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liberal N proud

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29. It happened a very long time ago

Mon Jul 27, 2015, 09:54 AM

Jul 2015

The transition started somewhere about the time Reagan was ordained as the god of republicanism and quickly transformed through the Clinton years demonstrating itself in government shutdowns and impeachment.

Once bush gained power, the transformation was complete, they stole an election and declared war on the American public while starting wars to satisfy their hungry suitors wallets. While they did this, they transformed the greatest propaganda system in the world and called a liberal media.

From there we get to 8 years of hate and blocking everything they can while taking what they can away from the American people (Obamacare, Medicaid and attacks on Social Security).

Now the clowns are bold and out there in our faces with their tactics.

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Is The GOP Becoming a Party of Fascists? [View all] tecelote Jul 2015 OP

Becoming? hobbit709 Jul 2015 #1

Good Point! tecelote Jul 2015 #2

Right sarge43 Jul 2015 #5

Took the words Mbrow Jul 2015 #8

Was gonna type that, so +1! nt Adrahil Jul 2015 #9

+1 daleanime Jul 2015 #11

Hear, Hear. EEO Jul 2015 #14

Took the words right out of my mouth! gregcrawford Jul 2015 #20

This is history that should be shouted from the rooftops hifiguy Jul 2015 #50

That was my first thought Bettie Jul 2015 #23

The GOP has always been a group of fascist bullies. Sadly, far too many people in America are so RKP5637 Jul 2015 #3

Make that the GOTTTP party. joshdawg Jul 2015 #26

Yep!!! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2015 #27

Past tense.... blackspade Jul 2015 #4

Fascism and neo-liberalism are one and the same malaise Jul 2015 #6

My sentiments, exactly. Fuddnik Jul 2015 #18

Thankfully I don't care malaise Jul 2015 #25

+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #19

I have to disagree. The fascists were better at propaganda and had better fashion sense yurbud Jul 2015 #32

if it is fascists vs. socialists, we have a grim future like Indonesia or the Spanish Civil War yurbud Jul 2015 #34

Thank you, malaise Oilwellian Jul 2015 #39

The GOP SamKnause Jul 2015 #7

I think totalitarian describes it more accurately. At least the direction the Republicans KittyWampus Jul 2015 #10

I have been saying this for YEARS! MynameisBlarney Jul 2015 #12

Howard Zinn gave the most realistic assessment of the differences between the two parties yurbud Jul 2015 #33

I have come to appreciate Ralph Nader's line: Utopian Leftist Jul 2015 #43

That ship sailed, crossed, docked, and the captain is now home and in his jammies. GoneFishin Jul 2015 #13

becoming fascists? Has been, for years heaven05 Jul 2015 #15

um,i am gonna go with restorefreedom Jul 2015 #16

Duh Enthusiast Jul 2015 #17

Our politicians have whatever values the corporations demand. raouldukelives Jul 2015 #21

"Fascist" is not "Nazi", but because all of the American media wasteland thinks so, and because Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #22

The question to me is how do we "De-Foxify" the population... Moostache Jul 2015 #24

I've wondered the same thing. hifiguy Jul 2015 #49

becoming? just now? azurnoir Jul 2015 #28

It happened a very long time ago liberal N proud Jul 2015 #29

More so now than ever. They don't even bother disguising it. (nt) Paladin Jul 2015 #30

I think the Supreme Court crossed that bridge for us in 2000 yurbud Jul 2015 #31

While not every Republican is a racist... GOLGO 13 Jul 2015 #35

rhetorical question alert Doctor_J Jul 2015 #36

Nothing new for the right flank of the GOP (the hard right sided with Hitler during WWII). Dawson Leery Jul 2015 #37

No, it is barely viable in the rearview, they are now skipping eagerly toward dark age feudalism TheKentuckian Jul 2015 #38

They're not skipping, they are combining or fusing hifiguy Jul 2015 #48

Oh they are skipping as in skip, skip, skip to my loo. Call it frolicking or step dancing but they TheKentuckian Jul 2015 #53

Blue dog, third way appeasers of fascism are also JEB Jul 2015 #40

Damn straight. They still have the mask on, hifiguy Jul 2015 #47

Becoming? nt. tblue37 Jul 2015 #41

Becoming, LOL they wrote the book on fascism! B Calm Jul 2015 #42

Better question: WHEN did the Republican Party become Fascist? bvar22 Jul 2015 #44

God, Yes libodem Jul 2015 #45

It has been a fundamentally fascist party since hifiguy Jul 2015 #46

Becoming? awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #51

Becoming? It's been there for awhile, in my opinion. n/t AngryOldDem Jul 2015 #52