The Beginning of The End
Title: “Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked”
Author: Chris Matthews
Rank: 63
Blurb: “A magnificent personal history of a time when two great political opponents served together for the benefit of the country.”
Review: “The two parties could actually work together to get things done despite the vast differences in their views.”
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Footnote: I tot I taw illegal wars, Wall Street looting, decimation of social services, and the undermining of the Middle Class!
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But but but it was bipartisanship?
As we saw with the ACA – if Democrats come up with it, it’s not that good, then Republicans make it far worse. In the 80s, usually the GOP came up with a piece of shit and the Dems were too gutless to even attempt to fix it. For example ….
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