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GOP family values ... (Original Post) marble falls Nov 4 OP
Excellent. Kick. Diamond_Dog Nov 4 #1
Yes, however... 2naSalit Nov 4 #18
Gingrich... lonely bird Nov 4 #29
Even his mother... 2naSalit Nov 4 #30
I wil always think of newtie as a living sewage spill lastlib Nov 5 #39
Atwater lonely bird Thursday #41
I would add a sentence and question at the end. Lonestarblue Nov 4 #2
It is a world of screaming hypocrisy Gum Logger Nov 4 #25
"I got my stack so hands off Jack!" is their ethos. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 4 #3
Well... OldBaldy1701E Nov 4 #28
Hoarders, all Seinan Sensei Nov 4 #36
You grok well, Sensei! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Nov 5 #40
Back then JD went by James Donald Bowman, or maybe it was James David Hamel? sop Nov 4 #4
But everyone knew him Sofa King. marble falls Nov 4 #5
Hasn't he been going around recently claiming that's a lie? mwmisses4289 Nov 4 #6
editied: My mother required food assistance for periods of her life. My grandmother required Social Security help to rai progressoid Nov 4 #22
??That's from a guy named Tommy Ratliff. JD Vance grew up middle class in Dayton, Ohio. chowder66 Nov 4 #26
Oops. progressoid Nov 4 #27
The fact that hes banging a widow in front Johonny Nov 4 #7
I got mine... ToxMarz Nov 4 #8
This is how a lot of immigrants feel BeerBarrelPolka Nov 4 #9
Once they make it (not just immigrants), they "pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps" ToxMarz Nov 4 #10
Yes BeerBarrelPolka Nov 4 #11
The ones I know aren't like that RainCaster Nov 4 #14
CRUELTY and GREED Martin Eden Nov 4 #12
Our new Paul Ryan ... and just as disgusting. nt TBF Nov 4 #13
Shared on FB Martin68 Nov 4 #15
Yep, they're all... 2naSalit Nov 4 #16
This is true of my Texas family. ananda Nov 4 #17
It reminds me of how Paul Ryan Mblaze Nov 4 #19
"I got mine, fuck you!" - Ayn Rand. marble falls Nov 4 #20
I'm taking my ball and going to Galt's Gulch. Mblaze Nov 4 #23
My dad's favorite quote. calimary Nov 4 #34
Need to spread this everywhere on social media KS Toronado Nov 4 #21
This meme isn't accurate relayerbob Nov 4 #24
The hypocracy is being "Christian" and not giving fuck one about others. marble falls Nov 4 #38
Kick. N/T Upthevibe Nov 4 #31
Shades of Paul Ryan Bristlecone Nov 4 #32
Yes, Paul Ryan and I both received SS death benefits TNNurse Nov 4 #35
You'd think it'd make pols like him more compassionate. calimary Nov 4 #33
Pulling the ladder up behind him... Dem4life1970 Nov 4 #37

lonely bird

(2,615 posts)
29. Gingrich...
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 03:46 PM
Nov 4

Hasn’t gotten half the kicking around he deserves.

He was, is and always will be a piece of shit.

lastlib

(27,101 posts)
39. I wil always think of newtie as a living sewage spill
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 12:16 AM
Nov 5

He and Lee Atwater spawned in the same septic pool.

lonely bird

(2,615 posts)
41. Atwater
Thu Nov 6, 2025, 08:37 AM
Thursday

Had the decency to admit to his bullshit. That was his only redeeming quality. Gingrich has none.

Lonestarblue

(13,115 posts)
2. I would add a sentence and question at the end.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:28 AM
Nov 4

The Republican Party has changed. Are these really your values?

Some people vote Republican without thinking. We need to try to make them think.

OldBaldy1701E

(9,487 posts)
28. Well...
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 03:12 PM
Nov 4

"I got my stack so hands off Jack! Oh, and I want yours as well!" is a bit more accurate, don't you think?

Seinan Sensei

(1,253 posts)
36. Hoarders, all
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 08:23 PM
Nov 4

They happen to hoard money, instead of, say, clothes or magazines.

Either way, it’s an illness.

Plus, money hoarders have a co-morbidity of narcissism and/or anti-social personality disorder

sop

(16,848 posts)
4. Back then JD went by James Donald Bowman, or maybe it was James David Hamel?
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:37 AM
Nov 4

Last edited Tue Nov 4, 2025, 12:54 PM - Edit history (1)

I guess if one changes one's name enough times one can escape one's food stamp past.

mwmisses4289

(2,751 posts)
6. Hasn't he been going around recently claiming that's a lie?
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:46 AM
Nov 4

That his family never relied on government assistance?
Of course, repubs lie as easy as breathing, so its hard to know if they even know what truth is.

progressoid

(52,296 posts)
22. editied: My mother required food assistance for periods of her life. My grandmother required Social Security help to rai
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 11:26 AM
Nov 4

Last edited Tue Nov 4, 2025, 02:31 PM - Edit history (1)

From his debate with Gov Walz....

First of all, thanks, Governor. Thanks to CBS for hosting the debate. And thanks most importantly to the American people who are watching this evening and caring enough about this country to pay attention to this vice presidential debate. I want to answer the question, but I want to actually give an introduction to myself a little bit because I recognize a lot of Americans don't know who either one of us are. I was raised in a working class family. My mother required food assistance for periods of her life. My grandmother required Social Security help to raise me. And she raised me in part because my own mother struggled with addiction for a big chunk of my early life. I went to college on the GI bill after I enlisted in the Marine Corps and served in Iraq. And so I stand here asking to be your Vice President with extraordinary gratitude for this country, for the American dream that made it possible for me to live my dreams....

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/full-vp-debate-transcript-walz-vance-2024/

progressoid

(52,296 posts)
27. Oops.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 02:32 PM
Nov 4

Posting before eating is a bad idea. I edited and put his statement from the VP debates instead.

Johonny

(25,053 posts)
7. The fact that hes banging a widow in front
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:53 AM
Nov 4

Of his wife speaks volumes to his family values. He valued his family right up until he though Turning Point USA gave him the best chance at the presidency in 2028.

BeerBarrelPolka

(2,094 posts)
9. This is how a lot of immigrants feel
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 10:06 AM
Nov 4

They have their citizenship and the hell with any new immigrants.

ToxMarz

(2,604 posts)
10. Once they make it (not just immigrants), they "pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps"
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 10:10 AM
Nov 4

Everyone coming behind is now just mooching off them.

RainCaster

(13,315 posts)
14. The ones I know aren't like that
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 10:33 AM
Nov 4

But I live on the West Coast, in a community with a mix of immigrants from all across the globe. I suppose that if I lived in a community of RW Cuban immigrants I would feel differently. Here the immigrants all want to help each other. They are proud to be American, even in this day of "I got mine so fork you".

ananda

(33,962 posts)
17. This is true of my Texas family.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 10:58 AM
Nov 4

They took everything the New Deal and the GI bill
had to offer.

Then when they got theirs... well, you know.

Mblaze

(877 posts)
19. It reminds me of how Paul Ryan
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 11:02 AM
Nov 4

Pushed hard to reduce SS payments even though SS survivor benefits got him through college after his father died.

Bristlecone

(10,953 posts)
32. Shades of Paul Ryan
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 06:08 PM
Nov 4

*on edit: in review of a few other posts, I see I was not alone in this obvious, and long standing history of GOP shit-heelery.

TNNurse

(7,459 posts)
35. Yes, Paul Ryan and I both received SS death benefits
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 06:21 PM
Nov 4

as children after our father died. I think it is still a good plan, he is against for others. Typical GOP.

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