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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Mon Jul 20, 2015, 04:04 PM Jul 2015

This is not your father's Republican Party, but these guys bought it...

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This is not your father's Republican Party, but these guys bought it... (Original Post) Playinghardball Jul 2015 OP

It was tricky Dick and Raygun and my Dad bought it all... haikugal Jul 2015 #1

It dawned on my father sometime after 2000 that it wasn't his party. Warpy Jul 2015 #2

Great Meme Gothmog Jul 2015 #3

haikugal

(6,476 posts)

1. It was tricky Dick and Raygun and my Dad bought it all...

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 04:14 PM

Jul 2015

I can't imagine what he'd be now...hard to say.

Yes they're bought but so are the corporate friendly, third way democrats. It's us vs them across the board now...we need to take it away from them.

Warpy

(111,282 posts)

2. It dawned on my father sometime after 2000 that it wasn't his party.

Reply to haikugal (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 04:30 PM

Jul 2015

His last vote in 2004 was for Kerry.

My dad was far from stupid, he just believed the PR about lowering his taxes. He never connected the dots between lower income taxes and higher state and local taxes.

Gothmog

(145,345 posts)

3. Great Meme

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 04:53 PM

Jul 2015

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