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Ronald Reagan's former staff back Harris-Walz ticket: "Today is a choice between integrity and demagoguery." (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 1 month ago by JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've been calling contemporary dems Reagan-era repubs for some time now.

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No the Repubs are now the MAGAt-Nazis ready to take everyone to the gas chambers. Those that aren’t that extreme have realized their best choice is to vote Dem to stop the MAGAts.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Right, GOP = extreme right but Dems = republicans.

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Wrong. Dems are not Repubs. The right has moved extremely further right and the left is only slightly more left actually. The Dems have a bigger tent now. Even Bernie and AOC are on board. When you have AOC and Dick Cheney under the same tent, you are serious about defeating some crazy shit.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 month ago

Both have moved right.

Current Dems are celebrating Republican lite policies as their big wins.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 month ago

Wrong. Dems are not Repubs.

If you'll revisit my comment, you'll see that I said:

I’ve been calling contemporary dems Reagan-era repubs for some time now.

Modern repubs are lunatic far-right nuts. Modern dems have the policies of Reagan-era repubs.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 10 points 1 month ago

I wish the Dems were at least as left as Reagan. I think a broad immigration amnesty would do a lot of good everywhere.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 9 points 1 month ago

Regime whores would rather vote for the "opposition" over voting third party... There is a lesson in there, folks...

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 1 month ago

Oof, who wants to vote with Regan? She basically already lost