"The Republican party no longer exists. MAGA is the party now."

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

That's why Ds will block everything if Trump gets tobe Prez with Filibuster, Rs pledge to keep Filibuster if Rs get the Trifecta

I am not saying that Trump will be Prez if he gets in

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

You guys acted like Romney was worse than W lol

"Mitt Romney is bad, but not as bad as Bush" doesn't make for a very effective GOTV effort, does it?

Why should we apologize for actively campaigning against your candidate?

That’s the whole point . If you keep saying it , this becomes viewed as a campaign tactic as it becomes the boy who cried wolf.

Republicans did it to democrats too : Bill Clinton was the worst ever for 8 years , then Gore/Kerry were the worst , then Obama was a socialist unlike Bill , then Hillary was even worse than Obama and  now Biden is worse than Hillary and Obama .

And you democrats did it in early 2023 when you guys called RDS worse than Trump when it looked like he may be the nominee

How is it the boy who cried wolf when you guys are actually turning to authoritarianism? It’s a reality, and it’s frightening.

That's easy to answer. We're not. We're the ones fighting to save democracy and the republic, not you. You're engaging in classic doublespeak.

Holy Projection Batman

[Badger]

I suspect you will see more and more non-MAGAs retiring before the election, and those will be replaced with more extreme versions. The Republican Party has been on life support for a while, but I think the part, as it was, is dead. That's not to say it will not see more success given the polarization and gerrymandering of our districts, but the old GOP is gone. I don't see it coming back even when Trump is gone.

The Old Old Gop has always been right wing, and populist. You ever heard of Robert Taft ? John Bricker ?




Rockefeller, Eisenhower, and in many ways, Reagan were exceptions.

Partially true, except I'm old enough to remember that in fact Reagan was the embodiment and fruition of the dreams of the Bricker/ Taft slash Goldwater wing of the party. And of course as many people have noted in atlas, ultimately paved the way for the GOP to devolve to its current MAGA status today.

[wnwnwn]

The GOP is the GOP

The free trader moderate on inmigration neocon years had to end at some point.

[Ferguson97]

That's easy to answer. We're not. We're the ones fighting to save democracy and the republic, not you. You're engaging in classic doublespeak.

Is that why your side tried to overthrow the government 3 years ago?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

That's easy to answer. We're not. We're the ones fighting to save democracy and the republic, not you. You're engaging in classic doublespeak.

Is that why your side tried to overthrow the government 3 years ago?

You mean when we drank too much Pabst Blue Ribbon and got a little rowdy at the Capitol? That was not a coup. You’re the coup!

[VBM]

You guys acted like Romney was worse than W lol

"Mitt Romney is bad, but not as bad as Bush" doesn't make for a very effective GOTV effort, does it?

Why should we apologize for actively campaigning against your candidate?

That’s the whole point . If you keep saying it , this becomes viewed as a campaign tactic as it becomes the boy who cried wolf.

Republicans did it to democrats too : Bill Clinton was the worst ever for 8 years , then Gore/Kerry were the worst , then Obama was a socialist unlike Bill , then Hillary was even worse than Obama and  now Biden is worse than Hillary and Obama .

And you democrats did it in early 2023 when you guys called RDS worse than Trump when it looked like he may be the nominee

How is it the boy who cried wolf when you guys are actually turning to authoritarianism? It’s a reality, and it’s frightening.

That's easy to answer. We're not. We're the ones fighting to save democracy and the republic, not you. You're engaging in classic doublespeak.

Lol even your fellow R hacks aren’t shameless enough to recommend this post

[T'Chenka]

That's easy to answer. We're not. We're the ones fighting to save democracy and the republic, not you. You're engaging in classic doublespeak.

Is that why your side tried to overthrow the government 3 years ago?

The poster you are talking to was actually there on January 6th, as far as I know.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

You guys acted like Romney was worse than W lol

"Mitt Romney is bad, but not as bad as Bush" doesn't make for a very effective GOTV effort, does it?

Why should we apologize for actively campaigning against your candidate?

That’s the whole point . If you keep saying it , this becomes viewed as a campaign tactic as it becomes the boy who cried wolf.

Republicans did it to democrats too : Bill Clinton was the worst ever for 8 years , then Gore/Kerry were the worst , then Obama was a socialist unlike Bill , then Hillary was even worse than Obama and  now Biden is worse than Hillary and Obama .

And you democrats did it in early 2023 when you guys called RDS worse than Trump when it looked like he may be the nominee

How is it the boy who cried wolf when you guys are actually turning to authoritarianism? It’s a reality, and it’s frightening.

That's easy to answer. We're not. We're the ones fighting to save democracy and the republic, not you. You're engaging in classic doublespeak.

Lol even your fellow R hacks aren’t shameless enough to recommend this post

It’s been up for three minutes….

[Mr. Smith]

I don't have time for false sympathy over the "end" of the traditional Republican Party.  Ten years ago, Democrats would have cheered on the institutional destruction of the Romney/Cruz/Ryan conservative GOP.  I won't take y'all pretending to pine for it now for nakedly partisan reasons.

The idea of a "traditional" or "sane" Republican is a fake unicorn invented by D hacks so they can constantly move the goalposts and paint every GOP nominee as somehow worse than the last.  In only 10-20 years, y'all will be begging to have Trump back LOL   

It's not moving the goal posts if the circumstances actually change. You guys keep nominating worse and worse candidates every cycle!

You guys acted like Romney was worse than W lol

He would've been on that platform.