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46. "There was a time when there were liberal republicans in the late '60s, early '70s."

Wed Oct 15, 2025, 02:50 PM

Oct 15

Yep. My mother was one. A lifelong Republican, but she was very liberal. She hated Goldwater and voted against him in 64 and hated Reagan and voted against him in 80 & 84. I'm not absolutely sure if she voted for Nixon or not, but I know she was disgusted by him by 1974. Pretty sure she voted for Carter in 1976. Unfortunately she passed away in 1988, less than a month before the election in which she would have voted for Dukakis.

She never left the Republican party, the Republican party left her - and this was before W. Bush took the party 10 times further to the right, and then Trump turned it into an outright fascist party. As much as I miss my mother, I'm glad she didn't live long enough to have to experience the evil that is Trump and the current Republican party.

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"Youthful energy and new ideas" Torchlight Oct 15 #1

said THAT again ! What a canard ! stopdiggin Oct 15 #14

Youthful energy, old racist ideas. Marcuse Oct 15 #57

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It's the whole party of Maga...all of them Tribetime Oct 15 #4

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MAGA Mr.Bee Oct 15 #28

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Here's a link to the original article describing the chat chain. It REALLY is disgusting. Scrivener7 Oct 15 #3

Hmmm... GiqueCee Oct 15 #5

they don't. barbtries Oct 15 #44

Young magats ... DoBW Oct 15 #6

Ya spelt "maggots" wrong. 3Hotdogs Oct 15 #50

Outcry? Really? progressoid Oct 15 #7

Promotions probably. littlemissmartypants Oct 15 #20

They Did NAZI Anything Wrong With It... Mr.Bee Oct 15 #30

I was thinking the same thing. Why go through the charade? Why pretend to be shocked? tulipsandroses Oct 15 #56

"jokingly celebrated Adolf Hitler"? Paladin Oct 15 #8

Came here to post this Johnny2X2X Oct 15 #16

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Even the slogans Johnny2X2X Oct 15 #26

It was actually a Bipartisan bill, and brought among others East Germans over, and other European Refugees electric_blue68 Oct 15 #41

Wonder what VD Chance thought , since he dweller Oct 15 #9

Vance: "I say give him another chance." John1956PA Oct 15 #17

This is what he said: MarineCombatEngineer Oct 15 #22

Anyone notice that every single young repig shown in the article is a fat, white POS? MarineCombatEngineer Oct 15 #10

"Racial superiority" is the battle cry of every loser who loathes what he sees in the mirror. Aristus Oct 15 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Vogon_Glory Oct 15 #51

I'm a Caucasian of primarily Northern European extraction Vogon_Glory Oct 15 #52

Literally made in his own image. ... littlemissmartypants Oct 15 #18

Brings to mind the stereotype Wednesdays Oct 15 #47

So the little dears have been rolling around in the muck of a pig-stye Vogon_Glory Oct 15 #11

Read their blogs and their Facebook pages AverageOldGuy Oct 15 #13

That webpage is awful angrychair Oct 15 #33

The fruits of Charlie's labors. Reaching a "turning point" they weren't expecting. littlemissmartypants Oct 15 #15

this is your Charlie Kirk fan base. stopdiggin Oct 15 #19

I was wrong to think the GOP wanted to take America back to the 1950s. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Oct 15 #21

JD Vance tries to downplay leak of disgusting Young Republican chats Wiz Imp Oct 15 #24

It kinda make me think of when the kids blurt out something mwmisses4289 Oct 15 #25

The young ones just haven't developed filters. Ocelot II Oct 15 #34

Wow 😳 MustLoveBeagles Oct 15 #59

Older Republicans: We agree with you and say these things, but you got caught. Chasstev365 Oct 15 #27

What a cesspool. Ocelot II Oct 15 #29

Its who they are orangecrush Oct 15 #31

They'd still have their jobs RexLipton Oct 15 #32

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BTW, where are the Epstein Files? ffr Oct 15 #36

About all they'll 'learn' from this is to do a better job at not getting caught groundloop Oct 15 #37

Yourn Republicans are a TERRORIST GROUP! nt Exp Oct 15 #38

Accountability for Repukes? maxsolomon Oct 15 #39

Young GOP maliaSmith Oct 15 #40

Could be a Mix of Performative, and a bit of Geuine Ourage... electric_blue68 Oct 15 #42

"There was a time when there were liberal republicans in the late '60s, early '70s." Wiz Imp Oct 15 #46

My mother said she voted only once for a Republican Wednesdays Oct 15 #48

It's funny, because my mother was a lifelong Republican and my father a lifelong Democrat Wiz Imp Oct 15 #49

The now elected timms139 Oct 15 #43

Couch Humper proves once again he's the worst dipshit on Earth RVN VET71 Oct 15 #45

And what's really pathetic about this whole thing is that they're mocking fellow Americans...that really ticks my boat, SWBTATTReg Oct 15 #53

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House republicans who worked with these nazis are not happy LetMyPeopleVote Oct 15 #58

But J. D. Vance aggressively defends them & attacks journalists who revealed the chat messages. tblue37 Oct 15 #62