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NNadir

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2. That's like saying breast cancer is better than pancreatic cancer. There is not now, and hasn't been for decades...

Reply to Shellback Squid (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 4, 2025, 10:29 PM

10 hrs ago

...any such thing as a "good Republican."

Maybe Gerald Ford was as was his contemporary Jacob Javits, but otherwise one needs to go all the way back to Dwight Eisenhower, imperfect, but a good man overall.

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Damn! I was so damned nervous. I kept seeing all these Shitarelli signs when I drove to work. [View all] NNadir 10 hrs ago OP

oh lol, those were the "good republicans" when compared to what the current crop has become Shellback Squid 10 hrs ago #1

That's like saying breast cancer is better than pancreatic cancer. There is not now, and hasn't been for decades... NNadir 10 hrs ago #2

too young for Ike but I know I would have liked him Shellback Squid 10 hrs ago #3

I was scared too. Now I am weak with relief. Wicked Blue 9 hrs ago #4

I always think of Ocean County as Oklahoma by the sea. When my boys were growing up, we used to rent a place... NNadir 9 hrs ago #5

We go to Island Beach State Park Wicked Blue 9 hrs ago #6

Oh, I agree. It's a wonderful State Beach. I love it. NNadir 9 hrs ago #7

Hunterdon JustAnotherGen 9 hrs ago #8

That's not all that surprising, is it? NNadir 9 hrs ago #9