that Donald Trump spews out. He demeans, belittles and falsely blames the nation's problems on blacks, hispanics, women, gays, muslims, and the disabled. GOP has become the Old White Bigot party.
So out of touch, look in the mirror, liberals have become the most obnoxious bigots of all.
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Old 12-04-2015, 10:59 AM
 
Location: Posting from my space yacht.
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A community organizer has no business being president. The job of a community organizer is to separate people into groups and pit them against one another in order to achieve a goal. How would that life experience prepare him to be the type of leader who would unite a nation?
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Old 12-05-2015, 10:24 PM
 
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This is why people under 30, non-property owners, and non-taxpayers should never be allowed to vote. The first group is simply too stupid (by and large) and the second two have no skin in the game; most of them are takers.
So because someone doesn't own property, he or she shouldn't get to have a say in things like taxation, social issues, military intervention, etc? You can't be serious. The proportion of issues that relate particularly to property owners is quite small. Further, your basic claim is simply wrong -- there are many people who don't own property who have "skin in the game." If a person makes $100k per year and rents an apartment, he is still paying a hefty tax bill. More importantly, he still has rights, and his simply living in our society means that he has skin in the game.

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