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JHB

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29. Boot leaves out the part where those "principled conservatives"...

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Thu Jul 5, 2018, 07:19 AM

Jul 2018

...spent their careers turning the Party of Lincoln into the Party of Ahab, at which point all it took was a name change to make it the Party of Trump.

I've yet to see even one of them recognize that they did to themselves what they did to the Rockefeller Republicans in the 70s and 80s. The same themes they pushed in order to gain power created an expectation they could never fully deliver on, so the monster they fed swept them aside as weak and ineffectual.

But they still don't see it. Give them a chance, and they'll go right back to it.

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Conservative pens scathing July 4th column calling for destruction of 'white-nationalist' GOP [View all] catbyte Jul 2018 OP

The GOP is dead. This is new. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2018 #1

K&R... spanone Jul 2018 #2

K&R Scurrilous Jul 2018 #3

PFFT. reagan's welfare queens + nixon + southern strategy. the GOP is built pansypoo53219 Jul 2018 #4

People like that conservative commentator cheered those efforts on, Blue_true Jul 2018 #8

Said it before and I'll say it again... Zoonart Jul 2018 #34

His state's rights speech at Philadelphia Mississippi n/t hibbing Jul 2018 #15

Yep Cosmocat Jul 2018 #27

They just don't like it that their party is so brazen and open about their ugly beliefs The Genealogist Jul 2018 #33

A-L-L R-I-G-H-T. We're gonna take back at least the House in Nov. brush Jul 2018 #5

Not all republicans are racist. Blue_true Jul 2018 #10

You say not all repugs are racist... but they sure put up with them... brush Jul 2018 #24

THIS Cosmocat Jul 2018 #28

They did not say anything until now that it is affecting their investment returns. Dustlawyer Jul 2018 #35

The Tea Party started this trend FakeNoose Jul 2018 #32

One can be a conservative and a Democrat. mwooldri Jul 2018 #6

I have said before. Blue_true Jul 2018 #7

I can't see that happening - not in the foreseeable future. KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2018 #14

The "sane" republicans, as few as they are. Blue_true Jul 2018 #19

fascism bdamomma Jul 2018 #9

The interesting thing. Blue_true Jul 2018 #11

Yes but those repigs bdamomma Jul 2018 #36

This Is All Hands On Deck colsohlibgal Jul 2018 #12

Max Boot?... lame54 Jul 2018 #13

Absent white nationalism, the Republican Party would cease to be viable. Garrett78 Jul 2018 #16

Their demographics are shrinking Major Nikon Jul 2018 #20

They've seen the writing on the wall, and they've become increasingly desperate to erase it. Garrett78 Jul 2018 #21

Keep it up, Max.. ya'll vote Democratic! Cha Jul 2018 #17

Honestly, I'm not sure the GOP can survive. PatrickforO Jul 2018 #18

I hope there are enough of the intelligent, educated conservatives to make a difference. Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #22

No, they won't. Not the ones who pretend they didn't make this happen JHB Jul 2018 #30

KnR Hekate Jul 2018 #23

K&R ck4829 Jul 2018 #25

K and R oasis Jul 2018 #26

Boot leaves out the part where those "principled conservatives"... JHB Jul 2018 #29

last time I looked, the repubs run things in this country, and have basically, since about '92 KG Jul 2018 #31

How was he okay with being in a party with a white nationalist fringe? If I found myself Neema Jul 2018 #37