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Republicans Identify With Putin Because ... (Original Post) ItsjustMe Feb 2022 OP
Oh that's good! liberalla Feb 2022 #1
It's really not about country, it's about the Domination of other people. njhoneybadger Feb 2022 #2
"Domination of other people."... It's a progression.. Own the libs, back TFG, back who he backs mitch96 Feb 2022 #12
I would say they are ass kissing TFG! Emile Feb 2022 #3
Rich! nt panchobarnz Feb 2022 #4
Very true. Jetheels Feb 2022 #5
There is no more Republican party, gab13by13 Feb 2022 #6
Exactly. niyad Feb 2022 #7
Yup Lemon Lyman Feb 2022 #8
They have no idea how mistaken they are. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #13
Reagan unwittingly predicted the current Republican leadership philosophy forty one years ago. Marcuse Feb 2022 #9
They want to impose their rule on others & they don't support democracy. CaptainTruth Feb 2022 #10
Seen at a MAGA rally. Says it all. DinahMoeHum Feb 2022 #11

mitch96

(13,924 posts)
12. "Domination of other people."... It's a progression.. Own the libs, back TFG, back who he backs
Wed Feb 23, 2022, 11:15 AM
Feb 2022

AKA putin....
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gab13by13

(21,385 posts)
6. There is no more Republican party,
Wed Feb 23, 2022, 10:20 AM
Feb 2022

it's the GQP. It is not rocket science. The GQP identifies with autocracies because that is how to attain minority rule.

Lemon Lyman

(1,351 posts)
8. Yup
Wed Feb 23, 2022, 10:39 AM
Feb 2022

Also, they'd absolutely love to live under a dictatorship. As long as the dictator was theirs/from their party.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
13. They have no idea how mistaken they are.
Wed Feb 23, 2022, 11:22 AM
Feb 2022

Life sucks for everybody under a dictator; even those who pushed the dictator to power, even his inner circle. All will suffer. Many of his closest allies will end up impoverished, imprisoned, or defenestrated.

Marcuse

(7,505 posts)
9. Reagan unwittingly predicted the current Republican leadership philosophy forty one years ago.
Wed Feb 23, 2022, 10:46 AM
Feb 2022

[link:https://slideplayer.com/slide/16175080/95/images/9/Aggressive+Rhetoric.jpg

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Reagan calmly explained that the Soviet leadership had "openly and publicly declared that the only morality they recognize is what will further their cause, meaning they reserve unto themselves the right to commit any crime, to lie, to cheat."

Reagan continued, explaining that the Soviets considered their relativistic behavior "moral, not immoral." This was something that the United States needed to "keep . . . in mind" when doing "business" with Moscow.
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