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Trump didn't do this, he's just one in a long line. If you're mourning the GOP of Trump but longing for the GOP before him...it's the same picture. Just a lot more open about their true beliefs. Feel sorry for the old GOP of Eisenhower if you want to get any credit of missing a different party.
Yeah it’s a continuum of garbage, it’s just that all the trappings of reasoned debate have been jettisoned. They’re literally just screaming to kill people now. They ruined it for the centrist Republicans of yore. (And the mysterious and elusive ‘swing voter’)
Hey now, that’s mean. I’m seriously having trouble choosing between a full bowl of shit and a half bowl of shit over here
Yep. Donnie just gave them a permission structure to be even more vocal about how awful they truly are. Like everything else in his life, he has created nothing. He just waltzed in after Palin laid the groundwork for him and slapped his name on the place.
Even before Eisenhower, the GOP was shit. They were against social security during FDR.
Didn't they try plotting a coup way back then, too?
Yes*
*besides a handful of key figures, who was actually involved in the business plot is entirely a he said/she said situation. Some theories implicate a wide range of sitting congressmen, some keep it mostly limited to the businessmen themselves, and there's some everywhere in between.
Personally, I think the idea that it was close to happening is way overblown.
Yup, Dubya’s grandpa was in on it.
Oh yeah, I haven't finished reading Prequel yet, thank you for reminding me.