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In reply to the discussion: Trump vs Nixon [View all]

lapfog_1

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3. Thing is... repukes back in the 50s, 60s, and 70s
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 08:58 PM
Sep 2025

were the "country club republicans"... very anti-communist ( and, therefore, anti-socialist ), anti-union, pro-business, limited government, and at least paid lip service to spending less money.

They were wrong about most things, but they didn't call Democrats "traitors" or "not human".

Then Ronny Raygun took over... and the John Birchers ( who were always looked down upon by the traditional repukes ) became much more important... along with crazy evangelicals ( "We can do what we want to the planet because the rapture will happen in the next decade" from one James Watt, Raygun's Secretary of the Interior ).

Since then the repukes have been on a steady slide toward pro-Russian, authoritarian, anti-liberal, christo-fascist crazy people ( MTG is a good example ).

Nixon would not recognize the new Trumpublicans.

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Trump vs Nixon [View all] dcmfox Sep 2025 OP
Well, there's this.... surfered Sep 2025 #1
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Thing is... repukes back in the 50s, 60s, and 70s lapfog_1 Sep 2025 #3
Don't kid yourself. They were just more able to be embarrassed then by DJ Synikus Makisimus Sep 2025 #4
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