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27. Slippery Slope

Reply to liberalmediaaddict (Original post)

Wed Aug 4, 2021, 10:59 PM

Aug 2021

I think it started with Reagan and his despicable response to the AIDS epidemic, as well as his ridiculous covert operations spearheaded by a total wingnut. Then came Newt, a sociopathic narcissist who gave new meaning to the terms hypocrisy and toxic masculinity. Newt gave birth to the Government shutdown follies. I believe that FOX came into being around the same time. FOX started out fairly innocuously, but it gradually evolved into the toxic, lying ‘news source’ that it is today. Then came the Tea Party loons. Finally, the cherry on the sundae - Trump - gave the stupid, uninformed, hate filled deplorables free rein to operate on their basest impulses. I could never have envisioned how bad things would become. Still can’t believe it.

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When did Republicans fully turn to the dark side? [View all] liberalmediaaddict Aug 2021 OP

It started with Newt Gingrich and Clinton's white water investigation Under The Radar Aug 2021 #1

Was gonna say gingrich. elleng Aug 2021 #3

Right on! Enter stage left Aug 2021 #9

+ 1 this is what Bill Press always said....it began with Gingrich. n/t Peregrine Took Aug 2021 #11

Oui! Mme. Defarge Aug 2021 #17

When Gingrich delivered divorce papers to his wife in the hospital Champp Aug 2021 #42

+1 treestar Aug 2021 #46

IMO, with Reagan. Nixon at least resigned. 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2021 #2

That's what I think. SoonerPride Aug 2021 #6

+1 leftstreet Aug 2021 #18

I agree that it started with Reagan -- his folksy BS, his dislike of government in general, Nay Aug 2021 #44

Agreed CrackityJones75 Aug 2021 #47

Reagan's administration SoonerPride Aug 2021 #4

Started with Nixon. nt Blue_true Aug 2021 #5

However enough republicans would have impeached him SoonerPride Aug 2021 #7

Nixon and Joe McCarthy. 1950s DFW Aug 2021 #41

Nixon added racism with his "southern strategy" crap. Blue_true Aug 2021 #48

When old man Potter foreclosed on the Building & Loan C_U_L8R Aug 2021 #8

That is it! Potter wrote the GOP manifesto that is used today Under The Radar Aug 2021 #13

Good one! n/t Peregrine Took Aug 2021 #14

I think ot was the late 1990s when Newt Gingrich BigmanPigman Aug 2021 #10

Yeah, it was the 90s when a decade of Rush and FOX news Johonny Aug 2021 #28

I think it might have come in waves, Florida Bull Aug 2021 #12

With Nixon and their southern strategy JI7 Aug 2021 #15

They thought Star Wars was a documentary lame54 Aug 2021 #16

Newt yonder Aug 2021 #19

That's like asking what precise shade of gray marks the boundary between white and black... JHB Aug 2021 #20

further back than Goldwater... agingdem Aug 2021 #22

It can go back even farther too, but Goldwater's loss represents the point where... JHB Aug 2021 #35

Palin tickled the nuts to full giggle. McCain thumbed himself back. Baked Potato Aug 2021 #21

When Gingrich crawled out from under his rock. Iahotdog Aug 2021 #23

With Reagan In It to Win It Aug 2021 #24

If I had to pinpoint, I would say it was Gamergate. Initech Aug 2021 #25

Covid has made them a thousand times worse liberalmediaaddict Aug 2021 #26

Slippery Slope DET Aug 2021 #27

The seeds were sewn with Reagan BannonsLiver Aug 2021 #29

It started with Ronnie RayGun. Facts and truth because a nuisance to be ignored, talked over, or out Brother Mythos Aug 2021 #30

The minute I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2021 #31

Nixon's strategy to invite the racist southern democrats into their party. GulfCoast66 Aug 2021 #32

Gingrich sowed the seeds. FOX fertilized the soil. Obama's election roiled their fury. Percy Aug 2021 #33

Perfect. betsuni Aug 2021 #36

If we do well in the midterms, at least add numbers in the senate, tfg runs in '24 and will lose PortTack Aug 2021 #34

1980...Iran-Contra, missiles to Iran to delay the release of American hostages so Reagan would win pecosbob Aug 2021 #37

McKinley (Nt) FreepFryer Aug 2021 #38

Only about an eighth kidding. They just didn't need to flex as much when they held more power. FreepFryer Aug 2021 #39

IMO, when the Libertarians took over apnu Aug 2021 #40

FULLY turned when they got the "dark" RW strongman leader they craved. Trump. Hortensis Aug 2021 #43

It wasn't a single big event; it was a series of small events that went unpunished. lagomorph777 Aug 2021 #45

It was a long, steady progression - they kept going from worse to worse dalton99a Aug 2021 #49