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another_liberal

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2. That was the Republican Party then.

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 07:54 AM

Feb 2013

They Republican Party now thinks unions, all unions, are Communistic and anti-American, they are the dependable champions of "Right to Work" (read as right to work for Less) laws in every State, they promote unrestrained "Free Trade" treaties which allow fatcat financiers to ship our jobs to third world countries and their last Presidential candidate made his fortune buying up troubled American companies to sell them off lock-stock-and-barrel to China and India.

And the Republicans claim that evolution is just an unproven theory?

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from the Republican Party Platform of 1956 - something to share with your GOP friends- [View all] Douglas Carpenter Feb 2013 OP

So what happened? Rider3 Feb 2013 #1

Trickle-down economics coupled with global corporatism. toddwv Feb 2013 #5

Nixon's "southern strategy". The 1968 George Wallace campaign proved that there was a market for Douglas Carpenter Feb 2013 #8

And Nixon's 'southern strategy' originated in the Civil Rights Act which LBJ acknowledged pampango Feb 2013 #15

That was the Republican Party then. another_liberal Feb 2013 #2

There were voices in the Republican Party that thought Ike was a Communist Bandit Feb 2013 #9

You are quite right . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #17

What was once the Republican platform is now the Democratic platform, MadHound Feb 2013 #3

Another item from that era, the tax brackets JHB Feb 2013 #4

If these were . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #18

Keep in mind that Romeny's father was in or near the top brackets for the 12 years... JHB Feb 2013 #19

The GOP is naturally pro-business. The Great Depression kept them restrained for 50 years. reformist2 Feb 2013 #6

I love reading old GOP platforms. Their transition to the Dark Side began in earnest in 1976. slackmaster Feb 2013 #7

Eisenhower was the last decent Republican. Bake Feb 2013 #10

I'll give this a kick Douglas Carpenter Feb 2013 #11

The Whole Left/Right Baseline has moved hard right colsohlibgal Feb 2013 #12

wow sad-cafe Feb 2013 #13

I was listening to the dvd "Heist" onethatcares Feb 2013 #14

k&r nt steve2470 Feb 2013 #16