Photo: I'm a Republican and I'm ashamed of this GOP

[eridani]

[Skittles]

1. with all due respect, sir, that party left you LONG ago

republicans have been batshit insane for some time now

[gateley]

2. I feel for people like this guy.

[freshwest]

3. +1

[Scootaloo]

5. I don't

What, he just noticed? He's had three decades at least to notice this shit. He's probably spent the whole time chortling about "those deranged liberals" with the rest of them, and like last week, took a look around and got a good eyeful of who's actually deranged. Maybe he just now found out the Republican candidates want him to go back to work (Ryan) so he can pay more in taxes (Romney)

And he's still hugging the Republican party, so he can't be that ashamed.

Fuck him.

[JoeyT]

8. +1

Cheering them on when they're trampling the poor, women, minorities, LGBTs, etc, and suddenly becoming horrified when you learn they plan to gore your ox is not the moral high ground.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

10. There's a lot of Blue Collar Democrats that felt the same way no too long ago.

Anyone who still makes that claim I have just one word: Biden.

[madamesilverspurs]

4. He's in good company.

This summer, a few weeks before her 93rd birthday, my mother formally left the Republican party after more than 70 years of very active membership. She also used the word "ashamed", along with a few others that let us know that she meant it. She very much feels betrayed by the current GOP: "I don't know these people, I don't want to know them, I don't want to be associated with them in any way."

Well played, GOP, well played.


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[brewens]

6. I never was really disgusted with Republicans until Bush was elected in 2004.

I'd say reelected but that wasn't really the case was it? I didn't hold the 2000 votes against my Republican friends because they really couldn't have known how bad it would be. That second time though, there was no excuse for.

Maybe we'll see more of them wise up? You can't blame them for thinking they could put Bush behind them and hope to recover by running someone respectable. That didn't happen. The teabaggers saw to that. Now their only hope is that Citizen United pays off. That's probably the only reason they won't get buried. Many Republicans don't realize what they've done or the price they may pay.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. Bush had the whole "Country Western" crowd going for him.

The GOP threw that group under Mitt's bus.

[Skittles]

16. strange they went for a guy who was afraid of horses

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. Horses are great judges of people.

They probably wanted to pound a mud hole in his ass.

[Historic NY]

7. I thought he quit back in 08....or 05

he looks familiar.

[eridani]

12. Possible. The photo didn't have a time stamp that I could see n/t

[xxqqqzme]

13. 2005

http://wizbangblog.com/content/2006/04/23/ashamed-republican-is-still-a.php

[chknltl]

14. wtf? link has this photo at 2005 or earlier?

If someone is recirculating this photo it would have been nice to have known beforehand. Like most here, I thought this a recent image.

[xxqqqzme]

15. Google images

googled 'republican and ashamed of this gop' - it was the first image to pop up. Quite a story w/ it too

[RainbowOverTexas]

19. actually

according to his donation record hes only donated to democrats and done so since 1998.

[xfundy]

9. He should be ashamed

And ashamed, as well, for what his support, and votes, did to this nation.

Empty "Patriotism" is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Having said all that, I wish no ill upon him. He finally woke up, apparently. I wish no ill upon anyone, but do wish they'd get the fuck out of my life and my gubmint!

[polichick]

18. Republicons have no shame - this guy is in the wrong party.

[bushisanidiot]

20. And he's not alone

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