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Ocelot II

(121,395 posts) Sat Oct 5, 2024, 05:48 PM Oct 5

De-evolution of the GOP

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De-evolution of the GOP (Original Post) Ocelot II Oct 5 OP

Personally... MLF1981 Oct 5 #1

Actually Reagan along with Newt Gingrich was the start. kerry-is-my-prez Oct 5 #4

Oh, I agree completely. MLF1981 Oct 5 #6

Are we not men? DBoon Oct 5 #2

We are Devo. I'm not sure about them, though. Ocelot II Oct 5 #3

Whacko Devo Zambero Oct 5 #5

MLF1981

(211 posts)

1. Personally...

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 06:11 PM

Oct 5

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.

kerry-is-my-prez

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4. Actually Reagan along with Newt Gingrich was the start.

Reply to MLF1981 (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 06:15 PM

Oct 5

And Nixon was no angel either.

MLF1981

(211 posts)

6. Oh, I agree completely.

Reply to kerry-is-my-prez (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 06:25 PM

Oct 5

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.