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berksdem

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16. Agree... the party is going nowhere

Reply to unblock (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 12:10 PM

Jul 2016

Could not agree more... I was having a talk with our neighbor last night about this very subject. While I agree the old school Republican is the minority these days the party will live on.

I wish it were true but if I had a dollar for every time I heard I would be rich - with a moral compass, but rich...

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A Republican intellectual explains why the Republican Party is going to die [View all] MrScorpio Jul 2016 OP

Another of that endangered species - the sane Republican. tonyt53 Jul 2016 #1

But they aren't really sane ToxMarz Jul 2016 #21

good riddance. unblock Jul 2016 #2

The said the same thing after Bush when we swept both Exilednight Jul 2016 #5

The GOP brand Kyblue1 Jul 2016 #23

Agree... the party is going nowhere berksdem Jul 2016 #16

there's a constructive role for a party that's skeptical about government and its ability geek tragedy Jul 2016 #3

A truly insightful and awesome comment that boils it down. Sincere KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #6

. geek tragedy Jul 2016 #7

Very well said, geek tragedy. brer cat Jul 2016 #8

+1 treestar Jul 2016 #9

Thanks, geek. We really need to keep that perspective in mind. Hekate Jul 2016 #15

Too many GOOD people just assume "it can't happen here"... Raster Jul 2016 #18

It can happen Kyblue1 Jul 2016 #24

Trump/Pence scares the shit out of me. American life as we know it would change --DRAMATICALLY--... Raster Jul 2016 #30

Clear, succinct, incisive. Journal-worthy. +1 . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2016 #19

I state the same thing differently Ellen Forradalom Jul 2016 #25

It's a problem winetourdriver Jul 2016 #4

I am a firm believer in having an "Honest Opposition" simply to prevent massive corruption KittyWampus Jul 2016 #13

It's a double bind for the GOP. forjusticethunders Jul 2016 #10

Nice post. Well stated summation. KittyWampus Jul 2016 #12

When a party has spent decades using the "Southern Strategy" and it's thinly veiled KittyWampus Jul 2016 #11

Republican intellectual is an oxymoron, but we do have a two party system. Some version FSogol Jul 2016 #14

don't worry--the Dems we get in office are really more like Republicans librechik Jul 2016 #17

+1000000! SammyWinstonJack Jul 2016 #20

To follow this premise forward, what would it look like if a Susan Collins moderate lindysalsagal Jul 2016 #22

Eight years from now there will be no republican party. Blue Idaho Jul 2016 #26

They only have themselves to blame. DCBob Jul 2016 #27

Historically, when one party dies, the surviving party splits into a left-wing and a right-wing. Binkie The Clown Jul 2016 #28

If you count JPR, it kinda already has happened. (Although it happened before with GreenPartyVoter Jul 2016 #35

If they continue to make their main platform hatred, discrimination and screwing over RKP5637 Jul 2016 #29

I think that the key donco Jul 2016 #31

Not hardly hibbing Jul 2016 #32

I agree. This thread is full of wishful thinking. Jim Lane Jul 2016 #37

Some Confession 4Q2u2 Jul 2016 #33

Yep. Pisses me off that the righties won't admit to creating this mess! GreenPartyVoter Jul 2016 #36

Its been in the making for more than 30 years. procon Jul 2016 #34

these repukes crack me up Skittles Jul 2016 #38