Posted on 09/20/2018 9:44:58 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Never as long as their constituency is ignorant enough to believe their bull excrement
“The Dems were socialists all along. They just didn’t want to admit such.”
Yup. The only difference is tactics. Do they lie about it or openly call themselves socialists.
This time is reminiscent of 1968-1972. The children took over the Democrat party and nominated George McGovern.
“We spent the 90’s arguing about capital gains tax cuts and free trade while they laid the groundwork for gay marriage and trannies and infinity 3rd World immigration (legal or not).”
Fair enough. But remember who declared that R’s could not fight the culture war and still be good R’s. It was the chamber of commerce R’s — they regard the culture warriors as distasteful, even “deplorable.” It was largely over the issue of cheap labor. So they were not just arguing about capital gains tax and free trade. They were actively campaigning against average Americans’ very legitimate concerns about a forced change in the culture to suit their money and power goals.
John McCain and Schumer started the IRS war against the Tea Party. John McCain and Russ Feingold started the war against conservative 501’s.
“It was the chamber of commerce R’s
Absolutely right. Controlled “opposition”.
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