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Cyrano

(15,027 posts)
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 01:46 PM Feb 2022

It used to be that politics stopped at the water's edge

It used to be that all Americans would have regarded Putin as a threat to world peace.

It used to be that, when it came to foreign threats to democracy, both parties would unite behind the president.

It used to be that Republicans claimed to be "The Real American Patriots" who opposed our foreign enemies.

It used to be that pricks like Tucker Carlson, and many like him, would have been outcasts for "siding with the enemy."

Today, Republicans are finding every way possible to blame Joe Biden for Putin's aggression.

Today, Republicans are more interested in regaining power than they are in stopping Putin from gobbling up the Ukraine.

Today, Republicans don't give a rat's ass if Putin destroys NATO, which they'll also blame on Joe Biden.

Today, we're fortunate that TFG is no longer able to aid and abet Putin.

Today, we're stuck with Republican fascists trying to destroy Joe Biden, the Democratic Party, and democracy itself.

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It used to be that politics stopped at the water's edge (Original Post) Cyrano Feb 2022 OP
To quote a Neil Diamond song snowybirdie Feb 2022 #1
I remember being a little kid and hiding under my school desk... TreasonousBastard Feb 2022 #2

snowybirdie

(5,219 posts)
1. To quote a Neil Diamond song
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 02:01 PM
Feb 2022

"used to be's don't count anymore. They just lay on the floor til you sweep them away."

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
2. I remember being a little kid and hiding under my school desk...
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 02:07 PM
Feb 2022

because those nasty Russians were going to bomb the shit out of us with the bomb those Rosenbergs sold them.

Since J. Edgar had already bragged about killing off the Mob, those evil Kommanists just perfectly filled the bill for his next crusade.

Nobody seems to have grown up since.

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