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In reply to the discussion: My blood is boiling [View all]2Gingersnaps
(1,000 posts)11. Same here.
The party of Lincoln, Teddy, and Ike is dead. Ike didn't think much of Nixon either.
Reagan and Trump were the inevitable conclusion of Nixon being pardoned and not paying for his crimes. And not for nothing, the Supreme Court is dismantling the Constitution as we have known it. Prescient words from Barry Goldwater:
Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.
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I guess I am the antithesis of the OP. I DID want to say "see we were right".
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