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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 02:26 AM Aug 2018

The Likes Of Billie The Kid, The James Gang, Or Daltons Would Be On GOP Ballot Today.

If these characters were alive today the GOP would welcome them if they were Republicans running for office. Criminality, pedophilia, felony theft and all manner of lawlessness represents the GOP today. The fact that the country is controlled by a bunch of thugs is so reprehensible. If this situation is the new normal I do not see how the country survives as a decent place to live. Where we are headed is like the society would be in Gotham or the city of Robocop.

The fact that the Democrats have to win control of at least the House or Senate becomes so much more obvious by the day. It seems like our worst fears about 2016 are becoming reality on steroids. The number of unsavory and evil characters on the political scene rivals Nazi Germany in some ways except we don't have the death camps yet. It is not that we will but so many other bad things are in place or about to become reality.

I pray every night that the blue wave becomes reality and becomes a tsunami. We simply have no choice. And we have to hope that there are enough sane voters to make the difference.

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The Likes Of Billie The Kid, The James Gang, Or Daltons Would Be On GOP Ballot Today. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Aug 2018 OP
Today, perhaps tirebiter Aug 2018 #1
the republican party of today is rooted in the old pro confederate democratic party JI7 Aug 2018 #2
The GOP would nominate Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy if they could. Initech Aug 2018 #3

tirebiter

(2,537 posts)
1. Today, perhaps
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 04:32 AM
Aug 2018

Back in the day a lot of those named were ex Confederates and definitely Democrats. Cowboys were Democrats. Sheriffs were Democrats. Federal Marshalls, like Earp, were Republicans.

JI7

(89,250 posts)
2. the republican party of today is rooted in the old pro confederate democratic party
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 05:45 AM
Aug 2018

the maps are mostly the same with changes happening mostly due to demographic changes .

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