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HereSince1628

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18. Yes, but Everitt Dirksen and Eisenhower

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 09:45 PM

Dec 2012

are most of a lifetime behind me.

I haven't known Republicans to be reasonable since they decided to go after the votes of Wallace voters.

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Remember when Republicans were Rational? Remember when they weren't Selfish Greedy Lying Sociopaths? [View all] No Compromise Dec 2012 OP

Which is why they are headed towards extinction. They should change their logo to the Wooly Mammoth JaneyVee Dec 2012 #1

yeah InsultComicDog Dec 2012 #8

or maybe InsultComicDog Dec 2012 #9

This one.. Yes.. I like it.. :>) pangaia Dec 2012 #31

we can email it to Rachel Maddow. she would laugh SummerSnow Dec 2012 #55

Yeah. This one even looks all faded out. Arkansas Granny Dec 2012 #58

Can you get that mammoth bogged down in a tar swamp? ArcticFox Dec 2012 #45

Perhaps atreides1 Dec 2012 #11

Yes, yesphan Dec 2012 #2

Yes, I'm old enough to recall. elleng Dec 2012 #3

Me too! Eric the Reddish Dec 2012 #7

I remember that as well. Lugnut Dec 2012 #51

I beat you by a few months; elleng Dec 2012 #52

Seems like a long time ago, but yes. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2012 #4

Nope! I first became really politically aware under Nixon's jackboots. OffWithTheirHeads Dec 2012 #5

Without the republicans thebard77 Dec 2012 #50

I liked Ike when I was a preteen. Since then my palate has refined. n/t dimbear Dec 2012 #6

Republicans lost their mind completely when they crawled in bed with evangelical preachers nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #10

Amen! ReRe Dec 2012 #19

These posters show a history of unwavering support for these programs socialindependocrat Dec 2012 #12

No - there were never rational repugs that i can remember samsingh Dec 2012 #13

They became what they claimed Democrats were. Democrats_win Dec 2012 #14

I do remember - LiberalElite Dec 2012 #15

Me, too! MissMarple Dec 2012 #16

Gov. Ray Shafer of PA was the brother of our next door neighbor when I was a little boy Botany Dec 2012 #17

I remember Gov. Shafer. femmocrat Dec 2012 #24

Yes, but Everitt Dirksen and Eisenhower HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #18

I think John Anderson was the last "Republican" I voted for... cascadiance Dec 2012 #35

I briefly registered as a Republican to vote for him in the Iowa caucuses HarveyDarkey Dec 2012 #37

Perhaps I knew you then?... Voted for him in the election in Iowa then when attending U. of Iowa cascadiance Dec 2012 #41

Possibly, I was in Iowa City at the time HarveyDarkey Dec 2012 #44

Who was it that offered to cut SS last week? Who doc03 Dec 2012 #20

I do remember when Republicans were rational... ReRe Dec 2012 #21

Well, I remember Nixon as the White House point of contact when he was Ike's VP.... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #22

Nixon also arguably had started the trend of Republicans doing treasonous things before elections... cascadiance Dec 2012 #39

My gut tells me that humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #23

Hell no, but it seems odd that many Republicans would call someone like Obama "stupid"... cascadiance Dec 2012 #40

We need to recreate Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose party for the sane ones to move to. cascadiance Dec 2012 #25

Hey Obama DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #26

No. They've always been greedy lying sociopaths. Zorra Dec 2012 #27

Just more blatant about it HarveyDarkey Dec 2012 #38

"Remember when..."? No--I was born AFTER 1872... lastlib Dec 2012 #28

They got bought Flatpicker Dec 2012 #29

Of course, Teddy was a warmonger. rickyhall Dec 2012 #30

Yep, you are right about Teddy being a warmonger. So was LBJ in the 60's... cascadiance Dec 2012 #33

They weeded themselves of all the good guys and nothing but the chaff left. Their own fault! Auntie Bush Dec 2012 #32

I agree that they've lost touch with reality but ... jimlup Dec 2012 #34

oh no problem, most of them are criminals No Compromise Dec 2012 #46

I don't think that today's republicans are more criminal jimlup Dec 2012 #48

No, actually. ismnotwasm Dec 2012 #36

Ford No Compromise Dec 2012 #42

Ford: Member of the Warren Commission and the only unelected VP to become... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #53

when things started to go wrong, really wrong.... No Compromise Dec 2012 #43

A greater of two evils is necessary in this corporate game. nt woo me with science Dec 2012 #47

No, because Reconstruction was a long time ago. JackRiddler Dec 2012 #49

oh I know, but they use to be better actors at least No Compromise Dec 2012 #60

That means it used to be worse. JackRiddler Dec 2012 #63

Or as Billo would call them: 'far left loonies' tblue Dec 2012 #54

k&r Little Star Dec 2012 #56

Remember when Republicans were Rational? Flashmann Dec 2012 #57

Kicking! n/t Hotler Dec 2012 #59

It is as if libodem Dec 2012 #61

And they are "persons" that only sociopsths can identify with... cascadiance Dec 2012 #64

No empathy libodem Dec 2012 #66

no. robinlynne Dec 2012 #62

Republicans tend to say only those things that are in their own self-interest. gtar100 Dec 2012 #65

anyone show these to family members? No Compromise Dec 2012 #67

No nolabels Dec 2012 #68