# The Republican Party is the Party of Evil **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 4, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187 "2021-03-04T17:43:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 51
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1002 "2022-02-28T16:11:02Z")
😀 Nice ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1003 "2022-02-28T18:39:09Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I would say the North East Republicans are still mostly more moderate or at least not White Supremist. When you sup with the Devil use a long spoon. There ain’t no spoon long enough in this case. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1004 "2022-02-28T19:25:57Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > When Reagan opened the big tent he set in motion the ruination of the Republican Party. Because in came those damn Dixiecrats and Theocrats which is the basis of the current idiots and evil with far too much sway over the current party. Also don’t forget Reagan’s immortal quote about “the eleventh commandment…Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.” Even the ones who have a modicum of decency still don’t want to speak out too much, lest they lose what power they have, which makes it harder for them to enact more tax cuts, deregulation, and gutting of social services, which remain key priorities even for the good 'uns. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1005 "2022-02-28T23:44:59Z")
Yeah, although if your party marches with Nazis and tries to topple the government, at some point you have to walk away or admit you’re one of them. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1006 "2022-03-01T12:33:50Z")
At least I understand why Republican politicians stay and try to fix their party. What baffles me is normal people, people on this board, who cling to being Republicans – why? If the NY Giants decided to try and topple our democracy, I would no longer be a Giants fan. Why stay a Republican if when they do so many terrible things? I’m registered as a Democrat so I can vote in the primaries, but my allegiance to the Democratic Party is about as weak as an allegiance can be. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1007 "2022-03-01T12:39:52Z")
Me too, I can honestly say that I would not stay with the democrats if they acted like the GOP. But as a Washington Nationals fan, I’m pretty sure it was the Phillies who tried to topple our democracy. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1008 "2022-03-01T12:43:13Z")
I will reach aross the aisle to bring about consensus, claiming it was the f\*\*\*\*\*\* Yankees. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1009 "2022-03-01T13:44:07Z")
Well yeah ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1010 "2022-03-01T13:48:34Z")
It confuses me too as I know people that with Trump seem to double down. I had left way back with the evil known as Cheney. Trump completely blows my mind and lets face it, there is no excuse for anyone in NY/NJ to have had anything but derision for that buffoon. We all knew who this ass was. That he proved to be worse is frightful. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1011 "2022-03-01T14:05:48Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I’m registered as a Democrat so I can vote in the primaries, but my allegiance to the Democratic Party is about as weak as an allegiance can be. I’ll add that a political party is not something a voter owes allegiance to, but instead the reverse, a political party owes allegiance to their voters. The Republican Party stopped serving my needs, so I am no longer a Republican. The Democratic Party isn’t a great fit, but they use facts and love the America we have, so here I am. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1012 "2022-03-01T14:08:50Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I’m registered as a Democrat so I can vote in the primaries, but my allegiance to the Democratic Party is about as weak as an allegiance can be. Actually I can vote in the Primaries as an independent. Each time I do this, it auto registers me as a Dem. I can then download a form, fill it out and go back to being an Indy. Why do I do this? I’m not even sure. Maybe some residual nod to Lincoln, Roosevelt and Ike. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1013 "2022-03-01T14:10:38Z")
Yeah, I can do that, but why bother. If the Democrats go off the deep end, it’s easy enough to change to Indy or Republican or whatever. Between his shenanigans in Atlantic City and his shenanigans in NYC, it’s surprising he got any votes in the area. That guy was known as a con artist from way back. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1014 "2022-03-01T14:13:36Z")
On the first part, I’m not sure why I resist joining the Dems. I like the tag of no party or Indy better I guess. But it is admittingly a little weird and silly. As to the second, seriously, you couldn’t live in this area and not know what a phony he was and bullshit artist. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1015 "2022-03-01T14:31:19Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > you couldn’t live in this area and not know what a phony he was and bullshit artist. Some people like that. They just think that he is bullshitting those _other_ people over there, but would _never_ bullshit _them_. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1016 "2022-03-01T14:52:48Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > On the first part, I’m not sure why I resist joining the Dems. I like the tag of no party or Indy better I guess. But it is admittingly a little weird and silly. For so many people, they have absorbed the message that Democrats are non-human evil. And as bad as the GOP gets, in their minds, switching to the Dems would be equivalent to (and horrific to them) as getting a sex change. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1017 "2022-03-01T14:56:31Z")
This certainly seems to be the case with some Republicans that I know. These are intelligent, accomplished people–doctors, lawyers, business owners. They will all, to a person, gladly admit that Donald Trump is an idiot, that he’s incredibly crude, incredibly corrupt, and never had any business being anywhere near the Presidency. And yet they all voted for him, twice, and will vote for him again if he runs in 2024. Because as far as they’re concerned, a Democrat–_any_ Democrat–would be infinitely worse. I can’t understand it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1018 "2022-03-01T15:07:15Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > This certainly seems to be the case with some Republicans that I know. These are intelligent, accomplished people–doctors, lawyers, business owners. They will all, to a person, gladly admit that Donald Trump is an idiot, that he’s incredibly crude, incredibly corrupt, and never had any business being anywhere near the Presidency. > > And yet they all voted for him, twice, and will vote for him again if he runs in 2024. Because as far as they’re concerned, a Democrat– _any_ Democrat–would be infinitely worse. I spoke with one who explained — on her own initiative, not in response to anything I’d asked — _“I think he’s an idiot, but I like his policies.”_ (I made sure to write that down at the time, thinking I might someday want to relay it word-for-word; but, moving for a moment from 100% accuracy to mere extrapolation, I’d wager that today she’d gladly express that same sentiment while swapping in _“Supreme Court picks”_.) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1019 "2022-03-01T15:23:09Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I had left way back with the evil known as Cheney. Same here. I had thought of myself as a Republican up till GW. I voted for him the first time but then switched and have voted mostly Democratic since. I wish I would’ve switched sooner, but I was still young and stupid. Most of the Trump supporters I know are older and stupid. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1020 "2022-03-01T15:28:19Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > They just think that he is bullshitting those _other_ people over there, but would _never_ bullshit _them_ . So we’re back to the face-eating leopards. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1021 "2022-03-01T15:56:15Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Because as far as they’re concerned, a Democrat– _any_ Democrat–would be infinitely worse. > > I can’t understand it. It’s tribalism, straying into full-on cult mentality. They know that the Republicans are terrible, but their worldview relies on the Democrats _always being worse_, no matter what. And as the GOP have descended more and more into outright lying, corruption, criminality and sedition and continue to undermine the rule of law and democracy, they have accordingly adjusted their view of what Democrats **must** be like in order for them to be even worse. The Liberal Strawmen just get bigger and uglier and more fearsome as the actual GOP gets more deranged. And so not only do we get “Hillary Clinton is selling children for sex slavery and/or slaughter out of a pizza place basement”, an increasing number of them – including certain members of this very messageboard – are just left spouting incoherent word salads about “Wokism!” and “Antifa!” that don’t even make sense. Most of them can’t actually articulate or evidence their views, but they know in their hearts that the Left are Very Very Bad and that everyone else would see it too if they just stopped watching CNN and Did Their Own Research. Because the alternative would be to admit that the “libtards” have been right all along and they’ve been gullible idiots believing obvious lies who have been supporting the bad guys all along. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=52)