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dajoki

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8. I've always blamed Buckley...

Reply to ificandream (Reply #6)

Sat Mar 12, 2022, 06:17 PM

Mar 2022

and Goldwater for taking what the birchers and other fringe groups were doing into the mainstream of repub politics. They laid the groundwork for the GQP of today who are clearly on a path of destruction and will do whatever they could to overturn our hard earned rights.

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They don't just want to "stop" history --they want to erase it [View all] dajoki Mar 2022 OP

The GQP got their checklist directly from SharonClark Mar 2022 #1

Want to bet the SCOTUS will hear cases to OVERTURN...besisde Roe v. Wade ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2022 #2

Erase is such a harsh word. Chainfire Mar 2022 #3

Whitewash OMGWTF Mar 2022 #9

They'd go back to public lynchings if the could... brush Mar 2022 #4

I don't call them republican IbogaProject Mar 2022 #5

Good term for them, the Regressive Party. wnylib Mar 2022 #11

Your last sentence said it very succinctly. ificandream Mar 2022 #6

I've always blamed Buckley... dajoki Mar 2022 #8

K&R Solly Mack Mar 2022 #7

Back when I conversed with these clowns... IngridsLittleAngel Mar 2022 #10