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GoldandSilver

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16. Educated.upper class Repugs?

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2022, 09:17 PM

Apr 2022

They sit in their corners, applaud when prompted and lick the crumbs from tfg’s floor with a smile. Nary a word of criticism or they might get beheaded.

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Where did the educated, upper class elite Republican conservative base go? [View all] Grasswire2 Apr 2022 OP

Yes, most Reeps look and act like dumpster trash. ananda Apr 2022 #1

They are now registered Independents. nt Phoenix61 Apr 2022 #2

Still voted for piss wig and his party. onecaliberal Apr 2022 #9

Most are busy pulling the strings, manipulating MAGA foot soldiers to do their bidding. sop Apr 2022 #3

They are still there iemanja Apr 2022 #4

The GOP base has mostly consisted of hateful rednecks for at least 40 years (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Apr 2022 #5

There's the "Lincoln Project" and all those associated with them. brush Apr 2022 #6

They are still there, pulling the strings on their puppets. Emile Apr 2022 #7

You don't have canetoad Apr 2022 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Apr 2022 #10

They are still here, voting GOP for tax cuts and special treatment for corporations. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #11

They all moved to The Villages Amishman Apr 2022 #12

I knew those real leather loafer shoes with tassels being these snobby but tolerable republicans kimbutgar Apr 2022 #13

those are the ones I'm thinking about. Grasswire2 Apr 2022 #14

Here's something interesting from 1973 Art Buchwald column. Grasswire2 Apr 2022 #15

Educated.upper class Repugs? GoldandSilver Apr 2022 #16

They are silently funding propoganda the basket of deplorables Pobeka Apr 2022 #17

I think they made a deal with the Devil. GHW Bush, New England patrician WASP, supported Planned... Hekate Apr 2022 #18

are they hiding under the covers these days? Grasswire2 Apr 2022 #19

I don't really know. I just think a passel of them decided they'd rather have power than a soul... Hekate Apr 2022 #20

well, for most of them it boils down to maintaining white rule while becoming multicultural society. Grasswire2 Apr 2022 #21

The modern Republican Party is terribly vulgar and one doesn't want to be associated with it. betsuni Apr 2022 #22