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De-evolution of the GOP (Original Post) Ocelot II 2 hrs ago OP
Personally... MLF1981 2 hrs ago #1
Actually Reagan along with Newt Gingrich was the start. kerry-is-my-prez 2 hrs ago #4
Oh, I agree completely. MLF1981 1 hr ago #6
Are we not men? DBoon 2 hrs ago #2
We are Devo. I'm not sure about them, though. Ocelot II 2 hrs ago #3
Whacko Devo Zambero 2 hrs ago #5

MLF1981

(120 posts)
1. Personally...
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 07:11 PM
2 hrs ago

I like how they made Bush the Lesser and Donald Plump the same size. Let's not forget, all of the nonsense that Trump brought to the fore was pioneered by the Chimpresident.

MLF1981

(120 posts)
6. Oh, I agree completely.
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 07:25 PM
1 hr ago

And you can see it in the cartoon. Nixon is the first one to be depicted as shorter. Before my time, but I lived through Reagan and all the rest. I think you hit the nail on the head with Gingrich though... Before him, guys like Tip O'Neill were happy to try and find common ground with Republicans. Gingrich made that impossible with his vitriol.

To him and his progeny, Democrats weren't well-meaning people who had different ideas, they were the enemy, and no character assassination or attack was off limits. Bush the Lesser put that into practice par excellence (swiftboating and those fucking purple heart bandages) and Trump ramped it up to a million.

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