# "How Did We Become Bitter Political Enemies?"

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 16, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-we-become-bitter-political-enemies/789112 "2017-06-16T13:23:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-we-become-bitter-political-enemies/789112/421 "2017-06-20T20:16:47Z")

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> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#):
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> Well, for a lot of people, the reasons were completely disconnected from their vote.

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That seems to be the official story according to yellow dog Democrats.

Others may believe that some yellow dog Democrats are only trying to explain ol’ Hillary’s 2nd failure to become POTUS.

I’ve noticed over the decades that when people spend time telling the other side how they should think, or what they should say, there is little chance of reaching a compromise. Oh well, life goes on.

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