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LibFarmer

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40. WHat has changed is that

Sat Jun 1, 2019, 04:15 PM

Jun 2019

there are no more "Rockefeller Republicans" who were liberal on social issues but conservative on fiscal issues.

They are all gone now.

What we have now is a bunch of charlatans feeding off a racist, angry base out for blood. Those people would call Reagan a centrist and Eisenhower a liberal.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Joe Biden Has Been Saying 'It's Not Your Father's Republican Party' For Years [View all] DonViejo Jun 2019 OP

and he's been right every time. elleng Jun 2019 #1

That line didn't work for Claire McCaskill or Joe Donnelly in 2018. And it didn't work in 2014. KPN Jun 2019 #6

Or, you could say The Mouth Jun 2019 #21

Agreed. KPN Jun 2019 #22

obviously not sufficient, but surely part of the mix. elleng Jun 2019 #35

Seems to be working out well for him. Nuggets Jun 2019 #30

Right. elleng Jun 2019 #36

Today's Republican Party would nauseate even Barry Goldwater. no_hypocrisy Jun 2019 #2

Nope The Mouth Jun 2019 #41

It's a cancer and America needs chemotherapy. Quemado Jun 2019 #3

It's a good strategy for him. MineralMan Jun 2019 #4

That's all great as far as winning the nomination caraher Jun 2019 #20

The voters will decide, in both cases. MineralMan Jun 2019 #27

"let the primaries be a free-for-all" caraher Jun 2019 #29

That's how we win. MineralMan Jun 2019 #31

What exactly has changed? 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2019 #5

We have been assured by Joe Biden that once he is in office, Republicans will have an epiphany. Demit Jun 2019 #10

Not to worry, Demit. He's not threatening Hortensis Jun 2019 #13

I honestly don't know what that means. Could you say it another way? Demit Jun 2019 #14

::: Smacks forehead :::: 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2019 #16

What's changed is that the worst of what they were Hortensis Jun 2019 #11

Point is they're long been and still are BAD. What's he going to do to fix things? 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2019 #15

Maybe listen to him again? We are a substantial Hortensis Jun 2019 #28

I have been listening to him. There's no way to appeal to Republicans without sacrificing everything 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2019 #32

in other words The Mouth Jun 2019 #23

I'm in my mid-40s, and I have never seen this benevolent republican party Politicub Jun 2019 #18

there used to be liberal republicans and racist Democrats. JI7 Jun 2019 #26

I agree with you, but there's a whole mythology about Reagan. yardwork Jun 2019 #39

WHat has changed is that LibFarmer Jun 2019 #40

I dunno, I work with a couple of die-hard Reaganites who now... SMC22307 Jun 2019 #7

It'd be a big deal for all of us to turn away from the group we identify with Hortensis Jun 2019 #24

Is any Republican actually listening? jalan48 Jun 2019 #8

The line is so old that by now Biden should be saying it's not your grandfather's Republican Party. Demit Jun 2019 #9

Who is he trying to convince? IronLionZion Jun 2019 #12

Biden is going after the center. MineralMan Jun 2019 #17

This isn't about judging the age of voters he'll bring back. This is about WHY. He's the only ancianita Jun 2019 #19

Such a wise analysis - excellently stated! Skya Rhen Jun 2019 #33

But it is. Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #25

Right.There's no center. But he's not going after the hardcore supremacists. Just people evolving. ancianita Jun 2019 #34

It's a backward looking strategy chasing Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #37

We don't know who the father is but Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #38

That's what they want, Joe. aikoaiko Jun 2019 #42