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[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 10 points 3 months ago

She has been a major player in the party since the 90s. She is, indeed, largely responsible for the current state of the party.

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago

Yes, she obviously was a major player. But she didn't engineer the rightward lurch as you claim. Again, I don't much care for her, but the GOP talking points for decades as though she was somehow the one pulling the strings was effective.

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months ago

Again, I don't much care for her,

Who do you care for? Let's spend a little more time on people who actually matter.

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

I care about policy, not the person.

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah?

Check out the rest of the comments in this thread. Getting a lot of insightful and innovative policy discourse from your post?

If you care about policy, you'll avoid any mention of that person in the future. As soon as her name is mentioned, the policy conversation ends.

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

That is a failure on the order of how we have a Trump cult.

[-] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There is no such thing.

The person is the one who pursues, builds, and implements policy. A bad person will not be a good ally, no matter their professed policy beliefs, because it is only integrity that binds a politician to work for their constituents once elected.

Without a good person, you have no way to trust that good policy will follow.

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