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Demsrule86

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17. Nothing is worth giving up the ACA.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 03:32 PM

Nov 12

Millions will die. The ACA took 50 years to arrive and it was damned difficult. Folks died (how dare they) and switched parties. I don’t think we will get healthcare back. Medicare is next. We need new leaders

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***NEW AP NORC Poll*** Trump's Approval Falls to a Dismal 36% * [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Nov 12 OP

He's far too popular for the shutdown to have continued leftstreet Nov 12 #1

I duno. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 12 #2

Nothing is worth giving up the ACA. Demsrule86 Nov 12 #17

36 is probably getting close to his floor. bearsfootball516 Nov 12 #3

Thirty percent of Americans which is frightening and sickening have authoritarian tendencies. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 12 #4

The only way the Hardcore abandon him, is if it hits them HARD, with no way Ars Longa Nov 12 #10

Maybe ProfessorGAC Nov 12 #15

I've always thought about 30% as well Buckeyeblue Nov 12 #16

Still too high vapor2 Nov 12 #5

The thirty percent of Americans who want a dictator have Trump which is the closest they have ever got. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 12 #6

It's never going to zero. BannonsLiver Nov 12 #12

It's amazing how 30% run the entire country. dem4decades Nov 12 #7

Even authoritarian personalities like to eat a burger once in a while Prairie Gates Nov 12 #8

I think he's reached the lame duck section of his chicken bucket. Torchlight Nov 12 #9

I agree. And the closer we get to the 2028 election, the less sway he'll have with congressional GOPers bearsfootball516 Nov 12 #11

Feel good number of the day. Baitball Blogger Nov 12 #13

If you mean by dismal... lame54 Nov 12 #14

Big deal. He was at 32% for a while in 2017.. just noise, not a big shift. lostnfound Nov 12 #18

His floor BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 12 #19