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Was just thinking about this after having a conversation on Facebook...
I'm 62 years old...and in my lifetime I keep thinking about Howard Baker...
Help me out here guys...
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...by 2008, the Bush crowd had broken his spirit...
Yeehah
(4,593 posts)McCain was scum, despite his honorable military service.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)Atticus
(15,124 posts)CanonRay
(14,113 posts)And the last Republican I ever voted for.
LW1977
(1,236 posts)Maybe Dwight.
Lochloosa
(16,068 posts)zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)Probably the last person in a leadership position that was serious about governing.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Silent3
(15,266 posts)rurallib
(62,448 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts).
After that, feeble works of F. A. Hayek and later by the articulate William F. Buckley and his warped perceptions of reality and faulty logic started to create and further pollute New Republicanism and that started the party spinning out of orbit.
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NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)Dave in VA
(2,039 posts)He and Sen. George McGovern together sponsored the McGovern/Hatfield Act*.
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The McGovernHatfield Amendment (alternately, HatfieldMcGovern Amendment) was a proposed amendment to an appropriations bill in 1970 during the Vietnam War that, if passed, would have required the end of United States military operations in the Republic of Vietnam by December 31, 1970 and a complete withdrawal of American forces halfway through the next year.
Yeehah
(4,593 posts)Good pick.
Buckeyeblue
(5,502 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,856 posts)If I recall correctly, he was pro-choice back then. I think his wife was always pro-choice. He sold out to get the evangelical vote for Reagan.
Buckeyeblue
(5,502 posts)Poppy was never anti-choice. He also didn't believe believe in trickle-down economics. He was the last of the country club Republicans that were socially liberal but economically conservative.
Raine
(30,540 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,347 posts)The country could have gotten quite ugly and President Ford did all the right things to keep the country stable.
Rhiannon12866
(206,016 posts)Carter had only two previous presidents still living back in 1977, Ford and Nixon. He reached out to Ford who was helpful with dealing with Congress and they eventually became good friends. In fact, Ford called on Jimmy Carter to deliver his eulogy.
bottomofthehill
(8,347 posts)There is a quote from Tip ONeill. The Democratic Leader when he was President. Not the person you would think of to have a quote on your statue is you were a President of a different party.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)Under The Radar
(3,404 posts)jpak
(41,759 posts)Yup
johnp3907
(3,732 posts)Dont kid yourself.
AnyFunctioningAdult
(192 posts)If he had defeated Bush in the primaries, the country would look a whole lot different.
Polybius
(15,476 posts)That's tough.
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)rownesheck
(2,343 posts)It's been all down hill since then. I think that's why republicans hate actors.
And the only Republican, ever. The rest are warmed over Whigs.
blue neen
(12,328 posts)He was a really good man.
rickford66
(5,528 posts)Kaleva
(36,343 posts)"William Grawn Milliken (March 26, 1922 October 18, 2019) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 44th Governor of Michigan. A member of the Republican Party, he is the longest-serving governor in Michigan history, serving more than three full four-year terms from 1969 to 1983. During this period he dealt with dramatic changes to the state economy, due to industrial restructuring and challenges to the auto industry, resulting in loss of jobs and population from Detroit, the state's largest city."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Milliken
Bill Milliken was a good man.
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)JHB
(37,162 posts)yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)90% of them support him. That seems pretty real to me.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Are we trying to do the No Real Scotsman to the Republican Party?
They are what they have become. The Know Nothings has a short run as well. Their fate is the same.
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)Died last year.
liberaltrucker
(9,130 posts)pecosbob
(7,543 posts)JI7
(89,264 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)But they're just a bunch of tea party assholes.,
mountain grammy
(26,650 posts)Except for Vietnam, and Dems share that debacle.