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In reply to the discussion: I keep hearing how "we need a viable conservative party." Why? What for? [View all]ck4829
(35,045 posts)58. How do we fix this?
The Republican Party is no longer a worthy opponent. No longer worthy of being "the other side of the aisle".
I'm going to have to agree with the OP here.
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I keep hearing how "we need a viable conservative party." Why? What for? [View all]
thucythucy
Feb 2021
OP
Your reply rebuts your premise. Nixon only resigned because republicans told him they would impeach
GulfCoast66
Feb 2021
#15
Good god, I'm not defending today's republicans. Nor necessarily the Lincoln Project republicans.
GulfCoast66
Feb 2021
#32
I agree. But they unintentionally created a system of government that requires them.
GulfCoast66
Feb 2021
#13
A conservative party in the tradition of Edmund Burke would be a worthy rival.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2021
#17
There are plenty of people here who would be just fine with absolute power in perpetuity.
BannonsLiver
Feb 2021
#29
Yes. Why does that opposition party NEED to be the GQP? Does it NEED to be conservative even?
ck4829
Feb 2021
#34