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In reply to the discussion: Republicans I know get flummoxed when I mention the subject of this political ad to them [View all]TahitiNut
(71,611 posts)55. You have an increasingly rare insight to those days due to your family history.
The GOP is busily eliding any such references from all our history books and diligently accusing the American Left of being "Nazis" and "fascists" ... in the inimitable GOP projection style. Crippled minds actually buy that shit, and can't seem to connect the rabid, foamy-lipped hatred of 'Communists' with the identical attitude possessed by all fascists throughout history.
Be sure to hold onto your family history and make sure it's well-understood by all the family members that will listen. Such things willl necessarily be relegated to "oral histories" as the Reich Wing succeeds in scrubbing the texts.
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Republicans I know get flummoxed when I mention the subject of this political ad to them [View all]
NNN0LHI
Jul 2012
OP
Oddly enough, I had a Repub relative tell me about fifteen years ago that all wars
Baitball Blogger
Jul 2012
#5
The only things Republicans have been good at is installing dictators that can be bribed.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2012
#44
I wonder if a Republican has ever been able to motivate anyone based on their human goodness?
Baitball Blogger
Jul 2012
#45
"Family Values" = Trying to raise Beaver Cleaver in the age of "Married with Children"
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2012
#50
My Grandfather had a cousin who married into the Lindbergh family and knew Charles very well.
gordianot
Jul 2012
#49
I just saw a tv show about Lindbergh where he supported Eugenics and also supported
kimbutgar
Jul 2012
#54
You have an increasingly rare insight to those days due to your family history.
TahitiNut
Jul 2012
#55
Typically R tactic - narrowly define an issue through the use of adjectives and word salad
stopbush
Jul 2012
#70
lol. Did you tell him that it's not a Constitutional role of the Oval Office to "declare War"?
Volaris
Jul 2012
#76
Yep! Republicans ran on National Security, "Democrat" weakness and the imminent
rustydog
Jul 2012
#27
One of the strongest leaders Democrats ever had threw herself on her sword for "National Security"..
patrice
Jul 2012
#32
Only a former president has the credibility and standing to say what Clinton said.
CTyankee
Jul 2012
#43
They were flummoxed because they thought all liberals do is sit around singing Kumbaya
NNN0LHI
Jul 2012
#73