America Needs a Sane and Functioning Republican Party May 14 2021 2:40 PM EDT
I am by no means a Republican. I’m not a big fan of Liz Cheney. I don’t support many of the Republican Party stances, but it doesn’t really have any right now. I’m thinking more nostalgically. I liked Ronald Reagan when I was in college, mostly because I was wooed by his image creators, but I’ve since learned he did no right by me or us. I’ve never voted for a Republican presidential nominee.
Having said all of that, I want a Republican Party that thrives. Does that sound paradoxical?
May 8, 2021
Mike Smith (KFS) echoes my current thoughts. Social media in general, and Facebook for sure, was bad enough during the elections, when lies and complaints about politics dominated things.
Now that that’s over, what comes to the surface is people bitching and moaning and complaining and kvetching about trivia.
Conversational phrases they don’t like.
Foods they don’t like.
Militant atheists complain about religious zealots, and religious zealots complain about nonbelievers.
And people who I sure hope never, ever pump their own gas or bank at ATMs are on the warpath against grocery store self-checkout lanes because automation costs jobs.
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