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BainsBane

(53,012 posts)
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 03:14 PM Dec 2016

Are there any patriots left in the GOP?

The GOP has long credited Ronald Reagan with winning the Cold War. Now, three decades later, Trump is delivering the US to Russia, while Senate Republicans cover up evidence of Russian interference in our election. Now that Trump has appointed as Secretary of State a man whose sole international experience is his close personal and financial relationship to Putin, will the GOP enable Russian control over US foreign policy? Is anything now permissible as long as it's done by someone with an R after his name? Does country no longer mean anything?

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Are there any patriots left in the GOP? (Original Post) BainsBane Dec 2016 OP
I seriously doubt it Siwsan Dec 2016 #1
Linday Graham BainsBane Dec 2016 #3
I'm sort of with you, on that. He seems to be holding steady in his opposition Siwsan Dec 2016 #4
I would expect McCain to take a stand BainsBane Dec 2016 #6
I think it is extra hard to stand up to the GOP Siwsan Dec 2016 #7
No one in todays GOP even knows what a patriot is. putitinD Dec 2016 #2
Most all are money grubbing whores that could give a fuck less about the underclass!!! FreeStateDemocrat Dec 2016 #5

Siwsan

(26,249 posts)
1. I seriously doubt it
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 03:16 PM
Dec 2016

Those that aren't corrupt, deep to the marrow of their bones, are cowards. IMHO, of course.

Siwsan

(26,249 posts)
4. I'm sort of with you, on that. He seems to be holding steady in his opposition
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 05:10 PM
Dec 2016

I just don't know if it is out of a sense of duty, honor and patriotism, or if it is just his pure hatred of Trump.

BainsBane

(53,012 posts)
6. I would expect McCain to take a stand
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 05:41 PM
Dec 2016

out of patriotism. I don't know enough about Graham to judge his motives. It can't be easy being the only one standing up to the party though.

Siwsan

(26,249 posts)
7. I think it is extra hard to stand up to the GOP
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 08:26 PM
Dec 2016

They are starting to remind me of Scientologists.

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