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In reply to the discussion: Holy shit! Maybe Republicans are finally getting a clue! [View all]ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)much closer to a Republican before they went WHACK JOB. Non-the-less, I DO actually know some Repubs "personally" who think Hillary is probably even MORE of a war hawk.
I happen to live in a VERY RED county and there's no way you can simply NOT be friends with R's. They KNOW I'm left of the CURRENT Democratic Party but we agree on many things.
While most don't LIKE OR TRUST Hillary they do see her as "less of a Democrat" than most Democrats they know. WE HAVE HAD "the discussion" about what's happened to their Party, but they've turned the question back on me.
My consensus is that BOTH the Repubs AND Dems ARE NOT what they once were. Repubs went very, very far right, Democrats in their opinion are much more right leaning. They have actually voted for some of the DLC/Third Way types.
Of course, we DO differ the it comes to Bernie, but they DON'T dislike him and think his views would be very helpful for millions of people.
NOBODY here has to believe me, don't care if you do... but just wanted to share this information. Some of the Repubs will be switching to Independents and this is another topic that's generated a LOT OF DISCUSSION. I'm WITH THEM. So, maybe after 2016... we'll be parr of the SAME party!
Dems and Repubs SHOULD take a very close look... BOTH THE apparent nominees simply are VERY MUCH DISLIKED! It IS What IT IS! They DO jab me with who DWS is and why we've put up with her and I on the other hand talk about Reince Preibus! Some things stay the same.
Of course, Hillary supporters here simply are UNABLE to see or accept this point of view. If those of us here could convince some here of just ONE topic it would be GREAT! One of the biggest is how MUCH OF A WAR HAWK she is!!
These friends of mine and I DO AGREE on this issue and are sick of how much damage we've done in the Middle East! Hillary simply means WAR remains a fear we have about her!
But, to those of you who ignore this... Please PROCEED!