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In reply to the discussion: Politico: Obama to include Republicans in hard-hitting convention [View all]bread_and_roses
(6,335 posts)In my lifetime the Republican Party has been the Party of the Banksters, the Oligarchs, the Corp-o-crats. Their platform has been by, of, and for the rich, and has relied on racism, misogyny, and theocracy to inflame their base. They are outsourcers and union-busters. And the great failure of the Democrats has been the failure to provide a clear alternative to them.
I think having Rs attack Rmoney at the D convention is a brilliant political tactic. It should not equate to an embrace of Republican ideology, or the notion that it's somehow OK to be an R. If you're an R, you are supporting that platform.
Does that mean we attack ordinary deludeds who are registered R? No. But we try to depress their vote at the least, and switch it if possible.
I have no love for the Scraps and Bones Party the Democrats have become, but that does not mean "embracing" Rs or their fetid Bankster platform and candidates in any way.