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duncang

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7. A long time back

Reply to jodymarie aimee (Original post)

Sun Apr 16, 2017, 09:15 AM

Apr 2017

I used to vote a split ticket. I would go over all the candidates and try to figure out who would be the best fit. I was always left leaning. As the years passed the repub's became the party of the right nut cases. Trying to show up how stupid and crazy they could be. The purity tests put out by the right convinced the repub's they had to go right more and more. They became the party of "do you think that is batshit crazy. Well I'll show you batshit crazy".

They preach they are the party of middle America, but they are the party of billionaires, intolerance and those who can watch a single ad with out thinking and vote for them.

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Eisenhower Republicans & Hippies have become the same [View all] jodymarie aimee Apr 2017 OP

They have FDRsGhost Apr 2017 #1

Times have really changed. My father was an FDR type dem politician. Many of his friends RKP5637 Apr 2017 #2

The same Young Republicans some bashed Hillary for being a part of in high school. JTFrog Apr 2017 #5

I'd vote for an Eisenhower republican in a heartbeat bekkilyn Apr 2017 #10

Hell, I'd like to vote for an Eisenhower Democrat! ghostsinthemachine Apr 2017 #12

I don't think the Party of Adlai Stevenson would agree with you. AND as an Old Hippie, WinkyDink Apr 2017 #3

Same here. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2017 #13

He's absolutely right. But Eisenhower wasn't really a Republican. Greybnk48 Apr 2017 #4

America has a party of reality and a party of destroying govt for tax cuts for the rich sharedvalues Apr 2017 #6

A long time back duncang Apr 2017 #7

I still try to do a split ticket, but bekkilyn Apr 2017 #9

I work with an Eisenhower/Rockefeller Republican and we agree on a lot underpants Apr 2017 #8

Become? FiveGoodMen Apr 2017 #11

I knew an older guy who nicknamed Obama "Black Eisenhower" because... Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2017 #14