• LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    It’s mind boggling how quickly the GOP became the Fake Party of Fakeness. Almost any claim they make, you can look up and easily find it’s bullshit. It’s like Trump said, “I love the uneducated!” The party thrives on ignorance now. The main force driving them is young men without college who are angry that they don’t have more power. The party’s message is just plant your feet on the ground and insist you’re right until the other side throws up its hands and gives in, like the low self esteem gf who sticks with you no matter what because she’s too dumb to realize she has options. Problem is, Americans know they have options now - and like the saying goes, We Won’t Go Back. I’m really looking forward to this week.

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      how quickly

      Hate to break it to you, but those conservatives spent decades transforming the Republican party into what it is today. It would be unfair to dismiss their years of focus on indoctrinating and cultivating hate and fear.

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        Barry Goldwater, 1964

        "Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can’t and won’t compromise. I know, I’ve tried to deal with them. The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are NOT using their religious clout with WISDOM. I’m frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in ‘A,’ ‘B,’ ‘C,’ and ‘D.’ Just who do they think they are?.. I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of “conservatism.”

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          For future reference if you ever hear that a candidate is going to do what is best for God or God’s will and you take it seriously, you belive in Queens and Kings.