Budd Dwyer blew his brains out on live TV. Granted it was on a snow day when all the kids were at home watching TV. Maybe not the best decision but it did lead to one less republican wasting oxygen.
He was a member of the NAACP. I don’t think he was any more racist than any other republican of the time. It’s easy for me and you to pass judgment on those who were born more than a century ago. And before you say it, yes he voted against the 1964 civil rights act which I disagree with. He claims he had his reasons, that 2 parts of it were unconstitutional but I’m unconvinced. He also supported gay people serving in the military and was against don’t ask don’t tell. Towards the later years of his life he became somewhat progressive. He also fought hard against the rise of the Christian right. I respect some of what he fought for while disagreeing with some of his views. In any case, I think leftists like me have more in common with Goldwater than Goldwater has with MAGA cunts. We may disagree with each other but we at least agree on fundamental principles like the seperation of church and state.
Edit: I probably admire him more than most because I see Christian nationalism as one of the greatest threats to our country and he fought against it.
Have republicans actually ever done anything that hasn’t been absolute dog shit decision?
Budd Dwyer blew his brains out on live TV. Granted it was on a snow day when all the kids were at home watching TV. Maybe not the best decision but it did lead to one less republican wasting oxygen.
Many of them have died
Not enough :(
yeah but it doesn’t count when it takes that long.
too little too late
It doesn’t have to take that long.
Technically they made the EPA, which I guess they decided was a bad idea.
Yes, but not since the days of Goldwater
The super racist guy who Hillary Clinton supported whom the Goldwater Rule was named after?
That’s who you think was the last good Republican?
He was a member of the NAACP. I don’t think he was any more racist than any other republican of the time. It’s easy for me and you to pass judgment on those who were born more than a century ago. And before you say it, yes he voted against the 1964 civil rights act which I disagree with. He claims he had his reasons, that 2 parts of it were unconstitutional but I’m unconvinced. He also supported gay people serving in the military and was against don’t ask don’t tell. Towards the later years of his life he became somewhat progressive. He also fought hard against the rise of the Christian right. I respect some of what he fought for while disagreeing with some of his views. In any case, I think leftists like me have more in common with Goldwater than Goldwater has with MAGA cunts. We may disagree with each other but we at least agree on fundamental principles like the seperation of church and state.
Edit: I probably admire him more than most because I see Christian nationalism as one of the greatest threats to our country and he fought against it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2jGe560-Y4
Oppose slavery.
But its hard to believe they were the cool party until the 50s. Thank you Reagan.
They were Hoover’s party. They stopped being cool long before the '50s.
Alright, given that i am not from the us my knowledge is somewhat limited here.
Slavery is still explicitly legal in the USA.