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Cyrano

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2. The Republican Party was declared dead in 1964

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #1)

Mon May 2, 2016, 05:18 PM

May 2016

Last edited Mon May 2, 2016, 07:01 PM - Edit history (1)

the year that Johnson crushed Goldwater.

Yet a short four years later, we had a pig named President Nixon in the White House. Don't underestimate "stupid." It's a disease. And it never goes away.

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Buh-bye America [View all] Cyrano May 2016 OP

That seems a bit overly pessimistic IMHO Proud Liberal Dem May 2016 #1

The Republican Party was declared dead in 1964 Cyrano May 2016 #2

1964 KamaAina May 2016 #3

I think that you meant 1964 Proud Liberal Dem May 2016 #4

Yep. My bad. 1964 Cyrano May 2016 #7

It was declared dead again in 1974. 1939 May 2016 #13

You can edit the post you know...nt Wounded Bear May 2016 #9

Rome fell, in part, because Romans stopped caring about ... Rome. closeupready May 2016 #5

That and those pesky tea-partying visigoths. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #6

They are also more interested in Empire than the USA. And jwirr May 2016 #20

if I had a crystal ball hfojvt May 2016 #8

Not to be mean 1939 May 2016 #14

I didn't screw it up hfojvt May 2016 #19

If you don't mind my prying 1939 May 2016 #24

Hard for the repubs to navigate a primary to nominate a sane candidate. oldandhappy May 2016 #10

you're underestimating the damage Trump is doing to the Republicans 0rganism May 2016 #11

Sorry, I just don't agree with your assessment. This isn't new. AgadorSparticus May 2016 #12

Hopefully if s/he is a one term President then s/he will have three appointees to SCOTUS pnwmom May 2016 #15

So you think that 4 years of either Hillary's policies or Bernie's....... WillowTree May 2016 #16

Statistics would suggest whoever gets elected here will be a one termer. Algernon Moncrieff May 2016 #17

With that Executive stability has come the existence of the Imperial Presidency.. Volaris May 2016 #18

I am strangely optimistic. sofa king May 2016 #21

You know, these days I just flip through the newspaper that we get every morning question everything May 2016 #22

They have to really fight some heavy odds..... usedtobedemgurl May 2016 #23