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Takket

(21,573 posts)
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 07:06 AM Jun 2022

Thread on GOP messaging

Good read. Stuff we already know lol but still good

https://medium.com/@_EthanGrey/the-message-of-the-republican-party-dont-tread-on-me-i-tread-on-you-936037958bce

The press does not want to have a direct conversation with you about what’s really at the heart of Republican messaging. As a former Republican who now consistently votes for the Democratic Party in US elections, I will. When I came to realize what the true message of the Republican Party was, I was out, and have been voting Democratic ever since.
Here is the Republican message on everything of importance:
They can tell people what to do.
You cannot tell them what to do.

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Thread on GOP messaging (Original Post) Takket Jun 2022 OP
Laws only apply to others. SheltieLover Jun 2022 #1
Capitalism is for poor people, gab13by13 Jun 2022 #2
Charles "Engine Charlie" Wilson: "What's good for G.M., 3Hotdogs Jun 2022 #3

gab13by13

(21,349 posts)
2. Capitalism is for poor people,
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 07:24 AM
Jun 2022

Socialism is for rich people.

Poor people need to pay taxes, rich people do not.

3Hotdogs

(12,384 posts)
3. Charles "Engine Charlie" Wilson: "What's good for G.M.,
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 08:09 AM
Jun 2022

is good for the country."

Secretary of Defense under Eisenhower.

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