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In reply to the discussion: What was the Specific Event that Made You Realise that Republicans Are Evil? [View all]Tortmaster
(382 posts)22. I was very young but still learned everything I could ...
... about Watergate. I thought that Nixon and his henchmen were nefarious, but I also thought they were just a bad lot. Reagan was totally disagreeable to me, but I thought he was just misguided. The way the GOP went after the Clintons made me sick to my stomach. GWBush and his war to atone for his father really drew my attention.
But it was the Republicans after 2008, when they began to lie about everything, and then they went all in on Voter Suppression and killing the Medicaid Expansion. There were no good arguments for that, only evil. And they were all in lock-step.
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What was the Specific Event that Made You Realise that Republicans Are Evil? [View all]
Manly_Scream
Apr 2017
OP
I've been going on this principle for decades, and what you're saying has always worked
enough
Apr 2017
#37
Fellow Virginian here - from LI, NY but live right here in the heart of red VA.
phylny
Apr 2017
#111
That's going way further than I would typically. They do evil things, which I'm sure most of them
JCanete
Apr 2017
#18
having 0 empathy for others could literally be a medical deficiency, at which point, I start to
JCanete
Apr 2017
#85
Nixon opportunistically getting elected on the heels of Bobby Kennedy's assassination.
NBachers
Apr 2017
#19
When I found out Republicans would take money out of my pocket before I could...
Historic NY
Apr 2017
#56
There have been several moments but the Iraq war lie and the minority leader of the Republican Party
onecaliberal
Apr 2017
#59
1 - Joe Arpaio's support in Maricopa county and 2 - whitewater/lewinsky/hair on fire
politicat
Apr 2017
#68