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Bengus81

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29. Go look up the "Checkers" speech that Nixon did..........

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I'm so sick of Republicans. [View all] milestogo 23 hrs ago OP

I've hated them since 1960 young_at_heart 22 hrs ago #1

Nixon was a self-loathing, slimy piece of crap.... SergeStorms 20 hrs ago #13

I was just a child, but I remember my father saying that milestogo 19 hrs ago #17

Go look up the "Checkers" speech that Nixon did.......... Bengus81 3 hrs ago #29

Isn't that the dog he picked up by the ears? milestogo 2 hrs ago #31

Funny how all of those I ran with right during after HS in 1971 and facing the draft lottery were Bengus81 2 hrs ago #30

LOL. I think my hatred for them started in 1968! BigDemVoter 1 hr ago #33

I'm right there with you Grim Chieftain 22 hrs ago #2

There is no longer a Republican party -- it's the Rethuglican party now. OMGWTF 21 hrs ago #3

The GOP MW67 4 hrs ago #28

They should remove all doubt and call themselves the Ku Klux Klan. The Wizard 1 hr ago #34

Jealousy, greed, hatred, racism and misogyny. pfitz59 21 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 21 hrs ago #8

+1 peppertree 20 hrs ago #14

Nice pull BaronChocula 12 hrs ago #24

Why, thank you. peppertree 1 hr 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 21 hrs ago #5

I am old enough to know they were clowns back in the 90s Cosmocat 21 hrs ago #6

the republican party is the party of STUPID!!! Jvp 33 min ago #36

I absolutely feel the same! BadgerMom 21 hrs ago #7

Pretty much Johonny 21 hrs ago #9

My favorite republican was (and still is) my late Uncle John. ihaveaquestion 21 hrs ago #10

Because they've been brainwashed by propaganda for 45 years. Initech 21 hrs ago #11

Cruelty and/or ignorance MaineBlueBear 21 hrs ago #12

Conservatism Artimus1 20 hrs ago #15

Yup. I'm 77 and my Dad was a "pull yourself up by the bootstraps' Republican... Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #16

You remind me of one of my dad's favorite sayings. calimary 7 hrs ago #27

And literally all of the problems that Trump gripes about were the direct result of Murdoch republicans. Initech 17 hrs ago #18

This post made this song go through my mind... BigmanPigman 16 hrs ago #19

Same. Blue_playwright 15 hrs ago #20

Amen. hamsterjill 14 hrs ago #21

The entire world is sick of Republicans. And sick FROM Republicans. thought crime 14 hrs ago #22

Ignorance, hatred, and greed, for starters. niyad 12 hrs ago #23

Most Republicans I have met have been decent jfz9580m 12 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 11 hrs ago #26

Their hte for Dems/Libs Hotler 44 min ago #35