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I miss the republican party. (self.EnoughTrumpSpam)

PomTronBad Hombre が 投稿

Let me preface by saying I've always been somewhere to the left.

That said, I wish we could have an actual republican party again, instead of the tea party garbage mess it is now. I want to have legitimate opposition.

Basically, I want someone like pre-'08 McCain, rather than Palin, or least of all Donald Trump.

I want opposition. But i want sane opposition. The kind of person whose hand I'd shake, not the kind I would give a wide berth. To paraphrasef "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch": I want to be willing to touch my opponent with a 39 and a half foot pole. I would not get within 395 feet of Trump.

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[–]ARTIFICIAL_SAPIENCE 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I miss my naivete about politics. When you could give me a tagline style description of the political parties and I could believe it. The Republican party stands for small government! It's a nice idea...

[–]EmberT3ch 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah, I miss having a party that I could, you know, support...
The good news is that hopefully Trump's defeat will destroy any legitimacy the alt-right/reactionary crowd has within the party.

[–]en_travesti [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I miss "politics as usual" because you know what that involved evil "backroom deals" that involved some measure of compromise and shit actually getting done.

Then the right started electing idealogues who never compromise. Not never compromise on their most closely held ideals, never compromise on fucking anything. Like that stupid fucking Grover norquist pledge. No. Sometimes raising taxes a little bit is necessary, because we do need to pay for shit.

Tangentially related side note, I did yesterday see the absolutely stupidest political add about how 'under congressperson x taxes went up by y million dollars.' It didn't say that the guy voted for an increase in tax rates, it didn't even claim tax rates went up at all. You know what else causes tax revenue to go up, though? People having more money to be taxed. But 'x million more in taxes' sounds scary, I guess. /Tangential rant.

The whole ideologue thing is why I was never as big on bernie (and can't stand the Greens, despite definitely being to the left of the Democratic party). Had similar whiffs of ideological purity that seem to be killing the right.