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leftieNanner

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7. "Conservatism"

Reply to ffr (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 21, 2018, 02:00 PM

Feb 2018

That word has lost its meaning. These guys aren't conservative at all.

My late father was Conservative, and he would be disgusted by what has happened to his Republican party. He was a WWII Navy vet and a truly good man. At one point he had a signed photo of GWB on his desk. It disappeared one day and I never asked why. But I was glad to see it go.

RIP Dad. He's been gone 10 years.

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Ain't that some shit? [View all] bigtree Feb 2018 OP

deflection, always deflection. niyad Feb 2018 #1

If deflection means lying and hypocrisy... Nitram Feb 2018 #42

How Christain of them. njhoneybadger Feb 2018 #2

Tealiban strikes again, lark Feb 2018 #14

Excellent point! Egnever Feb 2018 #3

The era of conservatism is over. Conservatives that shut down discussion are anti-American ffr Feb 2018 #4

"Conservatism" leftieNanner Feb 2018 #7

excellent point and worthy of a thread all its own rurallib Feb 2018 #8

It especially makes me grind my teeth leftieNanner Feb 2018 #12

"Conservative principles" $$ & Power. lastlib Feb 2018 #21

My father was a republican PatSeg Feb 2018 #20

Saint Ronnie couldn't get elected now leftieNanner Feb 2018 #23

That breed of Republican believed in a lot of good and decent things Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #27

Yes PatSeg Feb 2018 #29

They're reactionaries, plain and simple. But I guess that label doesn't sound as "serious". nt Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2018 #39

These kids are not being paid to speak up like this. world wide wally Feb 2018 #5

We need our own version of the Koch funded ALEC OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #16

I aw that yesterday.... that is fucking child abuse world wide wally Feb 2018 #18

But it is not illegal OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #19

Absolutely! jazzcat23 Feb 2018 #31

A progressive version of Koch's ALEC funded by uber rich Progressives. I will volunteer 👍 OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #34

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2018 #6

Nailed it. . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2018 #9

Call your reps. BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #10

Un mot Mme. Defarge Feb 2018 #11

Greed is all they understand. TeapotInATempest Feb 2018 #13

Obviously pazzyanne Feb 2018 #15

cockroaches run from the light and truth Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #25

They are the ones who have had to pay Soxfan58 Feb 2018 #17

I love that ! LittleGirl Feb 2018 #22

Shaking my head Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #24

And conservatives get mad because we call them "dumb" and "rubes"! Ohiogal Feb 2018 #26

There is, basically, no level to which they won't sink. malthaussen Feb 2018 #28

Oh god.. that's right. A perfect way Cha Feb 2018 #30

Accusing others of what they do, age old tactic. Eternal greed heads. appalachiablue Feb 2018 #32

Great post malaise Feb 2018 #33

CONservatives have NO shame Plucketeer Feb 2018 #35

Yep- that pisses me off RainCaster Feb 2018 #36

I've never seen such projection and hypocrisy on as large a scale as today's GOP IronLionZion Feb 2018 #37

The irony is thick with them lunatica Feb 2018 #38

Republicans: Always accusing others of their own sins. n/t Beartracks Feb 2018 #40

Retweet a Million Times erpowers Feb 2018 #41

They're insane if they believe that Progressive dog Feb 2018 #43