There are no stated policies any more. No platform, no legislation, no positive activities, no "Morning in America". Only dark, dark, dark. Who are these people and where did they come from? Why do the worst of the worst rise to the top?
The bankruptcy of the GOP began in the’80s with the rise of Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh. They began building the permission structure that ultimately allowed the conspiracy freaks and the brazen racists to re-emerge from their caves, where they had been exiled to in the ‘70s.
These people were always around. They simply needed party leaders willing and cynical enough to loosen the leash. The ascendancy of Trump capped off that long-term effort.
Well, you may be right about the GOP 150 years ago, but since the Nixon "southern strategy" in the early 1970s, a lot has changed with the GOP if not entirely flipped. As a student of history I like looking to the past to interpret the present and think about the future, but a rote comparison and extension is not warranted.
It is impossible to trust someone who publicly lied or provided agency for someone else's lies. The first lie is the hardest; everything after supports the first act of lying.
Gee. Care to explain how Reagan had such unilateral powers?
Or did you conveniently forget your saintly Democrats, who controlled the House for Reagan’s entire presidency, signed off on every single one of those things.
I couldn’t have said it better and I’m glad you did 🙏
There are no stated policies any more. No platform, no legislation, no positive activities, no "Morning in America". Only dark, dark, dark. Who are these people and where did they come from? Why do the worst of the worst rise to the top?
The bankruptcy of the GOP began in the’80s with the rise of Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh. They began building the permission structure that ultimately allowed the conspiracy freaks and the brazen racists to re-emerge from their caves, where they had been exiled to in the ‘70s.
These people were always around. They simply needed party leaders willing and cynical enough to loosen the leash. The ascendancy of Trump capped off that long-term effort.
There is definitely that through line from Reconstruction and Jim Crow to today’s MAGA.
Well, you may be right about the GOP 150 years ago, but since the Nixon "southern strategy" in the early 1970s, a lot has changed with the GOP if not entirely flipped. As a student of history I like looking to the past to interpret the present and think about the future, but a rote comparison and extension is not warranted.
Correct. All that for Rutherford B Hayes.
Is that a rhetorical question?
not entirely
It is impossible to trust someone who publicly lied or provided agency for someone else's lies. The first lie is the hardest; everything after supports the first act of lying.
I'm still holding his dismal response to AIDS, his denial of global warming and our continued use of the imperial measurement system against him.
Reagan kicked off the great wealth gap with his “trickle down” tax slashing for the rich, then proceeded to blow up the national debt.
Gee. Care to explain how Reagan had such unilateral powers?
Or did you conveniently forget your saintly Democrats, who controlled the House for Reagan’s entire presidency, signed off on every single one of those things.
Funny you don’t mention that. I wonder why.