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redqueen

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19. You're selling rethugs short

Reply to RAB910 (Original post)

Mon Nov 27, 2023, 08:27 AM

Nov 2023

They're also responsible for defunding the government so they can get rid of the new deal programs they hate, the war on drugs (which is a war on the poor), for preventing us from having a decent healthcare system, for preventing any action on climate change, for destabilizing south America by funding right wing terrorists and just ducking with them in general using the CIA, responsible for the anti-intellectualism that ushered in Palin and now MAGATs... The list is endless

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If you put it that way, I could see how both sides "are the same" [View all] RAB910 Nov 2023 OP

Immaterial to some. czarjak Nov 2023 #1

Add "Nixon" to the last paragraph..... lastlib Nov 2023 #2

Nixon most likely excluded because he created the EPA, which doesn't fit the social good only by Dems narrative. Freethinker65 Nov 2023 #3

I think it's a very true meme. Elessar Zappa Nov 2023 #4

It was suggested Nixon be added to the list, I was responding as to why, perhaps he was excluded. Freethinker65 Nov 2023 #5

Your point about Nixon creating the Environmental Protection Agency is well taken, but... sop Nov 2023 #6

Thanks for making my point! Comparing policies to policies (or people to people) is much more effective Freethinker65 Nov 2023 #7

I've asked this same question to conservatives I know & I've asked here as well ... aggiesal Nov 2023 #9

Today's GOP might support the Interstate Highway Act, but certainly not the other two. sop Nov 2023 #10

... ShazzieB Nov 2023 #17

IIRC Bush 2 was concerned about pandemics & added to & strengthened the pandemic programs that Bill Clinton started. CrispyQ Nov 2023 #11

Bush 2... druidity33 Nov 2023 #12

I knew that GW McIdiot had given money to countries in Africa ... aggiesal Nov 2023 #13

If Nixon were the worst thing ever to come outta the GOP ... Kennah Nov 2023 #15

Republicans are also responsible for getting rid of the Fairness Doctrine in broadcasting Ohioboy Nov 2023 #8

It wouldn't have made much difference once cable news took off. TwilightZone Nov 2023 #16

Yes and no Ohioboy Nov 2023 #18

"could have been made to apply to cable " TwilightZone Nov 2023 #21

I can see your point Ohioboy Nov 2023 #22

When you combine the end of the Fairness Doctrine and its ability to propagandize endlessly. . . PTL_Mancuso Nov 2023 #20

The country was liberal, as was congress, a lot tirebiter Nov 2023 #14

You're selling rethugs short redqueen Nov 2023 #19