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uponit7771

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36. +1! when digital level gerrymandering, voter suppression was being implemented they were
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 07:16 PM
Aug 2018

... mostly quiet.

I'm still leaning towards they don't like the .. WAY .. things are said and done vs that they're done at all.

Get Pence in there and they'll all fall back in line

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It's how you stop a dictator marylandblue Aug 2018 #1
Exactly. Mister Ed Aug 2018 #2
Respectfully I ask what was the time frame for your fathers GOP? Eko Aug 2018 #3
Eisenhower era. Mister Ed Aug 2018 #4
My father was a strong democratic politician back then and he had many republican RKP5637 Aug 2018 #6
Eisenhower considered himself a progressive conservative. Hortensis Aug 2018 #16
The "new" GOP has been a real eye opener. The cretins have been gathered under one dangerous party RKP5637 Aug 2018 #25
The GOP goes more to the right, Democrats go further to the left. dubyadiprecession Aug 2018 #27
Oh, yes, and not just shocked. He's famous for Hortensis Aug 2018 #28
Strom Thurmond? Eko Aug 2018 #8
I'm afraid I don't understand the question. n/t Mister Ed Aug 2018 #15
Thurmond switched from Dem to GOP in 1964, after Ike's era. oasis Aug 2018 #23
No, they need to vote democratic longer that that to save the country. Blue_true Aug 2018 #34
Yes, as long as it takes... Mister Ed Aug 2018 #37
No! The GOP is the party of Putin and tRump RainCaster Aug 2018 #9
We aren't aligning with the entire party marylandblue Aug 2018 #11
This is important world wide wally Aug 2018 #21
They're not moderate. They're just anti-Trump. And I'm yet to hear a single one... Garrett78 Aug 2018 #17
Don't care what you call them, anti-Trump is all that matters right now marylandblue Aug 2018 #19
It's time to form a national unity party. roamer65 Aug 2018 #5
No, if there needs to be a new party, it needs to be theirs. Stinky The Clown Aug 2018 #7
It would give us a chance to mold and shape our eventual opposition party. roamer65 Aug 2018 #10
Agree. They are the only ones who could form a Hortensis Aug 2018 #20
I am not sure what to make of them, but I don't feel sorry Cary Aug 2018 #12
I have no sympathy for them. Scruffy1 Aug 2018 #13
fuck no. REAGAN'S WELFARE QUEENS, the southern strategy. pansypoo53219 Aug 2018 #14
+1! when digital level gerrymandering, voter suppression was being implemented they were uponit7771 Aug 2018 #36
I don't feel the least bit sorry for them. They helped create this monster and they need to own it. Garrett78 Aug 2018 #18
Their party is severely damaged, too. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #22
better for them and us if the dem party and progressive orgs woke up and certainot Aug 2018 #24
It's stunning the US has allowed Fox News and Rupert Murdoch destroy the US RKP5637 Aug 2018 #26
fox is part of the free speech spectrum. i don't think it would be a problem certainot Aug 2018 #30
It's chilling, and that's putting it mildly. Joseph Goebbels is proud of this orchestrated RKP5637 Aug 2018 #38
A lot of never trumpers were and are neo-cons MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #29
Richard Painter ran as a Democrat because he wanted that seat and knew he couldn't beat Tina Smith WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #31
Next time you talk to your republican friends. Blue_true Aug 2018 #32
Agreed Hekate Aug 2018 #33
i recommend drinking until the feeling passes 0rganism Aug 2018 #35
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