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In reply to the discussion: NYT Editorial: "The Republican Party needs to be crushed & the earth salted behind it" [View all]Tommymac
(7,263 posts)28. Right On. It started in the 1960's when they courted the racist DixieCrats...
and won them over after President Johnson and the Democratic Congress passed all the Civil Rights Legislation.
Raygun accelerated the process, and the coalition with 2cd Amendment Nuts and the Religious Right in the late 1980's cemented their downward spiral.
Racists, rabid EndTimers and Evangelicals, and ignorant gun owners.
Lay with fleas and what does one expect?
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kpete
Oct 2020
OP
Good question. I think most of us were brought up to think lying,cheating and stealing are wrong
Walleye
Oct 2020
#75
Unfortunately the quote in the OP is misattributed. It's from Mother Jones, not the NY Times. nt
Timer
Oct 2020
#53
Today's GOP is now a "Terrorist Cult Organization." Anyone tells you they're a republican, WATCH OUT
RKP5637
Oct 2020
#5
Yeah, really, that's closer to what they've become. I can't imagine any sane individual
RKP5637
Oct 2020
#13
It's not the 4th year of the Trump presidency, it's the 40th year of the Reagan "revolution"
JHB
Oct 2020
#6
OP headline is wrong. That quote is from Mother Jones, not the NYT. (n/t)
thesquanderer
Oct 2020
#16
The NYT headline is - "R.I.P., G.O.P. The Party of Lincoln had a good run. Then came Mr. Trump."
BumRushDaShow
Oct 2020
#27
yes i was shocked at how simply blatant the language of condemnation was. I'm sure Repugs w say it's
onetexan
Oct 2020
#81
My only quibble with this editorial is that we need a conservative Republican Party.
Lonestarblue
Oct 2020
#26
The whole editorial at the link is excellent. For a change, it's not an Op-Ed, but NYT's Ed Board...
Hekate
Oct 2020
#32
The Republican Party Replaced the Whigs. Now It's Time for Some New Party to Replace Them.
panfluteman
Oct 2020
#46
Flatten the Repug Party into well-earned oblivion everywhere on the ballot.
RobertDevereaux
Oct 2020
#54
As long as people believe that our Constitution guarantees unchecked capitalism
Mr. Ected
Oct 2020
#79