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16. Hmm, so kind of both: The Birchers who gave Reagan the CA governorship.

Wed Sep 8, 2021, 04:56 PM

Sep 2021

So many people give "reasonable" conservatives a pass, when they've always needed to surf in on a layer of foam to take office.

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They wanted a fascist demagogue all along [View all] Soph0571 Sep 2021 OP

The modern right in this country has always been fascistic. Thomas Hurt Sep 2021 #1

Yes! peggysue2 Sep 2021 #8

Agreed 100%! NoSheep Sep 2021 #10

yep... freedom and rights are for them, but not for you paulkienitz Sep 2021 #14

Lindburgh popularized Conservatism in the 1930's Tommymac Sep 2021 #5

All Conservatives are Bastards. Dawson Leery Sep 2021 #13

K&R ck4829 Sep 2021 #2

Where is the quote from and when did he make it? JHB Sep 2021 #3

Looks like he made it in 1966, according to this article Glorfindel Sep 2021 #15

The GQP has come to the stark realization... SergeStorms Sep 2021 #6

Right on the money. hadEnuf Sep 2021 #9

I've read that @15-20% are hard-core authoritarians all the time, Hortensis Sep 2021 #12