What if Republicans went back?

[HillGoose]

what if Republicans went back to being the coastal elitist, hawkish, socially liberal Ayn-Rand lovers that we used to be? Would that be FF or HP?

[dw93]

what if Republicans went back to being the coastal elitist, hawkish, socially liberal Ayn-Rand lovers that we used to be? Would that be FF or HP?

It'd be just as HP and the current GOP and just as HP as the Reagan/Gingrich/Bush era GOP was (not that there's much difference between the two). I'd like the GOP to become the party of Ike and Rockefeller again, and they weren't Ayn Rand lovers by any stretch. Ike also couldn't be considered a "Coastal Elitist." I don't think the types of Republicans you describe ever existed, or at the very least had any kind of power/influence over the party. There were Coastal Elites, there were/are hawks, and there were Social Libertarians, but there weren't any Republicans that carried all those traits.

[HillGoose]

what if Republicans went back to being the coastal elitist, hawkish, socially liberal Ayn-Rand lovers that we used to be? Would that be FF or HP?

It'd be just as HP and the current GOP and just as HP as the Reagan/Gingrich/Bush era GOP was (not that there's much difference between the two). I'd like the GOP to become the party of Ike and Rockefeller again, and they weren't Ayn Rand lovers by any stretch. Ike also couldn't be considered a "Coastal Elitist." I don't think the types of Republicans you describe ever existed, or at the very least had any kind of power/influence over the party. There were Coastal Elites, there were/are hawks, and there were Social Libertarians, but there weren't any Republicans that carried all those traits.

I disagree bruh, i think if ya look in wealthy areas of SoCal back in 2003, ya might find some.

[OSR stands with Israel]

what if Republicans went back to being the coastal elitist, hawkish, socially liberal Ayn-Rand lovers that we used to be? Would that be FF or HP?

It'd be just as HP and the current GOP and just as HP as the Reagan/Gingrich/Bush era GOP was (not that there's much difference between the two). I'd like the GOP to become the party of Ike and Rockefeller again, and they weren't Ayn Rand lovers by any stretch. Ike also couldn't be considered a "Coastal Elitist." I don't think the types of Republicans you describe ever existed, or at the very least had any kind of power/influence over the party. There were Coastal Elites, there were/are hawks, and there were Social Libertarians, but there weren't any Republicans that carried all those traits.

Immigration is the big difference


IKE and Rockefeller if the were politicians today would be much more conservative than they were then and would basically be like John McCain or Mitt Romney

[dw93]

what if Republicans went back to being the coastal elitist, hawkish, socially liberal Ayn-Rand lovers that we used to be? Would that be FF or HP?

It'd be just as HP and the current GOP and just as HP as the Reagan/Gingrich/Bush era GOP was (not that there's much difference between the two). I'd like the GOP to become the party of Ike and Rockefeller again, and they weren't Ayn Rand lovers by any stretch. Ike also couldn't be considered a "Coastal Elitist." I don't think the types of Republicans you describe ever existed, or at the very least had any kind of power/influence over the party. There were Coastal Elites, there were/are hawks, and there were Social Libertarians, but there weren't any Republicans that carried all those traits.

Immigration is the big difference


IKE and Rockefeller if the were politicians today would be much more conservative than they were then and would basically be like John McCain or Mitt Romney

Immigration aside, in IKE's case anyway, they'd be more McCain than Romney. There's key differences even between those two.

[OSR stands with Israel]

what if Republicans went back to being the coastal elitist, hawkish, socially liberal Ayn-Rand lovers that we used to be? Would that be FF or HP?

It'd be just as HP and the current GOP and just as HP as the Reagan/Gingrich/Bush era GOP was (not that there's much difference between the two). I'd like the GOP to become the party of Ike and Rockefeller again, and they weren't Ayn Rand lovers by any stretch. Ike also couldn't be considered a "Coastal Elitist." I don't think the types of Republicans you describe ever existed, or at the very least had any kind of power/influence over the party. There were Coastal Elites, there were/are hawks, and there were Social Libertarians, but there weren't any Republicans that carried all those traits.

Immigration is the big difference


IKE and Rockefeller if the were politicians today would be much more conservative than they were then and would basically be like John McCain or Mitt Romney

Immigration aside, in IKE's case anyway, they'd be more McCain than Romney. There's key differences even between those two.

I would say

Eisenhower would be like McCain

Rockefeller is like Romney in ways that both really dont care about social issues or most issues outside economics. Rockefeller was the establishment candidate in the era which was dominated by the Keynesian Consensus while Romney was in the era dominated by Neo-Liberalism but other than that they are very similar

[Cassius]

When has the GOP ever been the party of the coastal elites?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

what if Republicans went back to being the coastal elitist, hawkish, socially liberal Ayn-Rand lovers that we used to be? Would that be FF or HP?

When were they ever that?

[Politician]

what if Republicans went back to being the coastal elitist, hawkish, socially liberal Ayn-Rand lovers that we used to be? Would that be FF or HP?

When were they ever that?

[Goldwater]

what if Republicans went back to being the coastal elitist, hawkish, socially liberal Ayn-Rand lovers that we used to be? Would that be FF or HP?

When were they ever that?

[OSR stands with Israel]

what if Republicans went back to being the coastal elitist, hawkish, socially liberal Ayn-Rand lovers that we used to be? Would that be FF or HP?

When were they ever that?

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

what if Republicans went back to being the coastal elitist, hawkish, socially liberal Ayn-Rand lovers that we used to be? Would that be FF or HP?

When were they ever that?

[Mr. Smith]

When has the GOP ever been the party of the coastal elites?

When it formed off the Whigs, and during the Progressive Era against the likes of  William Jennings Bryan

[kyc0705]

I just saw "Ayn Rand" and instinctively voted HP without reading the rest of the question.

[Ohioguy29]

FF because Dems would be killing it right now if the GOP did that lol.

[darklordoftech]

The coastal elites were never Randites (rather, they were Rockefeller Republicans and Hamiltonians before that), but it would still be FF in comparison to the Reaganites, Gingrichians, and W Bushians. Gerald Ford arguably held the views described in the OP, but he wasn't coastal.

[Sestak]

Have fun losing every single election...

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

The Republican Ayn-Rand lovers weren't coastal elites, they were hippies who showered and liked money.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The Republican Ayn-Rand lovers weren't coastal elites, they were hippies who showered and liked money.

Basically Jerry Rubin after 1980?