Trebissky wrote:
No, he was a ventriloquist's dummy. The only real question was whose hand was jammed up his ass.
LOL, as many times as many of us on this board wondered for the 8 years he was in office who were here.  LOL

  
And Chris, this, from your article says it all;

In no particular order:

  • The Civil War – Conservatives started it to maintain slavery as a legal right.
  • Women’s Suffrage – Conservatives stood against it.
  • The end of segregation – Conservatives stood against that, too.
  • Gay marriage – Go on, guess where conservatives stand.  (bonus round – in thirty years, guess where conservatives will SAY they stood?)
  • Hate crime laws – Conservatives are STILL against them (ironically, they hate them).
  • “Legalized” torture – Brought to you, courtesy of the conservative movement.  Remember, waterboarding was never legally considered torture.  Except when it was. (Spanish-American War, American soldiers court-martialed.  WWII, Japanese soldiers convicted.  Vietnam, American soldiers court-martialed.  Texas 1983, Sheriff and three deputies convicted.)
  • The Great Depression – Conservatives allow banks to run rampant and collapse the economy.  Modern day conservatives blame liberals despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
  • The Great Recession – Conservatives allow banks to run rampant and collapse the economy.  Modern day conservatives blame liberals despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.  This time with more success.
  • Prohibition – Legislating morality, a “small government” conservative favorite that just happened to give rise to organized crime in the United States.  Thanks!
  • McCarthyism – McCarthy was a Democrat from 1936 to 1944.  SEE?!  He was liberal!  But no, not really.  He switched parties in 1944 and was a conservative, anyway.
  • Writer’s note: The original post had a reference to Japanese internment camps that was inaccurate. I have been informed of its bipartisan origins from readers both to the left and right and I apologize for the error. – JR
  • The Southern Strategy – Still in effect and just as disgusting (but effective) as it was fifty years ago.

Republicans, the party of
DO AS WE SAY, NOT AS WE DO