1956 Republicans

[Synthaholic]

What an awesome Party!

 

[Harry Dresden]

you live in the present Synth.....not the past...

 

[CrusaderFrank]

..and then the Commies hijacked the unions

 

[Misty]

What an awesome Party!

Lol now the unions own the democrat party and union members are brainwashed into voting democrat or else.

 

[Synthaholic]

Social Security Expanded!

What a great Party!

 

[Harry Dresden]

Social Security Expanded!

What a great Party!

i hear ya.....want a hit?....

 

[deltex1]

I remember those days...working everyday at my old mans hardware store for $5 a week.

 

[deltex1]

But he paid for my college...and even gave me $5 per semester for "expenses"...always with the admonition to "spend it wisely."

 

[SassyIrishLass]

But he paid for my college...and even gave me $5 per semester for "expenses"...always with the admonition to "spend it wisely."

My grandfather taught me life lessons....and how to pick a winner in the markets. He used to tell me "put a pair of coveralls on that dollar you have, make it work for you".

 

[guno]

Now that splinter group has hijacked the party and made it the biblethumping party

 

[TheOldSchool]

The GOP was a really fantastic party once. I don't know what happened to them. The anger and bitterness of social conservatism is really the heart of the party now. It's a damn shame.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

But he paid for my college...and even gave me $5 per semester for "expenses"...always with the admonition to "spend it wisely."

My grandfather taught me life lessons....and how to pick a winner in the markets. He used to tell me "put a pair of coveralls on that dollar you have, make it work for you".

Oh and left me a freaking bundle in his will

 

[NYcarbineer]

Modern conservatism, and it's inimical effect on the Republican, grew out of, among other sources,

The infamous Powell Memo, of 1971:

The Powell Memo or the Powell Manifesto Text and Analysis

 

[TemplarKormac]

Funny how you hate Republicans now, but only support them when they agree with one of your points of view.

 

[TemplarKormac]

And what would Democrats know about labor? They're too busy fighting for entitlement programs.

 

[Asclepias]

What an awesome Party!

If only they could have foreseen the future and what the GOP would become.

 

[blackhawk]

Hate to break this news to some but the unions of 1956 are a far cry from the unions of 2015.

 

[MarathonMike]

My Grandfather was the definition of old school hard work, no handouts and no excuses. He worked at an Oil Refinery for decades, and had no eduction but he learned how all the complex machinery of the plant worked so well he became a plant foremen. He was 90% deaf from all the loud machines he worked around but he never complained and joked about his hearing aid squealing louder than a stuck pig. Totally awesome man.

 

[rdean]

Hate to break this news to some but the unions of 1956 are a far cry from the unions of 2015.

Not really.

But the GOP that built the Interstate Highway System and NASA is a far cry from the crackerbrained nitwits of today.

 

[rdean]

My Grandfather was the definition of old school hard work, no handouts and no excuses. He worked at an Oil Refinery for decades, and had no eduction but he learned how all the complex machinery of the plant worked so well he became a plant foremen. He was 90% deaf from all the loud machines he worked around but he never complained and joked about his hearing aid squealing louder than a stuck pig. Totally awesome man.

In those days, they had machinery.
These days, they have computers.
Why are today's right wingers so proud of no fucking education. My great grandfather told me many times that he wished education was available to him when he was young. He wouldn't be so stooped and also, get this, "hard of hearing".