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Bridget Collins's avatar

He spent 30 years telling conservative voters that Democrats were socialists. He endorsed Thomas, Alito and Roberts. He deified Reagan.

He primed the voters of his party and courted them with implicit racism and sexism. He ignored immigration and the deficit when Republicans were in office and railed against them when Republicans were out.

His problem was he made a lovely mob mentality only to have it hijacked by a grifter.

He's not the only one but he was a big part of why we're here.

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Colleen Kochivar-Baker's avatar

You left out his approval of Palin, the prototype for Trump.

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Dave Yell's avatar

I've always said Palin was Trump before Trump.

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Richard Kane's avatar

Great point! It was like she was the GOP's way of testing the water on how much idiocy the GOP voter would accept and embrace.

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Colleen Kochivar-Baker's avatar

She certainly worked out that way.

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Richard Kane's avatar

Thank you! You put it much better than I did.

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