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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the GOP, a once-great political party
killed by epidemic of Trump..
Thanks Trump!
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Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the GOP, a once-great political party (Original Post)
HipChick
Oct 2016
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vi5
(13,305 posts)1. Never count these assholes out.
They are like cockroaches.
Also, never underestimate our own party's ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)2. Please remove you baseball caps and join me in a moment of silence.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)3. Love the hat!
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)5. Online generator and screen grab.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)4. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t
BlueWarrior
(94 posts)6. The last 'great' Republican President was also their first
MineralMan
(146,307 posts)7. I come to bury the GOP, not to praise it.
Apologies to Willy the Shake.
randome
(34,845 posts)8. Let us mourn loudly and repeatedly.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)9. Great Might Be A Stretch But...
There used to be moderate to at least semi progressive republicans like Ike, Nelson Rockefeller, William Scranton, etc.
That really changed pronto once Gingich and his bunch took over and Faux News in place functioning as it's media mouthpiece. All possible because of Reagan
What is burgeoning and scary is the growing undercurrent of that alt right core. Those people are cleaned up a bit skin head/Klan types. The nonsense they believe is scary.