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JohnnyRingo

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4. Rand Paul used to be far right.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 11:10 AM

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He hasn't changed, it is Trump who moved the goalposts for what it means to be conservative. Now republicans stand on the twenty yard line and view the rest of the field as rife with liberal whack jobs.

I remember when GW Bush had to run as what he called a "compassionate conservative" to get elected. That such an admission would get one drummed out of the party

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