Which event was instrumental in the downfall of the Republicans?

[ColbertWatcher]

Which event was instrumental in the downfall of the Republicans?

A. when they sided with European fascists

B. with the Great Depression

C. when they decided to define themselves not in what they could do, but in how they would rollback the New Deal

D. when they started worshipping Milton Friedman

E. when Rumsfeld ignored Eisenhower's warning about the Prison Industrial Complex and began privatizing the military on a large scale

F. with Watergate

G. when they got into bed with the "Moral" "Majority"

H. when they started the Federalist Society

I. Katrina

J. Other, please see my reply for when I think they started falling apart

[dipsydoodle]

1. When they supported the re-election

of a moron.

[ColbertWatcher]

3. So, 1984 then. n/t

[Jamastiene]

9. ...

:spray:

I know it's true, but most everyone thinks about Bush first.

[Jamastiene]

10. ...

:spray:

I know it's true, but most everyone thinks about Bush first.

[Loudmxr]

2. When they tried to make Reagan king and ignored his law breaking

Really. Even with Nixon the senior Repubs went to the WH to demand the keys. But with Reagan "the party of law" turned into "the party of lawbreakers". That is when they lost their soul.:smoke:

[ColbertWatcher]

4. That reminds me: I should have added Newt's "Contract on America."

But, you're right, that whole damned administration started with Iran-Contra and went downhill from there.

[Demeter]

5. When They Piled Error On Top Of Falsehood On Top of Crime

so that goes back to Nixon, if not McCarthy.


But it was the American Media and Voters that let them, and for far too long.

[ColbertWatcher]

6. I think only after the internet were people able to see all the facts for themselves. n/t

[Demeter]

12. Agreed! Thank Engineering for Technology!

[Why Syzygy]

7. Ronald Reagan and the Contras.

There's a video somewhere on the web of Ronnie giving a pro-Contra speech.
Yes! He said... he too was a Contra . You could tell he was scared to say it out loud.
"I'm a Contra too", he said.

Yes. The law breaking began there and it has been justified and covered up ever since.

[Jamastiene]

11. I also remember a video where he said he looked into Saddam Husseins eyes and saw

a good ally and a good soul in there. I wish I could find that video. It was a documentary about Reagan on MSNBC from about 5 or 6 years ago. That should be played alongside Bush's comments about looking into Putin's eyes.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/06/20010618.html

[Jamastiene]

8. To me, it was the minute I started learning anything at all about them.

For the average citizen, though, it was when Bush got us into this quagmire in Iraq, with no endgame planned and went it alone, at that.

They have no problem with the moral majority. They still are on that bandwagon full force. Prop h8 proves that. So, that is definitely not it.

Katrina played a blatant role too. I'm actually torn between the war in Iraq and Katrina, but both damaged the Republican Party...although not nearly enough for my satisfaction.

One thing I wish I could remind everyone of: We should NEVER and I mean NEVER become complacent again. We need to learn our lesson from 2000 and NEVER become complacent enough again to believe they have been defeated permanently. They are brain damaged and mutated and will never stop trying to thwart democracy. We should ALWAYS be on our guard against them. They CANNOT be trusted.

[ColbertWatcher]

13. I agree (see my sig line).

[Hubert Flottz]

14. When Ford and Reagan and Bush pardoned their accomplices...

Criminals belong in jail, not rewarded with being placed in high government offices.

When a criminal goes unpunished, he or she, will keep right on committing more crimes until they finally Are forced to stop and usually the severity of those crimes will intensify.

Bonnie and Clyde didn't stop robbing banks after they got away with that first bag of money, did they?

[ColbertWatcher]

15. They probably thought it wasn't the end, but how wrong they were! n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

16. Countdown kick. n/t