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NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
Fri May 26, 2023, 01:56 AM May 2023

Or Forever Hold Your Peace ...

It's no secret. The GOP is now the party of bigots, racists, gun-humpers, and ignorant illiterates determined to destroy democracy.

Their heroes are insurrectionists and murderers, their 'Christianity' is based on hypocrisy, and their 'family values' includes forcing women and female children to carry their rapists' babies to term.

Their concept of 'freedom' is citizens being told what they are allowed to read, to say, and to wear.

Their 'leader' is a twice-impeached, indicted liar currently under investigation for numerous crimes, including attempting to overthrow our government. And their idea of 'strength' is to kiss his ass and kow-tow to his every insane demand.

Now is the time for any and all Republicans who don't want to be forever associated with the party of conspiracy-spewing whackjobs to stand up and speak out - and in case you haven' noticed, time is running out.



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Or Forever Hold Your Peace ... (Original Post) NanceGreggs May 2023 OP
thank you Skittles May 2023 #1
I'm 75 years old and the only "good" Republicans I remember agingdem May 2023 #2
I remember those days. Howard Baker who was a good guy, calimary May 2023 #6
You are correct. There are no "good Republicans" left... AZ8theist May 2023 #4
Anybody ever tell you that you have a way with words? 👍 dchill May 2023 #3
Ike was probably the lasr good Republican. Grumpy Old Guy May 2023 #5
Been saying this for a long time. joshdawg May 2023 #9
K&R! 2naSalit May 2023 #7
"there will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain" speak easy May 2023 #8
The last Republican for whom I had a modicum of respect EYESORE 9001 May 2023 #10

Skittles

(153,142 posts)
1. thank you
Fri May 26, 2023, 02:07 AM
May 2023

enough with the "good republican" nonsense, you simply CANNOT support today's GOP and be a good person, no fucking WAY

agingdem

(7,840 posts)
2. I'm 75 years old and the only "good" Republicans I remember
Fri May 26, 2023, 02:23 AM
May 2023

were the two or three sitting on the US Senate Watergate Committee…but then again I was a young mother with a sick baby working two jobs to get my husband through law school, perpetually stressed and overtired so I could be wrong about the two or three Republicans on the Watergate Committee…

calimary

(81,197 posts)
6. I remember those days. Howard Baker who was a good guy,
Fri May 26, 2023, 05:01 AM
May 2023

and Lowell Weicker - who I remember as a good guy, and Ed Gurney - who I barely remember at all. Maybe because he didn't distinguish himself like the others did. And Sam Dash was chief counsel, with Fred Thompson as minority counsel. He'd become a Senator in his own right, in later years.

The Repubs had three members, and the Dems had four - Sam Ervin who chaired. Daniel Inouye, Joseph Montoya, and Herman Talmadge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Watergate_Committee

What memories, what memories...

AZ8theist

(5,452 posts)
4. You are correct. There are no "good Republicans" left...
Fri May 26, 2023, 04:02 AM
May 2023

There are some awesome Fascists, however....

Grumpy Old Guy

(3,158 posts)
5. Ike was probably the lasr good Republican.
Fri May 26, 2023, 04:51 AM
May 2023

He started the Interstate system, which has proven to be one of our greatest infracture accompishments, in my humble opinion. Can you imagine trying to get that passed now?

speak easy

(9,231 posts)
8. "there will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain"
Fri May 26, 2023, 05:47 AM
May 2023

Liz Cheney holds some of the nastiest RW views, but when push came to shove she stood up as a patriot.

EYESORE 9001

(25,923 posts)
10. The last Republican for whom I had a modicum of respect
Fri May 26, 2023, 06:00 AM
May 2023

was Sen. Charles Percy of Illinois. That was very very long ago.

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