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In reply to the discussion: Stop "fanboying" over republicans [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(48,938 posts)23. Your OP is not clear where you draw the line. That's how.
Your OP seems to wish to outlaw any applause for any Republican on any topic, for fear that it might do some amount of "normalizing".
Yes, we don't like Republican policies, especially hypocritical actions like blocking the Supreme Court seat.
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To each his/her own but I remember very well what these assclowns have been
Guy Whitey Corngood
May 2018
#3
In think most of us - all of us? - know where the line is drawn when it comes to respecting
Mr. Ected
May 2018
#11
I agree. I am happy to acknowledge when a Republican shows both common sense and a conscience.
Chemisse
May 2018
#58
Please, no purity tests. It is sometimes entirely appropriate to applaud a Republican. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2018
#14
Yes. Hard core RepubliCONs wish to polarize the country even more. Polarization is not healthy. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2018
#24
His political views doesn't mean he can't be friends w/a Democrat. He IS friends
Honeycombe8
May 2018
#157
+1. In the old days, Repub & Dem politicians were friends, went to lunch together.
Honeycombe8
May 2018
#155
Sen John McCain saves Obamacare votes NO on GOP Health care #SkinnyRepeal
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#21
I'm too busy battling real monsters like Trump and his current enablers to trash McCain.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#36
I have to choose my battles. Battling John McCain and Steve Schmidt aren't battles worth fighting.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#42
I called him McInsane during the 08 elections. That was then. This is now.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#50
If McCain was such a bad guy why did Joe Biden visit him in his time of need ?
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#55
Not really. It was only 10 years ago. And Biden isn't claiming mccain is right on all the issues
JI7
May 2018
#89
They've been friends for years. The Clintons are friends w/the Bushes. Reagan & Speaker Tip O'Neill
Honeycombe8
May 2018
#156
Yeah, cutting taxes regardless of its impact is like an inherited defect with those guys.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#45
That was really one for the history books. That's almost never done by any of them.
Honeycombe8
May 2018
#153
We're supposed to "reach out" to Trump supporters and be careful never ever ever to anger them
EffieBlack
May 2018
#123
At this point, I would settle with adversaries like McCain over nutjobs like that ex-con that was
Oneironaut
May 2018
#31
Of course. He's a Republican. Doesn't mean you have to hate him. He's a good person.
Honeycombe8
May 2018
#154
I do. And no one is going to tell me to hate a person because he's a Republican.
Honeycombe8
May 2018
#159
Sometimes to defeat a common enemy one must ally with people you might otherwise loathe
Jake Stern
May 2018
#71
Even the most tolerable Republicans are horrific. Trump policies are, for the most part, GOP SOP.
Garrett78
May 2018
#80
I don't think people are fanboying so much asfeeling slight relief that "not all" of the republicans
Afromania
May 2018
#87
Being kind is not "fanboying." Showing empathy for a human being suffering a likley painful death
EffieBlack
May 2018
#94
It makes absolutely no sense to "beat up" MCCain now. It puts us in deplorable company.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#121
FFS, you can respect the man and disagree with his views, the two aren't mutually exclusive
still_one
May 2018
#104
Yeah, I do respect McCain's service to his country, you have a problem with that? I guess you must
still_one
May 2018
#149
Will you be upset when he passes and President Obama lionizes him in his eulogy ?
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#132
And I feel McCain and Schmidt both put this turd ball in motion by bringing Palin onto the ticket
meadowlark5
May 2018
#126
The shortlist of Never-Trumper-Republicans who publicly tangle with 45 are an invaluable resource.
VOX
May 2018
#138
I disagree. I think McCain is a fine man who has a different ideology in many areas...
Honeycombe8
May 2018
#151
Lots of people think that political disagreements are nothing to worry about
Lordquinton
May 2018
#192
"John McCain is an American hero & one of the bravest fighters I've ever known..."
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#197
The important thing is that you continue to confuse patience and consideration with fanboying.
LanternWaste
May 2018
#206