Post Lincoln The GOP Has Always Been A Party Of Pricks & Dicks.

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7. With the exception of Gerry Ford, I would have said post-Nixon

Teddy Roosevelt and Eisenhower were certainly tolerable, and, in the context of his time, TR had some quite daring stances, especially with respect to the environment (e.g. National Parks) and attitude toward open criticism of sitting presidents.

Though not the intellectual equal of Adlai Stevenson, Eisenhower was not thoroughly evil in nature, and Gerry Ford was essentially a product of Eisenhower's era. Bush senior, though not as nasty as Reagan, certainly was influenced by the success of his ways, and the Republicans went downhill from there, landing in the deep dark pit where they now reside.

Even so-called "moderate Republicans" such as Senators Flake, Corker, Collins and Murkowski, all vote reliably for every vile measure or nominee that McTurtle brings to the Senate floor for a vote. Their expressed "reservations" vanish like steam from a teacup when it comes to actually sparing the country some woe.