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1 posted on 06/16/2017 10:07:52 AM PDT by V K Lee
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She was never truly a friend, just an acquaintance.


2 posted on 06/16/2017 10:10:18 AM PDT by CapnJack
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Poor guy...

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a woman with elite degrees that few attain, a wife of a successful man


3 posted on 06/16/2017 10:11:45 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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Send the letter to the ex-friend.


4 posted on 06/16/2017 10:13:02 AM PDT by theoilpainter
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RE: "You are a respected woman in the community—a woman with elite degrees that few attain, a wife of a successful man. And yet you support a party of fools."

There is something terribly off balance in the character of a person who is willing to ignore the lawless behavior of the Clintons over so many years, yet will vociferously denounce someone who simply wants to make America equal for all.

5 posted on 06/16/2017 10:14:12 AM PDT by Baynative ( Someone's going to have to pay for these carbon emissions, so it might as well be you.)
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The only exception in the article is the term “marksman,” in referring to the psycho who tried to assassinate those republican representatives. He was no marksman.


6 posted on 06/16/2017 10:15:45 AM PDT by semaj (Audentes fortuna juvat: Fortune favors the bold. Be Bold FRiends.)
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My older (much older,in fact) brother is a democrat...worked for state government.We never got along and I'm not even slightly surprised that he is.He claims to be a Christian...participates in the parish...but supports the Party that worships abortionists and believes in transgenderism.

It's a lot like my elderly aunt who died a few years ago.Went to Mass every day and claimed to be a devout Christian but was a staunch democrat.I once asked her how she could support a Party that despises everything she claims to believe in.Her response? "They give me my Social Security".

Amazing.

7 posted on 06/16/2017 10:15:58 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Comey = The Swamp Fighting Back)
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I am sorry for Jennifer that she lost her friend and is mourning her loss. Between you and me, I don't like Jennifer's friend. She seems condescending, arrogant and a real witch. ; )
8 posted on 06/16/2017 10:16:34 AM PDT by Chgogal (I will NOT submit, therefore, Jihadists hate me.)
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You did not lose a friend. A real friend values friendship over partisanship.


10 posted on 06/16/2017 10:17:25 AM PDT by Lexington Green (Sun Tzu Trumps Saul Alinsky)
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11 posted on 06/16/2017 10:18:18 AM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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My sister in laws spews vile words and deepseated anger whenever Trump comes up. She hates KellyAnne Conway with a deep passion. She is a person who rarely uses curse words but lets them drop with a wreched contorted face of anger when speaking about anyone in the Trump administration.

I do not engage her in “debate”. I am not young nor naive. I have far too much experience with the brainwashed to ever consider there would be any fruit to bare from such a thing.

These people have been told that they have enemies. They have been programmed to believe that they are an existential threat to their lives and their well-being. Their resentment has been well crafted.

And by who?
Some demonic cult leader?
No... from mainstream “news” sources.

Pundits and and peddlars of hate, masked as journalists.
They are what we call the Main Stream Media. They foment hatred and division. They know their craft and they work their tradecraft on the subconscious minds of insecure people like any cult would. They are well trained (most of the time) never to actually overtly promote violence, but they straddle the line at times.

This is the reality we live in.


12 posted on 06/16/2017 10:18:35 AM PDT by z3n
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The demos even boo God.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG6qgSfaARE

I don’t want evil friends like that.


13 posted on 06/16/2017 10:18:43 AM PDT by boycott
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I left Facebook and everyone - good and bad - no longer talk to me.

If I make the effort to call out and say “Hi” that’s about all there is to it.

And the only people who pick up when I call ? My vet friends.

I’ve paid for people’s funerals, weddings, bills. Helped out when they needed it in every way. On facebook, they mostly told me directly how my comments (Political and not) brightened their day and they couldn’t imagine life without me.

These were people who I saw almost daily too. And they were my political allies. Not even politically motivated.

Put simply, I’ve learned that if you’re not on social media, you are a modern hermit.

But I think I’m going to call my vet friends now though. Thanks for reminding me !


15 posted on 06/16/2017 10:19:41 AM PDT by Celerity
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The loss or “cancellation” of millions of friendships...or if they were not friendships...acquaintances...is I think one of the most dismal residues of the 0bama era. It’s happened to every single one of us. No, they may not have been “best friends”...in truth, we have only 1 or 2 of them for 10 acquaintances. But cooperation and company has been thrown out for righteous indignation over an externally-imposed set of very questionable and in some cases phenomenally destructive mores.


16 posted on 06/16/2017 10:20:07 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
Thomas Jefferson


18 posted on 06/16/2017 10:23:30 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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“...while you campaigned relentlessly for HRC...”

I think I see the funda-”mental” problem.


21 posted on 06/16/2017 10:27:04 AM PDT by fwdude (Democrats have not been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.)
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It's like I tell my wife and kids,there's friends,then there's Facebook friends.
25 posted on 06/16/2017 10:29:34 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Government can make you feel so small and mean.-John Steinbeck)
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Same thing happened in my family, we have always been very close, the vast majority of the family are either ardent Republicans or politically indifferent, however one uncle has always been a staunch democrat, he supported Obama and campaigned hard for Hillary. For decades this accounted for little more than just some friendly political banter at the family get-togethers. However, this year was different, it got really nasty, it started during the campaign with him posting constant trash about Trump on Facebook (racist, sexist, "Drumph", the typical leftist garbage). At first we just ignored it, then we got sick of seeing his daily screeds and started defending Trump and attacking Hillary. By election day, the attacks had gotten really personal.

After the election, he blocked every family member on Facebook. Several of us even sent, "Ok, election's over, but we're family, let's move on and forget about it" emails. But no response. On memorial day, the family has a tradition of putting flowers on departed relatives graves, he has shown up to ever one for over 30 years. But not this year, he didn't show. I guess he really did disown us over Trump....

27 posted on 06/16/2017 10:30:33 AM PDT by apillar
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No loss. We don’t need dark side dwellers in our lives.


30 posted on 06/16/2017 10:33:19 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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“Courage is the foundation of all the other virtues.”

Democrats are afraid. They are deathly afraid that their lives are going to get worse.

Have you ever been around a truly frightened person? They just want whatever frightens them to go away. There’s no debate. They just want whatever is frightening them to be gone.

Greed and fear.....the cornerstones of the Democrat tribe.


33 posted on 06/16/2017 10:34:20 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Yeah, a bunch of my email buddies stopped returning my emails. They were rank liberals. To this day they still love bill klinton.


43 posted on 06/16/2017 10:49:37 AM PDT by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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