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DFW

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9. To ask that, you have to ask them what they think their Party is

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Mon May 3, 2021, 12:14 PM

May 2021

If they think their party is the party of Eisenhower, Javits, Dirksen and Gerry Ford, is there anyone left, besides an aging few, who even WANTS that to be their party?

These days, the party seems to be McConnell, Trump, Gaetz, Greene, Cotton, Cruz, and Gohmert, and they are fine with that. Their who ideology is shaped by the Murdochs, anyway. They watch Fox Noise and regurgitate what they are fed there. There is nothing to fight for, in their eyes, except maybe the right to control the outcome of all elections, no matter the will of the voters.

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Do true Republicans have the backbone to fight for their Party? [View all] kentuck May 2021 OP

They do. Unfortunately, true Republicans are assholes. They are fighting to make their party worse lagomorph777 May 2021 #1

No. They'll grouse and groan but still rely on us to do the heavy lifting. JHB May 2021 #2

I doubt Romney or Cheney or others would terribly broken up if we have a christofascist theocracy. Thomas Hurt May 2021 #3

Arguing the "one true Republican" theory again? Wounded Bear May 2021 #4

+1, uponit7771 May 2021 #6

The GOP is purging its less insane members LetMyPeopleVote May 2021 #5

Are you asking about Eisenhower Republicans? haele May 2021 #7

"True Republicans" are fighting for their party. Unfortunately, ... Brother Mythos May 2021 #8

To ask that, you have to ask them what they think their Party is DFW May 2021 #9

What is a "true Republican"? Caliman73 May 2021 #10