Zone1 Behind The 60 Year Republican Plot To Destroy American Democracy

[TimFitz]

I was a staunch critic of the GOP for decades because they were the party of the DC establishment and served the establishment very well. No one was more happy when GW Bush brought about an end to the GOP reign of terror and killed the party for the voter base. What did the democraps immediately do? They became the dedicated party of the DC establishment and went far beyond. This is why no one likes the current democrap party, they are all establishment shills. The people have to stop voting for these establishment politicians and sooner than later the existing politicians are going to have to address all the Big Money corruption in the government. Killing Citiziens United is an important first step.

No Republican will ever vote for a bill that corrects the error of Citizen’s United.

 

[Dorian Mode]

No Republican will ever vote for a bill that corrects the error of Citizen’s United.

No democrat will either. Last person I know to bring up the Big Money corruption in DC and the need to overturn Citizens United was Josh Hawley.

 

[Dekster]

They were generally middle of the road.

The GOP was founded by, and generally worked for the wealthy bankasiess interests. Both Stephen Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were railroad lawyers.

Railroads and iron and steel interests and their Wall Street Allie’s do,instead the GOP well into the 20th Century.

'Here in Virginia, the Readjusters aligned themselves with the GOP and did quite well back in the day before the Old Skewl Democrats started Klanning up the state.

 

[MisterBeale]

There is a real irony of leftist socialists who are essentially opposed to private property claiming it is the GOP that is trying to destroy America and its long held values.

When in point of fact, it is they and their foundations who are doing most of the heavy lifting on that.

 

[Dragonlady]

I was a staunch critic of the GOP for decades because they were the party of the DC establishment and served the establishment very well. No one was more happy when GW Bush brought about an end to the GOP reign of terror and killed the party for the voter base. What did the democraps immediately do? They became the dedicated party of the DC establishment and went far beyond. This is why no one likes the current democrap party, they are all establishment shills. The people have to stop voting for these establishment politicians and sooner than later the existing politicians are going to have to address all the Big Money corruption in the government. Killing Citiziens United is an important first step.

I disagree that the Democrats are now the party of the "establishment". The Democrats are the party that keeps the nation running every time the Republicans crash the economy. Republicans have a dreadful economic record since WWII.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/22/clinton-dnc-jobs-created-since-cold-war/

Since 1980, Republicans have crashed the economy 3 times and are trying their very best to make it 4 right now with this tariff and Great Big Beautiful Bill bullshit.

The Democrats have managed to keep patching the economy up and getting it back on track, and the moment that happens, the American people rage against the Democrats and put another Republican administration into office which of course, immediately sets about to crash the economy again.

 

[Dragonlady]

There is a real irony of leftist socialists who are essentially opposed to private property claiming it is the GOP that is trying to destroy America and its long held values.

When in point of fact, it is they and their foundations who are doing most of the heavy lifting on that.

Since when have Democrats ever opposed the private ownership of ANYTHING????? You have to have lost all grip on reality to believe that one.

 

[jc456]

There is a real irony of leftist socialists who are essentially opposed to private property claiming it is the GOP that is trying to destroy America and its long held values.

When in point of fact, it is they and their foundations who are doing most of the heavy lifting on that.

And

Obama to business owners: 'You didn't build that'

President Obama this weekend appeared to dash the America Dream cornerstones of hard work and self-enterprise in a pitch to exclude America’s high wage-earns from a tax break, telling successful people they “didn’t get there on your own.”

www.foxnews.com

 

[rightwinger]

And

Obama to business owners: 'You didn't build that'

President Obama this weekend appeared to dash the America Dream cornerstones of hard work and self-enterprise in a pitch to exclude America’s high wage-earns from a tax break, telling successful people they “didn’t get there on your own.”

www.foxnews.com

Obama was right

This was a response to those who say business owners don’t need to pay taxes.
He was reminding them of how much benefit they get from society.

 

[MisterBeale]

Since when have Democrats ever opposed the private ownership of ANYTHING????? You have to have lost all grip on reality to believe that one.

Sanders: "Democracy means public ownership of the major means of production"

Let’s start with the premise that Bernie wins the nomination, which is a very real possibility as of this week. In my view he needs to start now to define himself for the general election, instead of

www.dailykos.com

 

[MisterBeale]

There is a real irony of leftist socialists who are essentially opposed to private property claiming it is the GOP that is trying to destroy America and its long held values.

And

Obama was right