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Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by G8trGr8t, Feb 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM.

  1. wgbgator

    wgbgator Premium Member

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    I think people are really thinking about this the wrong way. If you want the Republicans to 'moderate,' you've got to move the Democrats left. You need a "Democratic Tea Party" so to speak. Right now the Dems are basically a party that encompasses the political spectrum from the Cheneys to AOC/Bernie, and its something trying to be everything to everyone (driven by corporate consultants who dont believe in anything other than daily polling), cant have a coherent vision, so whatever the opposition brands you as, sticks because only people like Obama can crack the code (with the big assist from Bush crashing the economy). My pitch to the centrists who vote Democrat is to move the Dems left, not right. If you want a center right GOP party you need the normies and corporate types to be disaffected from the Dems. If you want Eisenhower Republicans again, you need FDR Democrats.
     
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  2. PITBOSS

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    The Democratic Party had become dysfunctional. But both parties have made it very difficult at the state level to form a third party. It will take a indie candidate at the national level.
     
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  3. g8orbill

    g8orbill Old Gator Moderator VIP Member

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    I have been a registered independent since 2004
     
  4. gator_jo

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    It's hard to believe a grown adult could believe the lies and misinformation that you believe.

    Congrats, I guess.
     
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  5. g8orbill

    g8orbill Old Gator Moderator VIP Member

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    I feel the same way about the bs you believe
     
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  6. 14serenoa

    14serenoa Living in Orange and surrounded by Seminoles... VIP Member

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    The Democratic party needs to listen to the 30-40 yo not the baby boomers
     
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  7. GatorTheo

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    The dems need to distance themselves from people like these:

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  8. G8trGr8t

    G8trGr8t Premium Member

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    Then the moderate pub wins and moderate pubs get to claim their party back. Is that a bad thing vs maga controlling the agenda
     
  9. G8trGr8t

    G8trGr8t Premium Member

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    Do the pubs need to distance themselves from people who violently attack the capital?

    How about rapists and sex traffickers like thei AG pick?

    Or Russian sympathizers like the NSA chief and potus?

    Makes the transgender thing seem insignificant
     
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  10. G8trGr8t

    G8trGr8t Premium Member

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    Or a gang of 15 - 20 senators and 30 hor members comfortable in their seats. They could force moderation to get anything done and as such raise funds.
     
  11. GatorTheo

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    America didn't buy that BS.
     
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  12. G8trGr8t

    G8trGr8t Premium Member

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    Lose even more of the middle. Not a good plan
     
  13. G8trGr8t

    G8trGr8t Premium Member

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    And OJ was found innocent. What's your point?
     
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  14. GatorTheo

    GatorTheo GC Legend

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    My main point is you can repeat 'insurrection', Trump being a 'felon', etc. as often as you want but America saw right thru it. It's over. Move on.
     
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  15. G8trGr8t

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    And my point is popular vote isn't a measure of justice
     
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  16. GatorTheo

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    OK. It's more like a jury decision. Like a jury in a deep blue area finding a hated republican 'guilty'.
     
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  17. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    Go ahead. The only reason its even been close is because the (always or late blooming) never-Trumpers (like myself) Arent voting or are voting blue. Go ahead and give us all a reason to jump back into voting against liberalism.

    I dare you. :)
     
  18. snatchmagnet

    snatchmagnet Bring On The Bacon Premium Member

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    The only problem with this theory is that most of you guys on this board are, potentially, insane and only represent about 10 percent of the left. You wouldn’t make a difference. As much as you believe the right is crazy, you’re locking in to the 10 percent on that side. You just don’t realize you’re the 10 on the opposite
     
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  19. ThePlayer

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    Just keep on dancing at the Pink Pony Club.
     
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  20. VAg8r1

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    TDS (Transgender Derangement Syndrome) is real.