100% Reliable. Bank on it. Prediction!

[ThoughtCriminal]

How will the GOP react to the results of the 2022 election?

Same way they react to EVERYTHING!: They will move further to the extreme right. And more insane.

This will happen if they win big. This will happen if they win small. This will happen if they lose big. This will happen if they lose small. And this will happen with every result between every possible outcome.

How do I know this? Look at every election since 1960. No exceptions. Every election, every trend, every national tragedy, or triumph, every news event and social trend somehow becomes a signal to Republican politicians that they need to move further to the right, discard decency and sanity. They double-down and then double-down again, it's an un-ending feedback loop that never moves even micrometer back towards the middle and what is considered "Centrist" itself moves rightward every news cycle.

Any political pundit who predicts any other result, is worthless.

[BigmanPigman]

1. Can't argue with that.

[ZonkerHarris]

2. and every election they lose will be "stolen."

[Chainfire]

3. Their version of making America great involves hobnailed boots massive rallies.

They want their God, Donnie poop pants, in total power, forever. All women, barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen raising more little Nazis. And, always remember, and never forget, If it ain't white, it ain't right... Democracy has no place in a Republican future.

[Evolve Dammit]

4. Agreed. "The Chosen One" to the x-tians. They really believe it cuz they're told to. n/t

[IronLionZion]

5. RW policy firms have been working the long game for decades

Moderates don't even bother running as Republicans because they won't make it through their primaries. Their voters have been brainwashed by RW media, hate radio, loony blogs, and loud opinionated Youtubers.

[Lonestarblue]

6. While Fox News and hate radio are certainly guilty of pushing Republicans to the right,

the other factor is white evangelical preachers. They have a captive audience on Sundays and they are a big part of the MAGA cult driving the US toward Christian Nationalism and extremist policies.

[Initech]

7. Yeah really, the church is who we should be concerned about.

It's like churches have become a vehicle for pushing right and far right extremist ideals. They need to be dealt with, and the IRS really needs to enforce its' church and state policies.

[erronis]

8. Almost seems like there is a race-to-the-bottom. Perhaps the genetic mutations are building up?

If you only talk with people who are below average, you're going to keep getting percentages that are decreasing.

If I remember high school math (and 1.0 represents some average intelligence):

You (0.9) * friend (0.9) * another (0.9) = 0.72.
Throw in some offspring and you can quickly get down to 0.4 (40%) of average intelligence.

[Stuart G]

9. Maybe not...Every once in a while a leader comes along and tells, "THE TRUTH"

...You never know what happens. It's the Good, The Bad, and THE VERY UGLY!!!

Who could have predicted Trump would get elected?
Who could have predicted that Obama would get elected?
How about the outcome of the Viet Nam War?
Watergate? And Nixon resigning?
The incredible destruction and death in WWII?
The invention of "Television" and its effect on the World?
The wide spread availability of......are you ready? "COMPUTERS TO MOST EVERYONE"...AND RELATIVELY CHEAP?
(and most of us know how to operate a "desk top computer" ...like I am doing right now.
HOW ABOUT ..........CELL PHONES?
Electric Cars?.........you don't say?
etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. Want to add some more...start a new discussion on this topic? Go ahead in .."THE LOUNGE"

MAYBE i WILL DO THAT IN THE ..."LOUNGE"

[ThoughtCriminal]

10. When "The Truth" comes along

you can be sure of one thing. If it's the real deal, it won't be anything Republican.

[Stuart G]

11. Wise post...Exactly the "TRUTH"