Republicans

[Hotrod216]

I voted Republican all my life until Trump showed up and showed me what an asshat/moron he was. Until he goes away I will never  vote for any politician that worships at the feet of Trump and licks his boots. That especially includes Ted Cruz.  What an ass hole.  The Republican Party has turned into the party of dipshits.

[seeker83]

I refuse to vote party lines.  I intentionally do not belong to a party and I vote according to the candidate's stances on issues and where I sit with them.  I truly believe that there were no good choices from either major party in the last election.  We got to choose between a candidate who arguably has a narcissistic personality disorder and a candidate who is outright senile and has a shady history with Russia and his family.  Not great either way.

[Pornhubby]

Trump really ruined just about everything for me. The ability to read or watch the news. Surf the Internet. Interact with other people on social media. Everything has turned into some sort of hostile confrontation, propaganda, or simply fabricated lies. I’ll vote, but I’m not going to watch the returns, and I am not going to let the midterms upset me. At this point, it just is what it is. And there’s nothing I can do about it. I always knew there were a lot of stupid people in this country, but I never knew there were *that* many stupid people in this country. And apparently they vote.

[Hotrod216]

I refuse to vote party lines.  I intentionally do not belong to a party and I vote according to the candidate's stances on issues and where I sit with them.  I truly believe that there were no good choices from either major party in the last election.  We got to choose between a candidate who arguably has a narcissistic personality disorder and a candidate who is outright senile and has a shady history with Russia and his family.  Not great either way.

Agree

[Hotrod216]

Trump really ruined just about everything for me. The ability to read or watch the news. Surf the Internet. Interact with other people on social media. Everything has turned into some sort of hostile confrontation, propaganda, or simply fabricated lies. I’ll vote, but I’m not going to watch the returns, and I am not going to let the midterms upset me. At this point, it just is what it is. And there’s nothing I can do about it. I always knew there were a lot of stupid people in this country, but I never knew there were *that* many stupid people in this country. And apparently they vote.

The Trumpers were always here. The internet made it possible for them to  connect with each other. People that couldn't add 2 and  2 are now explaining the Constitution to us.

[Dudester]

Trump really ruined just about everything for me. The ability to read or watch the news. Surf the Internet. Interact with other people on social media. Everything has turned into some sort of hostile confrontation, propaganda, or simply fabricated lies. I’ll vote, but I’m not going to watch the returns, and I am not going to let the midterms upset me. At this point, it just is what it is. And there’s nothing I can do about it. I always knew there were a lot of stupid people in this country, but I never knew there were *that* many stupid people in this country. And apparently they vote.

The Trumpers were always here. The internet made it possible for them to  connect with each other. People that couldn't add 2 and  2 are now explaining the Constitution to us.

1) I would not have voted for Trump in 2016, and 2020? That would have been a coin flip as the Libertarians weren't running a strong candidate.
2) What Trump did was give a voice to and stir up "the silent majority" that Richard Nixon referenced.
3) The mainstream media likes to say that there was a record number of votes in 2020, but do I believe that a record number of people voted? No. There was a lot of ballot harvesting going on and I say that as someone that actually was loaned to a key democrat party organization by my employer (with promises of a raise and good assignment after the election. She kept her promise).
4) Hey, Hotrod, I have several degrees in Constitutional Law. While I admit that math is not my strong suit, I can speak at length about Madison v. Marbury, Plessy v. Ferguson or Brown v. Board of Education. 
5) So, what did all this ballot harvesting create? Inflation is higher than it's been in 40 years. The southern border is a mess. George Soros funded DA's are making a number of cities unlivable. There are supply chain breakdowns and things are about to get worse with a trucker protest in Canada is about to come to the U.S. President poopypants' ratings are in the toilet and his VP's ratings are even worse. And let me get this straight, you want to continue voting for the group that is creating all this chaos? Wow. You must live in a gated community and have other people doing your shopping for you.

[MissBarbara]

Trump really ruined just about everything for me. The ability to read or watch the news. Surf the Internet. Interact with other people on social media. Everything has turned into some sort of hostile confrontation, propaganda, or simply fabricated lies. I’ll vote, but I’m not going to watch the returns, and I am not going to let the midterms upset me. At this point, it just is what it is. And there’s nothing I can do about it. I always knew there were a lot of stupid people in this country, but I never knew there were *that* many stupid people in this country. And apparently they vote.

The Trumpers were always here. The internet made it possible for them to  connect with each other. People that couldn't add 2 and  2 are now explaining the Constitution to us.

1) I would not have voted for Trump in 2016, and 2020? That would have been a coin flip as the Libertarians weren't running a strong candidate.

2) What Trump did was give a voice to and stir up "the silent majority" that Richard Nixon referenced.

3) The mainstream media likes to say that there was a record number of votes in 2020, but do I believe that a record number of people voted? No. There was a lot of ballot harvesting going on and I say that as someone that actually was loaned to a key democrat party organization by my employer (with promises of a raise and good assignment after the election. She kept her promise).

4) Hey, Hotrod, I have several degrees in Constitutional Law. While I admit that math is not my strong suit, I can speak at length about Madison v. Marbury, Plessy v. Ferguson or Brown v. Board of Education. 

5) So, what did all this ballot harvesting create? Inflation is higher than it's been in 40 years. The southern border is a mess. George Soros funded DA's are making a number of cities unlivable. There are supply chain breakdowns and things are about to get worse with a trucker protest in Canada is about to come to the U.S. President poopypants' ratings are in the toilet and his VP's ratings are even worse. And let me get this straight, you want to continue voting for the group that is creating all this chaos? Wow. You must live in a gated community and have other people doing your shopping for you.

FYI, the term "silent majority" was used by Calvin Coolidge in 1919 while seeking the GOP presidential nomination. Nixon borrowed the phrase from Coolidge.

While Coolidge did not win the party's nomination in that election (he came in seventh on the first ballot, and disappeared from the voting after that),. However, he was chosen as the vice precedential candidate on the first ballot, and by a landslide.

Coolidge, of course, succeeded to the presidency in August 1923 when President Harding died of a sudden heart attack while visiting San Francisco. At the time of Harding's death, Coolidge was up in Vermont visiting his parents. Since they did not have a telephone (or electricity), it took several hours for the news to reach the vice president. When he was informed, his father, who was a local Justice of the Peace and a Notary Public, administered the Oath of Office to his son in the family living room by the light of a kerosene lamp at 2:30 am.

Coolidge served the balanced of Harding's term, and a year later, in November 1924, he was re-elected in 1924 in a popular and electoral landslide.

Three years after that, in the summer of 1927, the nation waited with bated breath to see if Coolidge would run for another term in 1928. At that point, the economy was booming, and Coolidge likely would have won again in a landslide. On August 2, 1927 while vacationing in South Dakota, called a press conference. When the reporters had assembled, he did not make a statement, but rather, he has his aides pass out little slips of paper to those present. When they opened them, they saw that they read, "I do not choose to run for president in 1928.” The reporters instantly asked for an explanation, and Coolidge's response was, simply, "No."

Calvin Coolidge is one of my favorite U.S. presidents. It's not due to his policies or programs, it's chiefly due to the fact that he was such a cool guy.

And his wife, Grace, was breathtakingly beautiful.

[Asmodel]

Three years after that, in the summer of 1927, the nation waited with bated breath to see if Coolidge would run for another term in 1928. At that point, the economy was booming, and Coolidge likely would have won again in a landslide. On August 2, 1927 while vacationing in South Dakota, called a press conference. When the reporters had assembled, he did not make a statement, but rather, he has his aides pass out little slips of paper to those present. When they opened them, they saw that they read, "I do not choose to run for president in 1928.” The reporters instantly asked for an explanation, and Coolidge's response was, simply, "No."

Calvin Coolidge is one of my favorite U.S. presidents. It's not due to his policies or programs, it's chiefly due to the fact that he was such a cool guy.

He truly sounds like a cool person, like thug life sigma president!
Hope, another one like him comes around one day.

[msslave]

Coolidge was well known for his terse replies and not being much of a talker. One story has a woman going up to him at a dinner party and saying, "Mr. President, I have a bet that I can make you say more than three words.

Silent Cal, as he was known, looked at the woman and said, "You lose."

[williearl]

If Trump had won, we never would have found out what we learn more of everyday about the corruption, lies and what they are doing to our children at their little parties. More will be revealed.

[Shiela_M]

If Trump had won, we never would have found out what we learn more of everyday about the corruption, lies and what they are doing to our children at their little parties. More will be revealed.

Never going to buy your pillows.

[Lois]

If Trump had won, we never would have found out what we learn more of everyday about the corruption, lies and what they are doing to our children at their little parties. More will be revealed.

Hello wing-nut Q.  Do you really buy that shit?  I hope you don't kill children when you attack a pizza parlor.

[ImDown69]

You’re admitting me and voted for Ronald Reagan? Ouch….

[Supersoftball]

I voted Republican all my life until Trump showed up and showed me what an asshat/moron he was. Until he goes away I will never  vote for any politician that worships at the feet of Trump and licks his boots. That especially includes Ted Cruz.  What an ass hole.  The Republican Party has turned into the party of dipshits.

Preach brother/sister! I've never been a part of the GOP-Q, but my wife is, and she has never been more ashamed of the GOP like has for the past 5 years. She voted for Biden this past election only for his agenda to be undermined by turncoats in the party.

[Pornhubby]

I was a young Republican. Member of the Federalist Society.  A William F. Buckley Jr. fan. Back when Republicans read and spoke in complete sentences.  It used to be about ideas and policies, not just money and a power grab.  The wheels fell off for me with the Tea Party movement in 2009. That’s when the trailer park trash started taking over the Republican party. It’s all been downhill since then.  I haven’t cast a vote for a Republican in 13 years.

The last two Republicans to win a majority of the popular vote in a presidential contest were George H.W. Bush in 1988 and George W. Bush in 2004. At no other point since the elder Bush’s first term came to a sudden end with the 1992 contest has a Republican won the popular vote at all, much less with a majority of votes cast. While Republicans have controlled the White House for 12 of the past 20 years, only four of those years have resulted from a Republican having gotten more votes than his Democratic opponent.

With the attempt to prevent certification of the 2019 vote, orchestrated by Trump’s inner circle and aided by far to many members of Congress, it is apparent to me that the Republican Party is a party about power, not a party of democratic principles, including fair elections. They are going to do *anything* necessary to retain power and relevance, including overturning the Constitution.

[Clitical Thinking]

I did like to watch old episodes of Firing Line in the past. At least the level of debate and the intellectual approach was something they couldn't even dream of today.

[Lois]

Yep, it's not our grandparents' Republican party anymore, and under Trump they have become full-fledged fascist.

47% of current GOP members support violence to obtain political goals.  https://www.salon.com/2021/07/30/poll-majority-of-republicans-support-use-of-force-to-save-the-traditional-american-way-of-life/

7 of 10 Republicans believe in the Great replacement theory.  So, it's also a racist party.

[Pornhubby]

[Pornhubby]

[Writers Bloque]

Oh that rally with the neo-nazi's holding Brand new flags, dressed in hugo boss, and were told to leave by the rally's staff? The same rally that forced the women on the View to apologize? The same women on the View, who let a woman on national tv ignorantly say that the Hlocaust was not about racism? that even shocked a jewish woman on the show? Be careful of calling someone a National Socialist, because with the same brush, you can be painted quite easily. Oh yeah, not to piss anyone in it off, but Antifa was started by Hitler. The movement he started was to combat the rise of Communism. So perhaps a Fascist Socialism vs Communism battle?