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FakeNoose

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31. My friend, I felt the same way as you - after Nixon!
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 11:28 AM
Jun 2022

I was just reaching the age where I was old enough to vote. In the 1972 presidential election I voted for the first time, and I already hated Nixon for extending the Vietnam War even though he had promised he would end it. That's how he got elected in 1968, and the Vietnam War was still in full play by '72. (If Nixon hadn't resigned in disgrace, it probably would have gone on even longer.)

THEN Watergate happened - even though the hearings weren't until 2 years later, we already had the news of the Watergate break-in during the summer of 1972. Woodward and Bernstein were publishing their stories and pursuing the evil stench of the Repukes before the election, but it seemed like nobody was paying attention. I did! I was already onto the Repukes' lying, their schemes, their greed and grift. I vowed that I'd never vote for a Repuke, and since '72 I never have.

Yes they are as you say - morally bankrupt traitors! Now in 2022 it's even worse than it was in 1976, and it will never get better.

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My blood is boiling [View all] Dr. Jack Jun 2022 OP
Good. I've been at that point since the Reagan administration. yardwork Jun 2022 #1
The older I get, the less liberal I have become Dr. Jack Jun 2022 #4
Me too. Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #22
Define liberal, gab13by13 Jun 2022 #25
Really? I just get more liberal. And I started very liberal. NewHendoLib Jun 2022 #29
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I'm the opposite. I've always voted Dem mzmolly Jun 2022 #40
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Same here. 2Gingersnaps Jun 2022 #11
Yup. We're there now. Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #21
I've been at that point since the Nixon administration csziggy Jun 2022 #17
👍 Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #23
Republicans are not conservative, they are the fascist party. My WW2 dad Emile Jun 2022 #2
Exactly! Thank you! 2Gingersnaps Jun 2022 #12
My daddy and six uncles. czarjak Jun 2022 #13
My very political republican father as well PatSeg Jun 2022 #37
Don't hold back. n/t rubbersole Jun 2022 #3
I agree with you OLDMDDEM Jun 2022 #5
Looking at that new footage of the insurrection, I find I have a very visceral reaction to the women hlthe2b Jun 2022 #6
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Same here. Cannot describe the feeling I get seen those women Walleye Jun 2022 #9
That struck me as well, the hellfire women. appalachiablue Jun 2022 #10
Stockholm Syndrome for God's sake. 2Gingersnaps Jun 2022 #14
+1 MLAA Jun 2022 #15
If these incels get laid, they might not need all those AR-15s. sop Jun 2022 #34
There's actually no such thing as "Stockholm Syndrome" Backseat Driver Jun 2022 #42
same here. everything you said. thank you... n/t msfiddlestix Jun 2022 #18
Some people are just born republican, by family or geography. Earth-shine Jun 2022 #7
The Justice Department needs to act soon YoshidaYui Jun 2022 #16
Hard not to be severely pissed off... Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #19
Me too. May they all rot in prison. Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #20
I'm with you. I've given up on the Republican party. CaptainTruth Jun 2022 #24
Learn from history. no_hypocrisy Jun 2022 #26
It CAN happen here. Justice matters. Jun 2022 #38
my first vote was llashram Jun 2022 #27
+1 llmart Jun 2022 #28
Boiling blood is no good Warpy Jun 2022 #30
My friend, I felt the same way as you - after Nixon! FakeNoose Jun 2022 #31
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Welcome to the club. Snackshack Jun 2022 #32
ha beat ya to it👍😬 bringthePaine Jun 2022 #33
They've been pulling this garbage my whole life Jarqui Jun 2022 #35
Conservatives went to extremely dark new places during the Trump years. Initech Jun 2022 #36
Dr. Jack. I read through all of the posts before I wanted to respond to your post. Upthevibe Jun 2022 #39
Congratulations on reaching peak reality. ReluctanceTango Jun 2022 #41
Now if we could just get ymetca Jun 2022 #44
I swore off Republicans in the 90s when I was first able to vote. Some drag queens at a gay bar told NCLefty Jun 2022 #45
I guess I am the antithesis of the OP. I DID want to say "see we were right". Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #46
Righteous Rant. Tommymac Jun 2022 #50
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