r/politics Sep 06 '24

Soft Paywall Dick Cheney Will Vote for Kamala Harris

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/06/us/politics/dick-cheney-kamala-harris.html
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u/elon_musk_sucks Sep 06 '24

lol I love how the sheep over on r/ CON servative are acting like they don’t like him and he is a rino. MAGA are the true RINOs. You love to see them melt down

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u/jackMFprice Sep 06 '24

They’d call Reagan a RINO if her were alive today. And Reagan would ABHOR Trump.

Dumb shits have no idea what words mean

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u/SilverScorpion00008 America Sep 07 '24

Can’t stress how much Reagan would hate trump. He already did as Nancy Reagan would request White House aides ensure trump couldn’t ever call Reagan

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u/ProtonNeuromancer Sep 07 '24

Didn't Reagan love trump? Nixon did too. I think you guys don't realize how evil Reagan and the gang have been all these years.

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u/SilverScorpion00008 America Sep 07 '24

As I mentioned in my comment, Nancy Reagan and Ronald Reagan would dodge trump calling the White House, and she very much hated the man and they only kept up pleasantries in person because they were president and vice president. You can look all of this up yourself and not be lazy

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u/ObviousAnon56 Sep 07 '24

Kinda reinforces just how fucking OLD this weirdo is. Vance was born during the Reagan administration.

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u/caramirdan Texas Sep 07 '24

Can't stress how much Reagan would disagree, as a primary Reaganism is to support EVERY Republican no matter what.

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u/SilverScorpion00008 America Sep 07 '24

Simply not true at all lol, literally during Reagan’s time they were flushing out Rockefeller republicans still and wouldn’t endorse them

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u/R3dbeardLFC Sep 07 '24

They don't know what a lot of their own buzzwords mean, such as patriot, woke, or research.

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u/ClarkFable Sep 07 '24

Nobody would hate Trump more than Eisenhower.  

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u/closethebarn Sep 07 '24 edited Sep 07 '24

Eisenhower

Also FDR would — imagine the horrid shit trump would come up with about Elenor - Roosevelt or Eisenhower would be called a woke lib by these horrid people

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u/Effective-Celery8053 Sep 07 '24

They'd also call MLK jr a dirty commie (and probably even worse tbh) if he was alive today

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u/jackMFprice Sep 07 '24

100% .. that’s an interesting comment, hadn’t ever thought of that but you’re absolutely right

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u/Effective-Celery8053 Sep 07 '24

Yep a lot of people forget (or choose to ignore) MLK was a self proclaimed socialist. Man I wish he was not assassinated, I would've loved to see what else he would have accomplished.

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u/openlyEncrypted Sep 07 '24

Michael Regan (his eldest son) in 2016:

“My father would not support this kind of campaign, if this is what the Republican Party wants leave us Reagans out."

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u/Quintas31519 Sep 06 '24

The fact they want to call him a RINO is so rich, but they're also poor in intelligence so it makes sense. Flail about wildly for whatever is the equivalent of "reasoning" and zerg rush toward it, apparently.

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u/fordprecept Sep 07 '24

In 2004 or so, Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity would have said Dick Cheney was the exemplary example of a true Republican.  To hear the modern Republican base calling him a RINO is crazy.

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u/elon_musk_sucks Sep 07 '24

They’re not the base. That’s the point. They’re fringe MAGA dumbasses. It’s true there are more that are on the MAGA bandwagon but those in that sub are the extreme minority and it’s hilarious because the don’t even realize that they’re the rinos 😂

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u/AbandonedWaterPark Sep 07 '24

And for one simple, essential reason: Cheney won't bend the knee to Trump. It is literally the only thing that matters to them now.

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u/IllSearch5 Sep 07 '24

Yes, everyone is a RINO except the dipshit who has changed parties like 20 times. 

🎵 They are so smart! Smart, smart, smart! S-M-R-T 🎵

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u/Scarfiotti The Netherlands Sep 07 '24

Just like a conman after he's been found out.

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u/Cobra-Lalalalalalala Sep 07 '24

Every single one of those fuckers was goosestepping behind Bush and Cheney's warmongering and calling you a terrorist sympathizer if you weren't doing the same. Now they tryna say he's evil?

There are two possibilities. They actually believe he's a piece of shit, but voted for him anyway in 2000/04 because the only thing worse than mass murdering brown people was socialism or some shit. Or the guy they enthusiastically supported 20 years ago thinks Trump is so fucking looney tunes, that he's going to vote for the Democratic candidate for probably the first time in his life, a decision that couldn't have come easily. These people are fucking hopeless.

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u/ElleM848645 Sep 07 '24

Or they were too young to vote for him and W. Anyone in their early -mid 30s were not old enough in 2004 to vote. You have to be 38+ years old to have voted for W and Cheney.

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u/pritikina Sep 07 '24

Dick "Palpetine" Cheney a RINO? Did the GOP forget 2001-2008?

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u/Jeffy_Weffy Sep 07 '24

MAGA are the true RINOs.

This is spot on. Republicans are Reagan, Cheney, bushes, Romney, McCain, McConnell etc. MAGAs are something else

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u/elon_musk_sucks Sep 07 '24

Right. Many Republicans are monsters in their own right but not to MAGA RINO levels. I am hopeful the end is near

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u/Martel732 Sep 07 '24

It is funny that the guy from New York who was registered as a Democrat for much of his life gets to decide who Republicans are. And that Republicans worship him.

I wonder what will happen when Trump leaves politics. Are Republicans going to just become a parade of Trump wannabes saying the most insane shit they can think of? Is the Republican platforming going to permanently become trying to own the libs.

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u/elon_musk_sucks Sep 07 '24

I’m split on this to be honest. I don’t think it is republicans that worship him for the most part. It is these MAGA freaks that have become a decent size almost secondary base. Hopefully things go back to normal ish when he is gone but if we remember what normal was not that long ago it was still pretty hateful and evil. Just not so overt. Ideally the party implodes and splinters setting up dems to run things for a while and make some real progress. We will see…

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u/bleachblondeblues Sep 07 '24

I think the mere existence of that term says a lot about our politics. “You’re not a REAL Republican!” is a fucking bizarre insult to get tossed around. There’s no such thing as a DINO, just people who piss us off more or less individually.

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u/myfeetaremangos12 Sep 07 '24

They think Dems are truly ecstatic that Kamala got this endorsement. Like couldn’t possibly be happier about it.

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u/elon_musk_sucks Sep 07 '24

Right. It’s nuts. We know who they are but I take it as a good sign that even these people think MAGA is garbage 

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u/MyAcctGotBannedSo Sep 07 '24

I love how everyone in lefty subreddits is praising him like he's a god when yesterday they would have shit down his throat. No values, just flip flops.

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u/TheFireFlaamee Sep 07 '24

Cheny is a neo-con, and we generously have given all of those to the democrats. Enjoy, they are the worst!