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There is a big difference between now and the election of 1980. Now, we have a track record of what happens when you put mean-spirited dumbasses in control of the White House (20 out of the last 28 years) and of the Congress (12 out of the last 14 years.
It's worked out so well.
If the American electorate puts McSame and Hail Mary in the White House, it will be because, as a nation, we deserve no better.