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kpete

(72,005 posts) Tue Aug 25, 2020, 08:27 AM Aug 2020

Dan Rather re: RNC: "Subtle this convention is not. Air raid sirens not dog whistles."

Subtle this convention is not. Air raid sirens not dog whistles. And a playbook from very different eras, dark and divisive but often politically effective eras, in American history. Will it work in 2020?

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Dan Rather re: RNC: "Subtle this convention is not. Air raid sirens not dog whistles." (Original Post) kpete Aug 2020 OP

The Triumph of the Shrill. tanyev Aug 2020 #1

When that little prick Charlie Kirk opens the convention with a speech bullwinkle428 Aug 2020 #2

Can we get back to normal? kentuck Aug 2020 #3

tanyev

(42,588 posts)

1. The Triumph of the Shrill.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2020, 08:28 AM

Aug 2020

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)

2. When that little prick Charlie Kirk opens the convention with a speech

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2020, 08:31 AM

Aug 2020

proclaiming Chump as "bodyguard of Western Civilization", you know it's time to put in earplugs to protect from the constant scream of air raid sirens.

kentuck

(111,106 posts)

3. Can we get back to normal?

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2020, 08:35 AM

Aug 2020

Have we learned anything from history?

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