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Old School Republicans are not wanted within the "New" GOP! Donald Trump Lives! (Original Post) UCmeNdc Apr 2021 OP
The Lincoln Project Needs to reach out to these Rs Best_man23 Apr 2021 #1
So what do South Carolina Democrats do if Vogon_Glory Apr 2021 #2
I heard a GOP "strategist" refer to Romney dawg day Apr 2021 #3
Hell, his run for presidency was fun to watch TlalocW Apr 2021 #7
In the 2012 election, the only evangelical was Obama IronLionZion Apr 2021 #9
But Romney is a Mormon MiniMe Apr 2021 #10
Republicans only believe in money IronLionZion Apr 2021 #12
I know people who call Nikki Haley & Dan Crenshaw "RINOs" oldsoftie Apr 2021 #14
Guess that makes Lindsey Graham happy as hell Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2021 #4
And the takeover of a major political party by fascists continues...nt Wounded Bear Apr 2021 #5
Right On lookyhereyou Apr 2021 #6
Learn from your own history, Old Guard... JHB Apr 2021 #8
They continue to make themselves irrelevant. Tommymac Apr 2021 #11
A link to a Tweet with a link to a Rawstory article with a link to a Daily Beast article? William Seger Apr 2021 #13
dems, gop, media, pundits have no clue how devastating limbaugh's departure is certainot Apr 2021 #15
Sad. And predicted. But....! Grins Apr 2021 #16

Best_man23

(4,897 posts)
1. The Lincoln Project Needs to reach out to these Rs
Wed Apr 7, 2021, 07:40 AM
Apr 2021

And convince them to join their efforts to defeat tRumpism. I hold no hope in converting mass numbers of them over to our point of view, but they could help bring tRumpism to a swifter end.

Vogon_Glory

(9,109 posts)
2. So what do South Carolina Democrats do if
Wed Apr 7, 2021, 08:37 AM
Apr 2021

some of the homeless former R’s show up at their doors?

I’m certain that some of them were turncoat Dixiecrats who left the party when Ray-gun was in the White House.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
3. I heard a GOP "strategist" refer to Romney
Wed Apr 7, 2021, 08:56 AM
Apr 2021

as the most prominent RINO. This was the party's last pres candidate before Trump, senator, governor, son of a GOP governor.

But now, if an R isn't all in for Trump and armed insurrection in his name, they're no true Republican.

Fun to watch them cannibalize.

TlalocW

(15,373 posts)
7. Hell, his run for presidency was fun to watch
Wed Apr 7, 2021, 09:58 AM
Apr 2021

After years of preaching that Mormonism is a cult (it is), all the Christian leaders had to grit their teeth and talk about what a good Christian Mitt was, and how he was God's chosen like they do with every candidate of theirs, and as soon as the votes were counted, their sermons returned to normal.

TlalocW

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
9. In the 2012 election, the only evangelical was Obama
Wed Apr 7, 2021, 10:42 AM
Apr 2021

that was fun to see them twist their conservative logic into pretzels on how Obama was too liberal to be a true Christian but Romney was fine.

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
12. Republicans only believe in money
Wed Apr 7, 2021, 11:12 AM
Apr 2021

everything else is for show to convince gullible people to vote for them

oldsoftie

(12,489 posts)
14. I know people who call Nikki Haley & Dan Crenshaw "RINOs"
Wed Apr 7, 2021, 12:51 PM
Apr 2021

If they think Crenshaw in a RINO they'll NEVER find someone who can actually win an election

lookyhereyou

(140 posts)
6. Right On
Wed Apr 7, 2021, 09:57 AM
Apr 2021

and leaning that way for

Quite a while.

they may find a new

CULT figurehead but

it's the cult they want !!!!!!!

to vote for them

if voting is still allowed

JHB

(37,154 posts)
8. Learn from your own history, Old Guard...
Wed Apr 7, 2021, 10:30 AM
Apr 2021

Go read some anti-communist tracts from the 50s and earlier. They warn of communists taking over organizations using precisely these sorts of tactics.

Don't get distracted by the ideology, it's the extremism that's relevant here.

William Seger

(10,775 posts)
13. A link to a Tweet with a link to a Rawstory article with a link to a Daily Beast article?
Wed Apr 7, 2021, 12:25 PM
Apr 2021

That's a good way to get people complaining about Tweets and Rawstory links. I guess I just became one of them.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
15. dems, gop, media, pundits have no clue how devastating limbaugh's departure is
Wed Apr 7, 2021, 08:34 PM
Apr 2021

the whole racist, allternate reality GOP is missing it's rudder and with a few hundred radio blowhards all going different ways they're fucked.

shumer should tell manchin the country's going 15 pts left and there will be no room for conservadems

Grins

(7,195 posts)
16. Sad. And predicted. But....!
Thu Apr 8, 2021, 12:36 AM
Apr 2021

1). It couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch of bigots and imbeciles.

2). The great advantage is - as the loons from the Reich start to actually govern, their horrific ideas and policies will be out in the sunlight, and magnified to the point they become laughable. The governed will notice. And see. And understand.

This can be a huge club for the Democratic Party. Let’s hope the swing it in joyous abandon!

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