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gollygee

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10. There hasn't been since the so-called Defense of Marriage Act

Reply to chelsea0011 (Original post)

Thu Nov 30, 2017, 09:30 AM

Nov 2017

Even supposedly moderate Republicans lined up and voted with the party on that. I think that's when the word went out that Republicans vote with the party no matter what or else, and that's when moderate Republicans either assimilated or weren't supported enough by the party to win elections.

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No such thing as a moderate Republican [View all] chelsea0011 Nov 2017 OP

Call Collins zentrum Nov 2017 #1

K&R SammyWinstonJack Nov 2017 #2

Another reason to not pay any attention to the mainstream media. Scruffy1 Nov 2017 #3

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Werewolves in sheep's clothing. dchill Nov 2017 #5

It's why they went dicks out for Schtroumpf HughBeaumont Nov 2017 #6

Murkowski has always been very conservative NewJeffCT Nov 2017 #7

I would have thought Collins would be a no vote Astraea Nov 2017 #8

add bob corker to that shit pile spanone Nov 2017 #9

There hasn't been since the so-called Defense of Marriage Act gollygee Nov 2017 #10