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Midnight Writer

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1. "angry white people that cannot be trusted to govern" is my new view of the Illinois GOP.

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2022, 01:53 PM

Dec 2022

My old view is of a party that represents the Chamber of Commerce and ignores the rest of us.

Odd how "populism" meets the needs of the oligarchs so neatly. Strange bedfellows, yet it works for them.

Don Tracy has made himself a target by being the most sensible Republican in the room.

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IL GOP fails to take hint. Their shrinking support in state is a mystery to them. [View all] Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2022 OP

"angry white people that cannot be trusted to govern" is my new view of the Illinois GOP. Midnight Writer Dec 2022 #1

republicans can't believe the writing on the wall, and other glaring right-in-their-faces SWBTATTReg Dec 2022 #2

I found this really hard to read, due to the lack of paragraph breaks. ShazzieB Dec 2022 #3

Mostly angry white men... raising2moredems Dec 2022 #4

You're right. I've inserted some breaks and adjusted a couple other things. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2022 #5

Salvi Was A Contender? ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #6