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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJoe Scarborough: (About the Republican Party) Their actions this week were shameful.
Lee Atwater mastered the politics of resentment in 1988. Willie Horton, flag factories, the pledge of allegiance as a wedge issue, etc.
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Limbaugh, Newt, O'Reilly, Rove and a thousand imitators got rich or elected taking that resentment to the next level. That led to Trump.
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30 years later, American conservatism is not conservative and the Republican Party is unrecognizable. Their actions this week were shameful.
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Joe Scarborough: (About the Republican Party) Their actions this week were shameful. (Original Post)
MelissaB
May 2017
OP
Yes, fuck him too...but always be open for people to regain their sanity, at least a little...
First Speaker
May 2017
#4
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)1. I don't have much use for Morning Joe...but this once: good for him.
This country desperately needs a sane, unradical, genuinely conservative party. Scarborough understands this, at least. Good for you, you otherwise crummy bastard.
malaise
(268,717 posts)2. JoeScum gave Groper Don the Con an open mic
Fuck him too
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)4. Yes, fuck him too...but always be open for people to regain their sanity, at least a little...
...even the Terminally Fucked...
Kingofalldems
(38,425 posts)3. Mika is getting through to him.