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Inkey

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3. The twists and turns the GOP have made

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Jan 17, 2026, 05:33 PM

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Them the party they have become now. Quite screwed up.
They tried to placate too many niche groups to stay in power.
The whole looking out for posterity, has been tossed for short term
and short sighted gains.

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No joke: this is the 1956 Republican Platform: [View all] applegrove Saturday OP

Wow UpInArms Saturday #1

Radical Left Cirsium Saturday #2

The twists and turns the GOP have made Inkey Saturday #3

They let all the Southern racists in, and then the racists took over. Iggo Saturday #4

In that era, the Republicans were the "coalition" party... appmanga Saturday #8

That platform is further to the left than some so called "Centrists". Nt Fiendish Thingy Saturday #5

Yep. progressoid Saturday #9

Wow MustLoveBeagles Saturday #6

This was only as a way to peel of Democrats Renew Deal Saturday #7

And it stopped there. Codifer Saturday #10