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In reply to the discussion: Liz Cheney's smug, self-satisfied con job: Don't fall for it - Salon [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)As much as Trump was worse than Bush, we can't allow ourselves to forget two things.
ONE: Bush, Reagan, Bush Jr. were all very very bad, causing a lot of lost lives. They aimed right at Social Security, and also wanted to let the Church gain a dominant hand. In some ways, the one silver lining (albeit a tinfoil one) was that Trump exposed how ugly the GOP really is, we do not need another "compassionate conservative" to mix saccharine and cyanide.
TWO: the minute these people are allowed and forgiven, they will always try to tilt things rightward. They will all put on the "centrist" act, hoping we forget that centrism is not balanced when the billionaires and churches are pressing their thumbs on the scale. Mitt, Cheney, you may have said some nice insults to trump, which is kind of like admitting two and two do make four. Do not think you deserve praise for admitting WE WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG.