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Wounded Bear

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23. Vote them out while we still can...

Reply to fightforfreedom (Original post)

Sat Jul 23, 2022, 12:14 PM

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The cancer in the Republican Party has reached stage 4, terminal. [View all] fightforfreedom Jul 2022 OP

so how do we rid the country of this cancer of extremism? essaynnc Jul 2022 #1

How? Vote, and bring others to the polls with you. MineralMan Jul 2022 #2

☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ PortTack Jul 2022 #3

and once voted out, they disappear, because the media will lose interest, and we will forget housecat Jul 2022 #21

This is the Republican party homegirl Jul 2022 #27

Yes, vote, vote, vote. I would add, take creative, sustained direct action of some sort. Magoo48 Jul 2022 #29

True uponit7771 Jul 2022 #39

You vote them out of power and keep them out until they realize what they are doing will not work. fightforfreedom Jul 2022 #5

I think you're being way too optimistic durablend Jul 2022 #14

We're the majority. If everyone would vote we could change things. CrispyQ Jul 2022 #12

The key being every bleeping election.... paleotn Jul 2022 #18

This is One Helluva GREAT Quote, CrispyQ! calimary Jul 2022 #30

once we have a truly workable majority across the board, vlyons Jul 2022 #17

The only way I see to fix all of this is nigh unattainable. Dustlawyer Jul 2022 #24

Here's an example of the extremism at work ... Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #4

And this is why local elections are so fecking important. GoneOffShore Jul 2022 #32

Reagan was the first cancer cell....or was it Nixon??? NewHendoLib Jul 2022 #6

I think it Rebl2 Jul 2022 #8

Definitely Reagan katmondoo Jul 2022 #13

I agree Buckeyeblue Jul 2022 #16

It was Thomas E. Dewey bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #9

And there were the Joseph McCarthy Communist witch hunts in the 50s. tanyev Jul 2022 #31

Which were the descendant of the Red Scare post-WWI and bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #35

Reagan. That's when the party started using incurious meat puppets as front men. hunter Jul 2022 #20

Yes Rebl2 Jul 2022 #22

This. lambchopp59 Jul 2022 #37

Nixon wanted to be king. Reagan? He wanted to destroy democracy. GoneOffShore Jul 2022 #33

I don't know if I'd agree with 'a lot of ground' bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #7

make them a joke greymattermom Jul 2022 #10

Every cancer eventually dies... Thunderbeast Jul 2022 #11

You are absolutely right Traildogbob Jul 2022 #25

+1000 nt MsLeopard Jul 2022 #28

Awesome analogy fff nc DENVERPOPS Jul 2022 #15

Unfortunately The Wizard Jul 2022 #19

Murdoch's, Mercer's, Thiel, Musk, Bezos. All are enemies of democracay. And the list is longer. GoneOffShore Jul 2022 #34

Vote them out while we still can... Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #23

We have seen this before: Nixon 1974, Bush incompetent, but reelected 2004 Stuart G Jul 2022 #26

I agree. But it can still function as a Zombie. SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2022 #36

Terminal for who though? live love laugh Jul 2022 #38

Fox News and AM hate radio are the driving forces behind this cancer. Initech Jul 2022 #40

Trump was at fox news bwck and call too Demovictory9 Jul 2022 #41