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In reply to the discussion: In suburban Texas, 'it feels like there's no place for lifelong Republicans like me' [View all]Blue_true
(31,261 posts)17. The death of the party started when it embraced the southern strategy.
Instead of telling Whites that wanted to cling to segregation and racism that they were dead wrong, republicans embraced then, abeit at arm's length. Then they invited in the evangelicals in the 80s to cling to power. Only electoral cheating has kept them relevant since 1992. Really, a Chamber of Commerce person should be a democrat, democratic Presidents have produced better economies for all but around 8 years since 1902.
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In suburban Texas, 'it feels like there's no place for lifelong Republicans like me' [View all]
Zorro
Aug 2019
OP
He's pretty much devoted his life to the 7 Deadly Sins, & sooner or later that has to sink in. nt
Hekate
Aug 2019
#15
+1, and KGOP gets in and spikes the economy with tax cuts mostly for rich people that aren't ...
uponit7771
Aug 2019
#23
Absolutely. The "born again" Republicans I know think that the GOP isn't going far enough.
Midnight Writer
Aug 2019
#21
Even these people being discouraged enough to just stay home would be great for our party.
Ace Rothstein
Aug 2019
#10
"It feels like there's no place for lifelong Republicans like me," she said.
LudwigPastorius
Aug 2019
#13
You have voted for ALL the asswipes that have put this country in it's dire
Ferrets are Cool
Aug 2019
#20