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5. I Just Don't Get It

Tue Mar 21, 2023, 02:43 AM

Mar 2023

My impression is that a number of Republicans were enthusiastic for and voted for Obama in 2008 - at least enough to get him elected. Obama was a very good, middle of the road President (who could have been great if he had stood up to the wingnuts and prosecuted the opportunists from the Iraq war). Obama was attractive, extremely personable, and had a great sense of humor (plus he was obviously highly intelligent and very well educated). Clearly, there are some people who are just flat out racists, but I’ve never understood what happened to turn ‘sane’ Republicans against Obama - or against sanity itself.

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Have republicans only lost their minds in the Trump era? [View all] madaboutharry Mar 2023 OP

No, it started before him, but their minds completely went bonkers with Trump sakabatou Mar 2023 #1

they started truly losing it when a black man became president Skittles Mar 2023 #2

Yup. In It to Win It Mar 2023 #3

then they made the mistake of thinking they are the MAJORITY view Skittles Mar 2023 #4

I Just Don't Get It DET Mar 2023 #5

your memory is different than mine Skittles Mar 2023 #8

I Agree With Skittles ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #13

The Republican Party was deeply unpopular for destroying the economy and wars (as it was after betsuni Mar 2023 #9

This goes back 5 centuries here in America. (nt) old as dirt Mar 2023 #6

I know. madaboutharry Mar 2023 #7

Note the repeated references to refugees, which Steve King's sidekick rode to the White House. old as dirt Mar 2023 #17

I've seen quite a few True Dough Mar 2023 #10

I think it was always there in larger numbers than most care to admit Meowmee Mar 2023 #11

I agree that they came out of the closet with Trump, but... B.See Mar 2023 #12

Remember "Welfare Queens In Cadillacs"? ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #14

The op presumes that they had a mind to lose, in the first place Mr. Sparkle Mar 2023 #15

I think we tend to forget that Тяцмp changed the ... Whiskeytide Mar 2023 #16