Subject: Re: TOP SECRET//NOFORN
That was about the time I began shifting away from Conservativism.

That would have been under FDR and Truman, neither of whom were conservative Republicans.

. And when someone says "endorse disastrous policies that Do. Not. Work. and in fact fail every time they try" they are just engaging in divisive meaningless rhetoric.

Sorry, but accurately pointing out that

-Defunding police leads to more crime
-Feckless foreign policy leads to more conflict and chaos abroad
-Projecting weakness instead of strength leads to thugs like Putin invading Ukraine and an aggressive China
-An open border leads to more crime and more chaos in border towns plus an unsustainable social burden
-Reckless spending leads to inflation

'I could do this all day. If you don't want to debate this efficacy of all those and instead want to paint all Republicans with 40 year old quotes, then that's just playing games intended to divide.

Since you brought up LBJ, here's a quote for you: I'll have those n-wordsvoting democrat for 200 years.