The GOP has no policy to run on

[Matt Dillon]

You are brand new to politics, eh?

Medicare, which you or your parents are consistently using, was the brainchild of LBJ, passed by a Democratic Congress, and opposed by rightwing hero Ronald Reagan

Wrong. It was the brainchild of Harry S. Truman, who Democrats these days would call a right wing fanatic.

"Johnson wanted to recognize Truman, who, in 1945, had become the first president to propose national health insurance, an initiative that was opposed at the time by Congress."

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-...icare-into-law

Truman was an alright president. Johnson was a piece of shit.

[LV426]

Yes it is and so is Social Security. So are min wage, unions, and many other programs that help the people in general. The Repubs work for the billionaires and are working for the plutocracy.

Republicans have not had a single successful domestic policy since Nixon.

[LV426]

Wrong. It was the brainchild of Harry S. Truman, who Democrats these days would call a right wing fanatic.

Harry Truman was a Democrat and was FDR's Vice President.

He's not one of yours; he desegregated the military, so he's not endeared to Conservatives.

In fact, William F. Buckley and Irving Kristol routinely trashed Truman and called him an FDR socialist puppet, while buddying up to Joe McCarthy.

[Matt Dillon]

Yes, it is.

Social Security.

Medicaid.

Obamacare.

SNAP.

Pell Grants.

Civil Rights Act.

Fair Housing Act.

Voting Rights Act.

COVID recovery.

ARRA.

Civil Rights act?

Okay, so Kennedy proposed it. Democrats today would call Kennedy an Alt-Right maniac.

[ThatOwlWoman]

LOL, of course it is. It was passed under a Democratic President by a Democratic Congress. The only party interested in dismantling it is Republicans. The ACA benefits all Americans. The American Recovery Act benefitted all Americans.

Republicans literally have no policy positions. You should just strategically withdraw.

Well said. We can also add Social Security to that. Those currently employed may cry because money is deducted from their paychecks to fund it. But it's *still* a LOT cheaper than having mom and dad come live with you when they're elderly because they weren't able to save enough to retire on when they were raising you. Oh, and Medicare makes sure that you don't have to pay their doctor bills, either.

[SmarterthanYou]

Republicans have not had a single successful domestic policy since Nixon.

that's bullshit. Republicans started the whole war on domestic terrorism and it was such a smashing hit that the democrats wildly expanded upon it.

[LV426]

Civil Rights act? Wrong!

More Democrats voted for the Civil Rights Act than Republicans, and absolutely ZERO Southern Republicans voted for it.

[Cypress]

Wrong. It was the brainchild of Harry S. Truman, who Democrats these days would call a right wing fanatic.

"Johnson wanted to recognize Truman, who, in 1945, had become the first president to propose national health insurance, an initiative that was opposed at the time by Congress."

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-...icare-into-law

Truman was an alright president. Johnson was a piece of shit.

So you frantically started googling when it was pointed out to you the Medicare is a Democratic Policy.

Truman was a Democrat.

Truman, to the best of my knowledge, envisioned a universal health care policy.

LBJ passed a more modest version of health insurance for seniors only, aka Medicare. That was his accomplishment. Your hero Ronald Reagan opposed LBJ's Medicare, and if it had been left up to Reagan, you or your parents would not have Medicaid.

[MAGA MAN]

The Democrat's movement is to tend towards socialism, a system that has never worked.

[LV426]

Republicans started the whole war on domestic terrorism

Yes, by being the actual domestic terrorists...like McVeigh, Nichols, and Rudolf among others.

and it was such a smashing hit that the democrats wildly expanded upon it.

Are you referring to the FBI taking down the Klan? Because that's not Republican policy.

[LV426]

The Democrat's movement is to tend towards socialism, a system that has never worked.

Someone tell Canada that their system isn't working.

[Stone]

Yes, it is.

Social Security.

Medicaid.

Obamacare.

SNAP.

Pell Grants.

Civil Rights Act.

Fair Housing Act.

Voting Rights Act.

COVID recovery.

ARRA.

Happen to notice by chance that just about everything involves taking money away from someone and giving money away to someone else ? Gee,....now those are some real hard brainbusting plans to come up with when most of the country is middle class or below! Sure takes a lot of talent and brains to buy votes.

[LV426]

Happen to notice by chance that just about everything involves taking money away from someone and giving money away to someone else ?

Your tax cuts plunged the economy into a recession...TWICE this century.

[ThatOwlWoman]

Republicans have not had a single successful domestic policy since Nixon.

The only one I can think of was the formation of the EPA. Which every (R) since has tried to destroy in order to allow their real constituents -- business and industry -- to make more profits at the expense of our environment.

[Stone]

Your tax cuts plunged the economy into a recession...TWICE this century.

Nothing to do with what I posted but.....