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Supposedly, Comey, Rosenstein and Mueller are all Republicans. (Original Post) PearliePoo2 Jul 2018 OP
Good thing electrons are cheap Loki Liesmith Jul 2018 #1
Cheap, as in what your reply contributed? PearliePoo2 Jul 2018 #7
They're all old school Repubs when the party wasn't batshit crazy. Bluepinky Jul 2018 #2
Yeah as they say... PearliePoo2 Jul 2018 #5
I think you're being hasty. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2018 #3
I'm thinking of people like PearliePoo2 Jul 2018 #4
I watched Nicole Wallace ask Michael Steele if he PearliePoo2 Jul 2018 #6
Why are you still an American? Kaleva Jul 2018 #8
they didn't vote for Trump JI7 Jul 2018 #9
They're like John McCain Republicans. They oppose Trump, but... Garrett78 Jul 2018 #10
In DoD there were lots of Rs, but DeminPennswoods Jul 2018 #11

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
7. Cheap, as in what your reply contributed?
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 07:28 PM
Jul 2018

And yes, kilowatt hours ARE indeed cheap in my neck of the woods!

Bluepinky

(2,265 posts)
2. They're all old school Repubs when the party wasn't batshit crazy.
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 06:40 PM
Jul 2018

Moderate Democrats today have similar positions as the standard Republicans of 30-40 years ago.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
5. Yeah as they say...
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 07:04 PM
Jul 2018

This ain’t your granddaddy’s Republican Party anymore. They’re more like aliens.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,523 posts)
3. I think you're being hasty.
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 06:40 PM
Jul 2018

There are good Republicans, and these are some of them.

They may be the only good ones.

These men have intelligence, integrity and courage on their side. Don't lump them with the dishonest ones in the administration.

That would be a mistake.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
4. I'm thinking of people like
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 07:00 PM
Jul 2018

Scarborough, Nicole Wallace, Steve Schmidt among others who had enough and left the GOP. Maybe when this debacle is over and these three are sick of being attacked and vilified they will have a change of heart.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
6. I watched Nicole Wallace ask Michael Steele if he
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 07:16 PM
Jul 2018

would consider voting for a Democrat for POTUS in 2020 and he said he’ll have to see how it plays out. She replied that she DID in 2016 and would do so in the future and trump has to be defeated. Nicole said she still has PTSD from Palin.

Kaleva

(36,248 posts)
8. Why are you still an American?
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 03:10 AM
Jul 2018

After all this nation has done (illegal wars, torture, etc.), you still are an American.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
10. They're like John McCain Republicans. They oppose Trump, but...
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 03:50 AM
Jul 2018

Last edited Mon Jul 16, 2018, 10:21 AM - Edit history (1)

...their voting record would be atrocious if they were members of Congress. They probably don't give a damn about racism, sexism or income inequality. Or about people lacking health care coverage. Or about treating asylum-seekers humanely. So, they aren't people I'd want to hang out with.

But they oppose law-breaking (and probably civil disobedience), and they oppose being attacked by foreign adversaries. Therefore, they represent our best hope of getting rid of Trump.

DeminPennswoods

(15,265 posts)
11. In DoD there were lots of Rs, but
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 04:27 AM
Jul 2018

it was mostly because Rs usually voted to keep increasing defense spending or rarely checked whatever DoD requested. Their party registration reflected a financial self-interest. I wouldn't be surprised if that's a similar reason many law enforcement are registered Rs. But people in law enforcement generally have a more conservative mind-set, imho, too.

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