Re: The insane progress nobody is talking about

On 6/29/2024 1:37 PM, William Hyde wrote:

Scott Dorsey wrote:

Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:38:38 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

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There are no sane Republicans, nor uncorrupt.=20

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That's unduly pessimistic.
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They are just local and so unknown to outsiders.
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I will, however, concede that they are getting harder to find.

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Again true a decade ago, but at least in our local party the sane people
are being driven out.  We have folks running for city council who are
obsessed with stopping abortion and promoting what they claim to be
Christian values.  One of the big deals is promotion of school vouchers,
which are likely of real benefit in some urban areas but which here are
primarily used to fund de-facto school segregation.  So many of the
small-government pro-business Republicans are no longer active in the
local party.
--scott
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A friend of mine was the treasurer of the Republican party for a county in Virginia.  He left that post when the local party voted to nominate Oliver North for the Senate, and became much less active as a republican in the following years.
 He may yet be a registered republican, though.  Not being familiar with this part of  the American system I don't know whether such things lapse with time.
 

That doesn't lapse as far a voter registration is concerned.  He would have to change his party affiliation on a form.
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