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In reply to the discussion: The words "Democrat" and "Republican" are pretty much meaningless [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)In the long run.
People get tunnel vision where they see only what they want to see and in some cases people only want to see the negative.
Think about what the right wants. From their view, they are not getting it and are losing more and more each decade. They will never get abortion illegal again. They are losing on gay marriage. None of their efforts have helped, and more and more states have it now. There is more and more religious diversity and people get less religious.
Average couples live together before getting married and that's become normal. They are up against that. They'll never see their ideal again on that.
Not only is there still Medicaid and Social Security, now there is the ACA. They know they can't get rid of a program once it starts. Even Bush with a Republican Congress didn't repeal any existing social program of significance.