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RKP5637

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6. I often wonder how many people that vote republican understand what they are voting for and
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 09:27 AM
Mar 2024

that the Eisenhower republican party is long gone, replaced by maga republicans and others. I was reading recently and I don't have the link now, that a fair number of potential republican voters did not know about Trump and his dictator statements. I look at the people around me and I seriously question how many have any idea WTF is going on. Your post was right to the point!

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A vast right wing conspiracy. [View all] Irish_Dem Mar 2024 OP
She was correct malaise Mar 2024 #1
And they chided her for it. But back then, they were just beginning to live love laugh Mar 2024 #56
I remember Goddessartist Mar 2024 #2
Yep. Really makes the July 4th meeting with Vlad even more treacherous. n/t CincyDem Mar 2024 #3
She knew because she attended meetings for The Family. no_hypocrisy Mar 2024 #4
I wonder if Hillary knew at the time, the GOP would sell out our country to Russia? Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #5
She might have had her suspicions, but knowledge not likely. no_hypocrisy Mar 2024 #7
Sadly malaise Mar 2024 #14
I often wonder how many people that vote republican understand what they are voting for and RKP5637 Mar 2024 #6
Unfortunately, ignorant GOP voters will face a steep learning curve. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #8
Unwashed Magats are ignorant of what is going on gab13by13 Mar 2024 #12
As I pointed out, they will learn the hard way. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #15
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Saul became St. Paul gab13by13 Mar 2024 #20
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2024 #24
I read a statement by Eisenhower about these right-wingers. raging moderate Mar 2024 #11
Read The Rise of The 4th Reich by Jim Marrs, gab13by13 Mar 2024 #13
Ike is turning over in his grave. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #16
Do you think he was ever sorry he got on that train with McCarthy? barbaraann Mar 2024 #22
No! mountain grammy Mar 2024 #26
Ike hated McCarthy according to Ike's brother. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #30
The people in the shadows have always been around, gab13by13 Mar 2024 #9
100% certain Russia is once again trying to split our party. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #19
I have to hand it to Hillary. She knew how to hit it on the nail when it came to phrases. Baitball Blogger Mar 2024 #10
She had the measure of them early on. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #37
Remembered how they mocked her for making those statements? Baitball Blogger Mar 2024 #43
Especially when the vast right wing conspiracy tried to overthrow the US government. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #47
I ruefully recall how I chuckled at the time at what I believed to be her hyperbole. Mister Ed Mar 2024 #18
The GOP consists of the worst traitors in US history. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #41
i used to make political buttons. mopinko Mar 2024 #21
Perhaps you could start up again? Think. Again. Mar 2024 #34
i think about it, but tbh mopinko Mar 2024 #36
Here is a link to a web page with the best listing of exactly who is in the VRWC that I have yet found. barbaraann Mar 2024 #23
The GOP is a vast evil spider web. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #38
Maybe Hillary should have used those exact words to wake people up! barbaraann Mar 2024 #42
I would love to hear what Hillary says in private. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #46
Me, too. barbaraann Mar 2024 #49
Would love to go have a drink with Hillary. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #50
As opposed to "vast," I would say well funded and media manipulated. ananda Mar 2024 #25
I think she meant the GOP ratfucking operation was much larger than we realized. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #39
But is it? It's got so much money and a complicit media that... ananda Mar 2024 #53
We have proof it is a big operation. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #55
Far left liberal academics knew but were few and not mainstream enough for public consumption bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #27
Now we know who was funding them. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #40
We're like lab rats to them. bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #48
We are just collateral damage. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #51
That same phrase percolates through my mind lately. Hillary was prescient. c-rational Mar 2024 #28
Me! I thought it was an understatement! mountain grammy Mar 2024 #29
Hillary in the pillory Charlie Chapulin Mar 2024 #31
I remember Hillary's statement peggysue2 Mar 2024 #32
Peggysue, perfectly stated. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #44
Thanks, Irish peggysue2 Mar 2024 #52
She's basically always right about everything. Think. Again. Mar 2024 #33
I wonder what she thinks is going to happen to the US. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #45
Right on, Irish Dem. Hillary had it right. And you've got Hillary right. Cyrano Mar 2024 #35
It was obvious she was correct at the time. maxsolomon Mar 2024 #54
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