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In reply to the discussion: There must be GOP politicians who care about the U.S., and are smart enough to see what's going on. [View all]Cosmocat
(14,543 posts)I was a young and still somewhat naive man, and was pained how they managed to so meticulously craft bullshit arguments to get people to vote against their best interests. They were "intellctuals" then, babbled on about the constitution, states rights ... It was counter intuitive bullshit, but they had those snappy quips that required a 500 word essay to counter - you lose that with the average person every time.
9-11 came, and they just bullied everyone with terrorism.
That wore off and we got the big 06 and 08 elections ...
But, the years of hate framing liberals and our getting a black man elected to POTUS threw them completely over th ledge.
45 saw all of this and took the whip from them by being more brazen and bold faced then the whimpy way they just winked at things.
And we are where we are today, where they are cranked into a walking dead like hatred of liberals. That is all they know now.