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In reply to the discussion: Eisenhower nailed it in 1956. Those words now describe the Repuke party. [View all]ShazzieB
(16,281 posts)30. I agree.
I can't see Raygun being willing to kiss Herr Trumpfuhrer's ring (or anything else of his), though. He'd laugh in that ugly orange face and get together with Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney to plan Chump's downfall.
Raygun was detestable, but he was nobody's toady. Unlike most of the GOP members of the Hiuse and Senate.
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Eisenhower nailed it in 1956. Those words now describe the Repuke party. [View all]
MoonRiver
May 2021
OP
Add Jack Kemp, George Romney, Everett Dirksen, Jacob Javits, Kenneth Keating, and Mark Hatfield of
NBachers
May 2021
#39
The early drafts of his speech mentioned the military-industrial-congressional complex.
LastDemocratInSC
May 2021
#12
The Republicans have recruited Dixiecrats, Tea baggers and deplorables to carry water for the 1%.
Marcuse
May 2021
#21
I read somewhere that Ike knew about the right-wing crazies but didn't like them.
raging moderate
May 2021
#29