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ihaveaquestion

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10. My favorite republican was (and still is) my late Uncle John.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 03:31 PM
Mar 9

He was an Annapolis graduate and most of his career served on old-school diesel submarines, which he allowed us to tour once in the mid sixties... they are way smaller that you imagine, btw.

He and my mother got into knock-down drag out fights over Nixon at Christmas, but I still remember him very fondly. He never married or had children, but had a "girlfriend" who he cared for through all the years of her breast cancer treatments, improvements, relapse, until her death.

He was one of the good ones and would have hated, ABSOLUTED HATED, the orange shitstain.

I'm almost glad he's gone and not a witness to recent events and this timeline.

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I'm so sick of Republicans. [View all] milestogo Mar 9 OP
I've hated them since 1960 young_at_heart Mar 9 #1
Nixon was a self-loathing, slimy piece of crap.... SergeStorms Mar 9 #13
I was just a child, but I remember my father saying that milestogo Mar 9 #17
Go look up the "Checkers" speech that Nixon did.......... Bengus81 Mar 10 #29
Isn't that the dog he picked up by the ears? milestogo Mar 10 #31
Funny how all of those I ran with right during after HS in 1971 and facing the draft lottery were Bengus81 Mar 10 #30
LOL. I think my hatred for them started in 1968! BigDemVoter Mar 10 #33
I'm right there with you Grim Chieftain Mar 9 #2
There is no longer a Republican party -- it's the Rethuglican party now. OMGWTF Mar 9 #3
The GOP MW67 Mar 10 #28
They should remove all doubt and call themselves the Ku Klux Klan. The Wizard Mar 10 #34
Jealousy, greed, hatred, racism and misogyny. pfitz59 Mar 9 #4
I agree, but don't forget stupidity. Hard to believe, but there are actually some Trump voters who even we would call Fil1957 Mar 9 #8
+1 peppertree Mar 9 #14
Nice pull BaronChocula Mar 10 #24
Why, thank you. peppertree Mar 10 #32
When I was just a kid I had a friend who lived with his grandmother. She had a boyfriend who was quite a character Cheezoholic Mar 9 #5
I am old enough to know they were clowns back in the 90s Cosmocat Mar 9 #6
the republican party is the party of STUPID!!! Jvp Mar 10 #36
I absolutely feel the same! BadgerMom Mar 9 #7
Pretty much Johonny Mar 9 #9
My favorite republican was (and still is) my late Uncle John. ihaveaquestion Mar 9 #10
Because they've been brainwashed by propaganda for 45 years. Initech Mar 9 #11
Cruelty and/or ignorance MaineBlueBear Mar 9 #12
Conservatism Artimus1 Mar 9 #15
Yup. I'm 77 and my Dad was a "pull yourself up by the bootstraps' Republican... Joinfortmill Mar 9 #16
You remind me of one of my dad's favorite sayings. calimary Mar 10 #27
And literally all of the problems that Trump gripes about were the direct result of Murdoch republicans. Initech Mar 9 #18
This post made this song go through my mind... BigmanPigman Mar 9 #19
Same. Blue_playwright Mar 9 #20
Amen. hamsterjill Mar 9 #21
The entire world is sick of Republicans. And sick FROM Republicans. thought crime Mar 9 #22
Ignorance, hatred, and greed, for starters. niyad Mar 10 #23
Most Republicans I have met have been decent jfz9580m Mar 10 #25
I have them in my family! One has a Charlie Kirk tattoo! Another wears a Charlie Kirk t-shirt! They believe all the Doodley Mar 10 #26
Their hte for Dems/Libs Hotler Mar 10 #35
Eisenhower wasn't bad. He was President when I was born, so I can't say the same thing. All I can say is KPN Mar 10 #37
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