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Oldem

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19. I may be overly optimistic,

Fri Jan 29, 2021, 10:41 AM

Jan 2021

but I agree with him. And if the MYG repugs don't implode, we always have the example of mad King George. There was a revolution against him. So, in spite of the lunatic fringe in our electorate, I don't think a lunatic GOP can last. From within or without, it will be crushed. Then, we'll look back and dissect it all, trying to figure out how it could have happened. If I'm wrong, and the lunatic right prevails, we're lost.

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Unfortunately edhopper Jan 2021 #1

I hope sooner than later . . . Iliyah Jan 2021 #2

+1 sandensea Jan 2021 #49

A sane republican? SergeStorms Jan 2021 #3

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agree. wnylib Jan 2021 #34

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Sadly, this is very true. wnylib Jan 2021 #35

And yet Meijer was all Trump all the time in his campaign Johnny2X2X Jan 2021 #6

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Those Republicans bdamomma Jan 2021 #8

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I wish people would qualitfy this dianaredwing Jan 2021 #41

Ironic to see in this op. Midnightwalk Jan 2021 #45

Well, a Republican with common sense. Firestorm49 Jan 2021 #11

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For political survival Wednesdays Jan 2021 #24

Wishful thinking Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #18

I may be overly optimistic, Oldem Jan 2021 #19

Are you saying the American Revolution caused King George's madness? Wednesdays Jan 2021 #25

No. Oldem Jan 2021 #26

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...as it should. roamer65 Jan 2021 #29

Uhh, Pete? Maybe come over to the sane Party??? NoMoreRepugs Jan 2021 #30

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That is what I think, too. wnylib Jan 2021 #37

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Coin flip Cosmocat Jan 2021 #44

In a sane world, yes bucolic_frolic Jan 2021 #32

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Bob, those are my thoughts exactly. Nitram Jan 2021 #39

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- or until she kills someone herself. crickets Jan 2021 #47

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A principled Republican. Laelth Jan 2021 #51