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Yavin4

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19. I hate to disagree with the professor here but...
Mon Aug 14, 2023, 12:32 PM
Aug 2023

The Republican party as a political organization does not exist. It has become captive of the Republican donor class who panders to the worst, most fringe elements of the American political spectrum in order to appear as though it has popular support.

It's the Republican donor class, the party per se that's driving the bus.

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This needs to be on billboards everywhere SouthernDem4ever Aug 2023 #1
Say it, Doctor Levitsky! John1956PA Aug 2023 #2
KnR...We are being warned clearly and repeatedly. MiHale Aug 2023 #3
Yes, we are. n/t KarenS Aug 2023 #5
+1 2naSalit Aug 2023 #18
To believe otherwise is to live in denial. Duncan Grant Aug 2023 #23
Corporate media has no idea what this learned man in politics is talking about! Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2023 #27
Well, at least one intelligent professor. Wonder Why Aug 2023 #4
Oh come on... Duppers Aug 2023 #16
The thread is about HARVARD professors, not generic professors and teachers. Wonder Why Aug 2023 #20
I don't know, and I doubt that you do, either. ShazzieB Aug 2023 #26
Alan Dershowitz is an Emeritus Harvard Professor, and he's nuts. nt pnwmom Aug 2023 #28
So all we know is that of two Harvard professors, in this two prof race, Wonder Why Aug 2023 #30
Big woo ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #38
The OP made a broad general claim which is disproven by a single counter example. pnwmom Aug 2023 #39
Nuts, but not stupid Polybius Aug 2023 #40
His logic lately leaves a lot to be desired. nt pnwmom Aug 2023 #41
If you'd bother to go to their faculty web page ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #37
K&R Thanks for posting. n/t TeamProg Aug 2023 #6
Great Post!!! wolfie001 Aug 2023 #7
Yup. The GOP is a FAR-RIGHT authoritarian party by consensus of experts Hortensis Aug 2023 #8
Kick. N/T Upthevibe Aug 2023 #9
yep llashram Aug 2023 #10
Keep in mind many MAGAS are fine with an authoritarian govt. Irish_Dem Aug 2023 #11
The smear campaign against such blasphemy (NOT) is going to be brutal. NoMoreRepugs Aug 2023 #12
K&R n/t Alice Kramden Aug 2023 #13
The gops audience is so easy to deceive BOSSHOG Aug 2023 #14
The propaganda machine convinces them they are the victims when in reality they are the villians RAB910 Aug 2023 #15
If you don't own a firearm I'd get one. If they get an opening they will come for us. Hotler Aug 2023 #17
Yes and no orangecrush Aug 2023 #22
I hate to disagree with the professor here but... Yavin4 Aug 2023 #19
It's also American media who leech off the Repuke donor class FakeNoose Aug 2023 #35
MEGAKICK orangecrush Aug 2023 #21
and yet most of the media Quanto Magnus Aug 2023 #24
TRUTH Skittles Aug 2023 #25
Kick dalton99a Aug 2023 #29
GOP response: Hire dumber professors. Sneederbunk Aug 2023 #31
Ha ha heh...IMHO, isn't this what the GOP is doing in some southern states, by driving away their SWBTATTReg Aug 2023 #32
K&R Blue Owl Aug 2023 #33
To take liberties with the work of a Harvard prof... Whatthe_Firetruck Aug 2023 #34
Actually, they do ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #36
And that detestable excuse for a political party has to be left in ruins. calimary Aug 2023 #42
I agree with his statement 100%. Old Crow Aug 2023 #43
No. Cornel West. betsuni Aug 2023 #44
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