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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Sat Nov 5, 2022, 09:10 AM Nov 2022

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Republican lurkers---I admit it: I have seriously misjudged your party. [View all]

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For most of my adult life I thought you were zealous patriotic supporters of American democracy.

My bad.

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Republican lurkers---I admit it: I have seriously misjudged your party. [View all] Atticus Nov 2022 OP

hear . hear. seen their ilk @ work most of my adult life. AllaN01Bear Nov 2022 #1

Now we know that was a LIE...... Lovie777 Nov 2022 #2

For God and Country dalton99a Nov 2022 #3

The first and ONLY Republican I ever voted for - packman Nov 2022 #4

THIS!! and his warning about the Military Industrial Complex still ring true...nt mitch96 Nov 2022 #7

My how that has changed. Embers were fanned for decades and now ingnited with a side of gasoline Evolve Dammit Nov 2022 #8

I was a child when Eisenhower was president, but he represented a party that at the time Lonestarblue Nov 2022 #10

+ 1 nt pazzyanne Nov 2022 #14

Your last Rebl2 Nov 2022 #19

Reagan, the actor. Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing. Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #24

It started LONG before that. Thunderbeast Nov 2022 #28

Back in the day you speak of, no one was working for minorities. soldierant Nov 2022 #60

Well, they have abolished labor laws and farm programs Farmer-Rick Nov 2022 #27

Their numbers are no longer negligible. But the ARE stupid, and dangerous. Beartracks Nov 2022 #56

I did (and do) respect him. soldierant Nov 2022 #58

They have no idea how bad fascism will be. All that is driving the repug voter is their hate for us. Hotler Nov 2022 #5

The propagation of hate speech, unleashed by the billions of dollars on an unsuspecting public... Alexander Of Assyria Nov 2022 #12

oh yeah! yellowdogintexas Nov 2022 #30

oh yeah! yellowdogintexas Nov 2022 #31

They've been on this trajectory for decades. plimsoll Nov 2022 #20

These folks are intellectually and morally bankrupt. And there are so many of them...Scary as hell. Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #25

That's the thing and they're not going to somehow change their nature or go away either. Ligyron Nov 2022 #59

I've had the same thought. Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #65

I have noticed they're zealous patriotic supporters for tax evading billionaires! Emile Nov 2022 #6

Now theyre openly supporting the #2 enemy of the US. oldsoftie Nov 2022 #9

Really? I haven't thought that since the 80s. yardwork Nov 2022 #11

I realized they weren't during the Clinton presidency LymphocyteLover Nov 2022 #13

I never liked Reagan. Always felt suspicious of the salesmanship. calimary Nov 2022 #37

Totally agree. Reagan always seemed fake to me. Hated how popular he was. LymphocyteLover Nov 2022 #39

That was galling for me. To see how many people were calimary Nov 2022 #45

Exactly. Well said. LymphocyteLover Nov 2022 #47

Reagan gave me the creeps. LisaM Nov 2022 #53

They are hypocritical, no-nothing chicken shit grifter lemmings NewHendoLib Nov 2022 #15

They love letting the winners deciding whom the losers are... czarjak Nov 2022 #16

It seems to me they used to hate Russian aggression and authoritarianism Walleye Nov 2022 #17

And I'm sure they love throwing that label around. calimary Nov 2022 #46

It's not a particularly pleasant experience when the scales fall from one's eyes. jaxexpat Nov 2022 #18

Having grown up in Mi'ssippi, I've long known that they RESENT democracy peppertree Nov 2022 #21

I gave up on that idea somewhere relayerbob Nov 2022 #22

They were...until they weren't. Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #23

The current Republican definition of "patriotism"... COL Mustard Nov 2022 #26

How? I don't get it. electron_blue Nov 2022 #29

Some of us are old enough to remember.... paleotn Nov 2022 #32

Yeah, I get it, a long time ago I can believe that. But for the last 20+ years.... no. electron_blue Nov 2022 #34

For me it was Obama's first term. That's when I began to realize they were no longer paleotn Nov 2022 #38

I felt it when Reagan was prez Skittles Nov 2022 #52

Well said. SlimJimmy Nov 2022 #35

I have amended my inaccurately worded OP. OK? nt Atticus Nov 2022 #44

They're nothing but a traitorous, criminal, breathtakingly stupid pile of soulless garbage. onecaliberal Nov 2022 #33

They think they can support traitors without being traitors. hay rick Nov 2022 #36

They're zealous IronLionZion Nov 2022 #40

They always wanted the WHITE MALE driven country RANDYWILDMAN Nov 2022 #41

I haven't. If growing up with a Bill Buckley fan taught me anything... JHB Nov 2022 #42

They were...but the country was moving away from conservatism. Missn-Hitch Nov 2022 #43

I stole that and did not give any credit The Jungle 1 Nov 2022 #48

Absolutely. nt Atticus Nov 2022 #50

Absolutely. nt Atticus Nov 2022 #51

I never... 2naSalit Nov 2022 #49

As a simple person living half a world away from America . . . Aussie105 Nov 2022 #54

We have a vast populace Genki Hikari Nov 2022 #55

There have always been lots if idiots and fascists here Meowmee Nov 2022 #61

Dems are not only empathic, but act out of empathy. Republicans act out of selfishness elias7 Nov 2022 #57

I long thought they were Americans. dchill Nov 2022 #62

Morons. GoodRaisin Nov 2022 #63

The majority of Republicans zealously support hate and inequality. Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2022 #64