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MADem

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1. It used to be "the party of Lincoln" and it was full of ABOLITIONISTS.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Sat Dec 10, 2016, 10:00 AM

Dec 2016

Then, before the southern strategy, it was loaded with INTEGRATIONISTS.

Ever since Nixon, though, it's been packed full of ASSHOLES.

And now it's the PARTY OF TRAITORS! Oh my!

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Is the GOP a White Nationalist party? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 OP

It used to be "the party of Lincoln" and it was full of ABOLITIONISTS. MADem Dec 2016 #1

It's not quite that binary el_bryanto Dec 2016 #2

Extremist stereotypes aren't helpful brooklynite Dec 2016 #3

There are racists in the GOP but labeling the entire party as white nationalists isn't prudent think Dec 2016 #4

The GOP is indistinguishable from European far right White Nationalist political parties. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #6

Why we even allow these people to vote much less field a candidate is beyond me. ileus Dec 2016 #5