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Budi

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30. I agree with Pelosi as well. She's speaking of the functioning Democracy before the TEA PARTY.

Reply to NNadir (Reply #25)

Tue Apr 19, 2022, 12:09 PM

Apr 2022

Republicans lost their Party with the rise of the Tea Party.
Koch funded, white supremacist Tea Party with a charasmatic Palin speaking all they longed to hear.
The Tea Party was simply a revival of the long hidden John Birch Society.
Propaganda & an attractive leader who spoke their language. You betcha!!

And here we are.

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PELOSI: "The country needs a strong Republican Party, not one that has been hijacked as a cult." [View all] kpete Apr 2022 OP

We would do just fine if that Republican party were put in a rubber raft and set out in the middle Autumn Apr 2022 #1

+1 leftstreet Apr 2022 #16

Sorry I disagree vercetti2021 Apr 2022 #2

careful what you wish for, its replacement could easily be worse Amishman Apr 2022 #6

It is too late for that, and according to current polls, we are going to get slaughtered in the JohnSJ Apr 2022 #3

Good morning to you too. maxsolomon Apr 2022 #27

I am in California, Bay Area, so I am doing the same as you plus donating here and there when I can JohnSJ Apr 2022 #36

Oy Blues Heron Apr 2022 #4

Take back their party? Omnipresent Apr 2022 #5

She understands democracy and believes in it BeyondGeography Apr 2022 #7

She is correct mcar Apr 2022 #8

Stop supporting Republicans. aocommunalpunch Apr 2022 #9

+1 n/t area51 Apr 2022 #17

They're not a cult, they're an organized crime syndicate! Towlie Apr 2022 #10

To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld: kentuck Apr 2022 #11

Nice thought, Madam Speaker, BUT Vogon_Glory Apr 2022 #12

It is naive to pretend Republicans are decent or honorable people dalton99a Apr 2022 #13

Like it or not, our Constitution leads to a two-party dynamic. dawg Apr 2022 #14

Correct. A strong Republican Party can be bipartisan, like during the FDR/LBJ years. betsuni Apr 2022 #15

So she misses the Reagan and Bush years? leftstreet Apr 2022 #18

Would this be the Republican Party that stole the 2000 election or do we need to go further back? jalan48 Apr 2022 #19

Republicans were aided by 3rd Party anti-Democrats Budi Apr 2022 #21

LOL-ok. jalan48 Apr 2022 #22

Its in our political History. Whose laughing at the consequences of it today? Budi Apr 2022 #26

Gore won, gab13by13 Apr 2022 #28

Can't fight history! What was set in motion then is the history of why we're in this hellhole Budi Apr 2022 #33

Gore won what? Bush vs Gore Budi Apr 2022 #35

+++ JohnSJ Apr 2022 #37

We need to organize and vote in the midterms Wild blueberry Apr 2022 #20

It needs to crumble and go the way of the Whigs. RobertDevereaux Apr 2022 #23

The Republican party has 2 members, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger. gab13by13 Apr 2022 #24

I agree. A sane opposition is an important element in a democracy. NNadir Apr 2022 #25

I agree with Pelosi as well. She's speaking of the functioning Democracy before the TEA PARTY. Budi Apr 2022 #30

The republican party has run its course. Mr. Evil Apr 2022 #29

Seems like the two thoughts are not independent of one and other. SmallFry Apr 2022 #31

A lot of young Republicans are really bad IronLionZion Apr 2022 #32

NO! We need a strong Democratic Party that actually fights these MAGAts. rkleinberger Apr 2022 #34

When Nancy says shit like that, I never take her at her word. Novara Apr 2022 #38

Speaker Pelosi is a wise and wonderful person FakeNoose Apr 2022 #39