"The reality is the Republican Party basically went off the rails when McCain picked Sarah Palin, and the press averted its eyes from this lunacy ever since then."
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@atrupar Uh…no. The Republican Party went off the rails in the 90’s with the help of corporate media like the NY Times hyping up every fake Clinton scandal and treating both sides like they were equal.
And let’s not forget how much they mocked Al Gore in 2000 over nothing then acted like everything was normal when the Republicans on the Supreme Court handed Bush the Whitehouse based on a one-time rule.
Or the insane coverage of the War on Terror and demonizing anyone who was against it.
@rustoleumlove Not gonna lie: I was a teenage Republican in the 80’s and still like Reagan. At least he was nice to people, negotiated with Democrats, and genuinely meant well even if his policies were misguided or wrong. He’d be a RINO if he were alive today. I switched parties around 93 because I realized nothing they said matched reality.
And even Bush Sr wasn’t a bad guy. It was the rise of Limbaugh and Gingrich when the angry nutjobs took over and made everything toxic.
@biobrain ok. funnily enough i see biden as very much like an 80s GOPer.
one thing i will say for many of them, even bush ii & cheney, is that i think they really thought that what they were doing was the right thing for the US.
these days, it's like sarah kendzior says - the main GOP goal seems to be selling the country off for parts. those that arent doing that are engaged in toxic cultural warfare. or both.
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