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bucolic_frolic

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2. "wounds from the crushing"??? "win back voters"???

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 11:15 AM

Jul 11

emotional wounds maybe. It was a close election that could have gone either way.

We have to motivate our own voters as much as win any back. We are tarred with our deepest left ideas and the media and opposition uses that to scare voters away.

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Obama Steps Into the Ring to Deliver a Knockout Blow to Trump [View all] BumRushDaShow Jul 11 OP

My love and affection for Barack and Michelle has only grown since his retirement from the presidency. CTyankee Jul 11 #1

he shd give it up. there's no way. mopinko Jul 11 #4

My son is a pretty tough guy; he's a prosecutor in the Brooklyn DA's office. He just admires them both so much. CTyankee Jul 11 #8

I'm sorry to say this, but American voters will not elect a Black woman FakeNoose Jul 11 #13

Oh, I believe it and so does my son. We just had that "one, brief shining moment." CTyankee Jul 11 #16

"wounds from the crushing"??? "win back voters"??? bucolic_frolic Jul 11 #2

There was no knock out to Trump DemocracyWorks Jul 11 #3

Pure clickbait. Ferrets are Cool Jul 11 #11

Heard a rumor that Bruce may show, He and Pres. Obama keep in touch and Bruce has spent a lot or time in Red Bank. SheilaAnn Jul 11 #5

Knockout blow? A fundraiser? Ridiculous. nt Autumn Jul 11 #6

I'd say not fighting back dlilafae Jul 11 #7

I hate to say this but only if the people who voted for Trump suffer and understand it's HIS fault will anything change. CTyankee Jul 11 #9

THIS!! FirstLight Jul 11 #10

And the media, like MSNBC, has got to stop with the "bothsideism." What do they think they are accomplishing? CTyankee Jul 11 #12

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"Knockout Blow"...... This kind of hype gets old. groundloop Jul 11 #15

Exactly right SCantiGOP Jul 11 #17

Got that right. BWdem4life Jul 11 #18