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iluvtennis

(19,756 posts)
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 05:22 PM Sep 2020

Tweet: A republican in Virginia who just voted for for Biden and all down ballot dems

Ashton Spencer@AshtonBSpencer
1/ Just voted for my first Democratic President ever @JoeBiden in VA

He won’t be prefect, and I won’t agree with everything he does. I’ll call balls and strikes when warranted and continue to stand for limited government, Free trade, Nato, & Balanced budgets.

2/ I hope with tough love the Repub Party chooses to change its Path back towards those very ideals

I made the mistake of voting 3rd Party in 2016,& I won’t do that again. Too much is at stake,& this president clearly can’t handle any of it

#ElectionTwitter
#RepublicansForBiden




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Hip, hip hooray - there are some folks in GOP that have critical thinking skills.
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C_U_L8R

(44,891 posts)
2. That sounds like nearly every Republican I know
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 05:27 PM
Sep 2020

Except my dumb sister. She's too far gone down the magat sewer pipe to regain any common sense. At least there are many more Republicans turning against Trump and his hateful ideology. There is hope for us all. Mostly. Except my dumb sister.

StClone

(11,676 posts)
6. Ant in the Ant Farm
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 08:06 PM
Sep 2020

Dumb Sister is that little ant in that protected glass container who instinctively lives her little ant life and is fulfilled digging ant holes protecting, and serving up the maga-colony needs. Most every move she makes is seen, though her existence is of little consequence except how she entertains the owner of the farm, the CONS>CORPS.

andym

(5,441 posts)
13. Didn't Bill Clinton balance the budget? Even create a surplus?
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 08:24 PM
Sep 2020

What about that lockbox Al Gore was talking about, where they were putting the surplus money.
https://www.factcheck.org/2008/02/the-budget-and-deficit-under-clinton/

JI7

(89,172 posts)
4. Democrats are the ones that support NATO and Balanced Budgets
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 05:52 PM
Sep 2020

Democrats also support limited government even it comes to things like religion.

Democrats support trade but with reasonable regulations.

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
5. Like many repugs, I suspect he is stuck in the 1970's, or earlier.
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 07:52 PM
Sep 2020

Old school dipshit. Supporters of the orange anus are not repugs, of course. They are proto-nazis - pre-pubescent fascists just learning the ropes.

Skittles

(152,964 posts)
9. repukes haven't been decent in DECADES
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 08:13 PM
Sep 2020

fuck these people who supposedly have just seen the light due to Trump - they are self-serving assholes who will go right back to voting repuke

JHB

(37,128 posts)
12. The kicker is that he looks way too young to have been stuck in the 70s on his own
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 08:24 PM
Sep 2020

Looks like he's in his mid-30s, tops. Like the first president he can actually remember is maybe GHW Bush, more likely Clinton.

His political views seem like they're hand-me-downs from Mom & Dad.

StClone

(11,676 posts)
10. Capitalism with out restrain is Catastrophism
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 08:13 PM
Sep 2020

And in catastrophism there is that delicious slice of pie called shock doctrine where you grab whatever can in the chaos. Exhibit "A" is how the Top Billionaires expanded their massive billions in the Covid upheaval.

mvd

(65,148 posts)
7. This person is wrong on a lot of things, but good for him thinking past Party
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 08:11 PM
Sep 2020

I do appreciate the vote.

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