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In reply to the discussion: Open letter from a constituent: "I am relieved to say I no longer think of myself as a Republican" [View all]panfluteman
(2,054 posts)26. It's Interesting to See the Relatively Short and Limited Historical Frame of Reference
That this older millennial has. For us aging (or aged) baby boomers, this terminal degeneration of the GOP under Trump is just the latest phase of a long, slow decline that has been going on, in one way or another, ever since Tricky Dick Nixon. Baby Bush was definitely experimenting around and testing the waters to see how far he could go - but because of his Poppy Bush, he had been raised in a governmental family, and still had a modicum of respect for the institutions of government, and the process of governing. But with Trump, we have hit absolute rock bottom - absolutely no pretensions of any governing standards whatsoever!
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Open letter from a constituent: "I am relieved to say I no longer think of myself as a Republican" [View all]
kpete
Nov 2019
OP
It's no longer the old GOP, far from it. It has morphed into a criminal operation and a
RKP5637
Nov 2019
#1
Agree, the GOP has morphed into a collective body of treasonous operatives for putin
onetexan
Nov 2019
#4
It is my fervent desire that not one Republican will be returned to office in 2020
UpInArms
Nov 2019
#2
I'll settle for control of WH, House, and Senate, even if we still have some Repustules in office.
lagomorph777
Nov 2019
#6
It's Interesting to See the Relatively Short and Limited Historical Frame of Reference
panfluteman
Nov 2019
#26