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PatSeg

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9. Republican politicians

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 09:38 AM

Sep 2018

have been on this path for decades. Over the years, they wooed apolitical, uninformed people with talk of morality, God, family, abortion, elite liberals, and fear just to get votes. They made promises that they never kept and this harmless base they created just to win elections took over their Grand Old Party and elected an idiot to be president.

They should have seen it coming, they created it.

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Witnesses to their own execution? [View all] kentuck Sep 2018 OP

You are correct 200% ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2018 #1

I agree, but the Republican Party began its embrace of fascism 50 years ago. olegramps Sep 2018 #11

You may be right. kentuck Sep 2018 #13

They don't care about the demise of the party 2naSalit Sep 2018 #2

Sorry malaise Sep 2018 #3

They're afraid of their base, and their Russian overlords. TheBlackAdder Sep 2018 #4

Remember the Whig Party? SallyHemmings Sep 2018 #5

Wishing the Whig party ending for the Trumplican party - bigly! pazzyanne Sep 2018 #6

The sooner the better! SallyHemmings Sep 2018 #7

The party may be on a zombotic death march Mr. Ected Sep 2018 #8

Republican politicians PatSeg Sep 2018 #9

The barbarians are at the gate... ewagner Sep 2018 #10

...to march closer and closer to the edge of the cliff Grins Sep 2018 #12