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Mad_Machine76

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32. I agree for the most part

Reply to Heather MC (Original post)

Tue Sep 6, 2022, 05:56 PM

Sep 2022

but realistically, some portion of the country is going to continue to be conservative/right-wing and will continue to vote Republican until/unless they realize what they really stand for and how it is against their interests becomes apparent to them. It's not our responsibility to "save" them but we can't completely ignore them either or pretend they don't exist. Hopefully, that number will continue to shrink, but we have to ask ourselves, do we want a "sane" Republican Party in this country that is bad but at least somewhat tolerable and able to work with us or do we want the Trumpian lunatics running the asylum?

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Democrats Should Not be trying to save the Republican Party. 🤷🏾‍♀️ [View all] Heather MC Sep 2022 OP

Ask yourself EnergizedLib Sep 2022 #1

Agreed💜 Heather MC Sep 2022 #2

No, but they would piss on us for the hell of it. LakeArenal Sep 2022 #4

Ronald Fucking Reagan GenXer47 Sep 2022 #5

The "moderate Republican" will smile to your face while they stab you in the back!!! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2022 #7

Facts Heather MC Sep 2022 #12

Scalia was voted 98-0. Two republicans chose not to vote. jimfields33 Sep 2022 #18

Excellent post! The GOP is gone. It's now The Terrorist Party. Any one in the RKP5637 Sep 2022 #3

Republicans control 28 governorships Locutusofborg Sep 2022 #6

The GOP is extremely dangerous to the US. n/t RKP5637 Sep 2022 #10

Which is why it's so weird that democrats keep trying to carve out a more palatable Republican party Heather MC Sep 2022 #11

Its more complicated than that. Locutusofborg Sep 2022 #31

It's been said the Republican Party has been dying for decades. jimfields33 Sep 2022 #19

How are Democrats trying to save Republicans? live love laugh Sep 2022 #8

Joe Biden Heather MC Sep 2022 #9

I hear you. I think it's strategic to make a distinction live love laugh Sep 2022 #14

We wouldn't need politics, if we didn't have a party that was constantly trying to rip the country a Heather MC Sep 2022 #16

... ITAL Sep 2022 #21

With all due respect, the Republican party has been useless for decades Heather MC Sep 2022 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Heather MC Sep 2022 #24

Democratic women have no time for anything right now Submariner Sep 2022 #13

I agree. Let the Republican Party die. Vogon_Glory Sep 2022 #15

Yasssssss Heather MC Sep 2022 #17

I strongly disagree Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #20

Why don't you think the republicans have an always been an authoritarian fascist regime? Heather MC Sep 2022 #22

Ike built the interstate highway system. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #25

Nixon also started the war on drugs Heather MC Sep 2022 #26

And all sorts of other fucked up things. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #27

I never said I want fascist around the Republican party, Heather MC Sep 2022 #28

Biden is encouraging non-MAGA Republicans and conservative (but non-MAGA) Independents Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #35

Nobody here is saying they want to keep the Republican Party around Mad_Machine76 Sep 2022 #33

Well, something to keep in mind: Conservatives are going nowhere. Hortensis Sep 2022 #29

I literally gave my examples of what I meant when I said save the Republican party. Heather MC Sep 2022 #30

I think very smart people who know what goes into stable societies Hortensis Sep 2022 #34

I agree for the most part Mad_Machine76 Sep 2022 #32