My Message To The Forum And Why I Am So Critical Of The GOP

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53. Well said

They are not the solution to any of our problems. THEY ARE THE PROBLEM.

I grew up respecting republicans until Dick Nixon came along as President.
He turned down a deal in 1969 on Vietnam and took the same deal in 1973
but that added god only knows how many more dead, wounded, and suffering
families. At one time we had some wonderful Republicans who loved America
and had kind hearts but those days are long gone.

The republican governor of Pennsylvania, Ray Shaffer, was the brother of
our next door neighbor in a middle class neighborhood and he was a good
guy. He worked on the the roads and the schools & colleges of the state
along w/ playing with the kids in the neighborhood when he was in town.
He was what Pat Buchanan would call a "liberal republican" and now he would
have no place in the republican party.

Abe Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Ike, Margaret Chase Smith, Chuck Percy,
Jacob Javits, and so many more were really good Americans and republicans
too. The Bush Family, the Cheneys, Jim Demint, Louie Gohmert, Michele
Bachmann, Rush, Paul Ryan, are at their core very un-American.

thank you for your service and your post.