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Cosmocat

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6. I am old enough to know they were clowns back in the 90s

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 02:57 PM

23 hrs ago

And have spent the entirety of the 3+ decades since completely mystified how this country indulges their bullshit - and how they have incrementally sunk lower and lower over that time with the country somehow giving them more and more power.

Sorry, not us, but this is who "we" are ...

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I'm so sick of Republicans. [View all] milestogo Yesterday OP

I've hated them since 1960 young_at_heart Yesterday #1

Nixon was a self-loathing, slimy piece of crap.... SergeStorms 22 hrs ago #13

I was just a child, but I remember my father saying that milestogo 21 hrs ago #17

Go look up the "Checkers" speech that Nixon did.......... Bengus81 4 hrs ago #29

Isn't that the dog he picked up by the ears? milestogo 4 hrs ago #31

Funny how all of those I ran with right during after HS in 1971 and facing the draft lottery were Bengus81 4 hrs ago #30

LOL. I think my hatred for them started in 1968! BigDemVoter 3 hrs ago #33

I'm right there with you Grim Chieftain 23 hrs ago #2

There is no longer a Republican party -- it's the Rethuglican party now. OMGWTF 23 hrs ago #3

The GOP MW67 6 hrs ago #28

They should remove all doubt and call themselves the Ku Klux Klan. The Wizard 3 hrs ago #34

Jealousy, greed, hatred, racism and misogyny. pfitz59 23 hrs ago #4

I agree, but don't forget stupidity. Hard to believe, but there are actually some Trump voters who even we would call Fil1957 23 hrs ago #8

+1 peppertree 22 hrs ago #14

Nice pull BaronChocula 13 hrs ago #24

Why, thank you. peppertree 3 hrs ago #32

When I was just a kid I had a friend who lived with his grandmother. She had a boyfriend who was quite a character Cheezoholic 23 hrs ago #5

I am old enough to know they were clowns back in the 90s Cosmocat 23 hrs ago #6

the republican party is the party of STUPID!!! Jvp 2 hrs ago #36

I absolutely feel the same! BadgerMom 23 hrs ago #7

Pretty much Johonny 23 hrs ago #9

My favorite republican was (and still is) my late Uncle John. ihaveaquestion 22 hrs ago #10

Because they've been brainwashed by propaganda for 45 years. Initech 22 hrs ago #11

Cruelty and/or ignorance MaineBlueBear 22 hrs ago #12

Conservatism Artimus1 22 hrs ago #15

Yup. I'm 77 and my Dad was a "pull yourself up by the bootstraps' Republican... Joinfortmill 22 hrs ago #16

You remind me of one of my dad's favorite sayings. calimary 9 hrs ago #27

And literally all of the problems that Trump gripes about were the direct result of Murdoch republicans. Initech 19 hrs ago #18

This post made this song go through my mind... BigmanPigman 18 hrs ago #19

Same. Blue_playwright 17 hrs ago #20

Amen. hamsterjill 16 hrs ago #21

The entire world is sick of Republicans. And sick FROM Republicans. thought crime 15 hrs ago #22

Ignorance, hatred, and greed, for starters. niyad 13 hrs ago #23

Most Republicans I have met have been decent jfz9580m 13 hrs ago #25

I have them in my family! One has a Charlie Kirk tattoo! Another wears a Charlie Kirk t-shirt! They believe all the Doodley 13 hrs ago #26

Their hte for Dems/Libs Hotler 2 hrs ago #35

Eisenhower wasn't bad. He was President when I was born, so I can't say the same thing. All I can say is KPN 1 hr ago #37