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(36,418 posts)on a lot of economic issues. The Republicans are now to the Right of Pinochet.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)you are actually describing the world today accurately, without hyperbole.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)mainstream national figure in either Party denying it before 2000, or any Republican admitting to it since as a policy choice?
Remember wage and price controls in 1974-75? Can you imagine Obama imposing them, or threatening to nationalize the oil industry, as Carter did when he was a candidate during the Summer of 1976?
Yes, they have all moved very far to the Right. Even the so-called liberals.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)+1
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)for political purposes, to weaken the Democratic Base.
Reagen was their "coming out of the closet" moment once the unions were weakened enough the Republicans showed their true colors.
Thanks for the thread, LiberalArkie.
mshasta
(2,108 posts)what happen to them?....
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,485 posts)I've never seen anything like this and I'm old!
Gold Metal Flake
(13,805 posts)Also, fuck republickers.
LiberalArkie
(15,686 posts)My dad joined the Republicans way back then because of that, and slowly turned into the anti -worker and more pro big business.
Before he died at 74, we was about to vote for Bill Clinton because of his health care stance.
My Grand dad was a Socialist master carpenter, I probably got my view points from my grand dad.
TahitiNut
(71,611 posts)barbtries
(28,702 posts)unreal.
sakabatou
(42,083 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)You can trace this modern RNC to the 1964 electoral disaster
sakabatou
(42,083 posts)antiquie
(4,299 posts)Whistle while you work
Stevenson's a jerk
Eisenhower's got the power
Whistle while you work
rurallib
(62,346 posts)hope you don't mind