he was the last of his kind.
Ike wanted to reform the Republican Party into a sane and 'mature' participant in social democracy. Unfortunately, it didn't last.
6 days ago by PugJesus to c/political_memes
PugJesus 7 points 6 days ago
I remember working the polls with a bunch of oldies about a decade ago, and they were all conservatives except for two of us. Myself (the youngest there, in my 20s, and even then, a pretty left-leaning Berniecrat), and a very kind fellow who was ancient, and described himself as a "Liberal Republican" and noted "I didn't leave the Republican Party, the Republican Party left me", along with some bitter comments on Reagan.
I didn't have much opportunity to chat (and I'm not that social to begin with), but I felt for that poor fellow.
adarza 5 points 6 days ago
hate-fueled reactions to civil rights movement and legislation in the 60s, stirred up by goldwater and nixon, then embraced by reagan and those that followed. definitely changed the party. problem is, the democrats also shifted towards that new gap in the spectrum.. leaving nothing left on the left.
PugJesus 6 points 6 days ago
Yep. Unfortunately, in particular, Clinton's victory in the 90s, after a series of stunning defeats against neoliberal fuckheaddery in the 80s, really set us back at a time when the Republicans were radicalizing further.
DevDave 2 points 5 days ago
Speaking of Clinton. I am of the opinion that it was a crystal clear signal that Clinton agreed with what Reagan did to the FAA strikers https://en.wikipedia.org/...
To be clear: I will never vote for the GOP but I am extremely hopeful Newsom doesn't win the Democrat party presidential as he's proven himself a closet GOP operative. Otherwise, the DNC is not a friend of unions. Biden claimed himself a pro-union president but look at his actions https://en.wikipedia.org/...
Being a railroad engineer sounds like fucking hell. What's the point of having more money when you have no free time to even be sick? A contributing factor for the Ohio train derailment related was the shift away from safety to maximum profits https://en.wikipedia.org/...
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Yeah he’d be laughed off the stage at CPAC as a woke libtard with that kind of wholesome, common sense craziness.
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