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GiqueCee

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3. Republicans have ALWAYS hated democracy...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2026, 06:49 PM

21 hrs ago

... "Democracy isn't the objective; liberty, peace, and prospefity [sic] are. We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that".

– Senator Mike Lee (R) Utah in 2020

Never, EVER trust a Republican. Not ever. Unless, of course, you trust them to be untrustworthy.

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They've Been Measuring the Health of Democracies for Years. Guess What Their New Report Says About America. [View all] Nevilledog 23 hrs ago OP

Most of us do not need a survey to tell us this--but glad to see it in writing. riversedge 22 hrs ago #1

Magamission getting accomplished - at our peril NewHendoLib 22 hrs ago #2

Republicans have ALWAYS hated democracy... GiqueCee 21 hrs ago #3

I wish they had keyed this graph to individual Presidential terms FakeNoose 21 hrs ago #4

Thanks for the archive link, but Safari can't access it. Here's another to try that might work better. ancianita 20 hrs ago #5

I use safari. Wonder why it didn't work for you. Nevilledog 19 hrs ago #6

Me, too. But look at the different archive url coding, which made the difference for me. ancianita 19 hrs ago #7

K&R UTUSN 19 hrs ago #8