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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe MAGA Mafia's RNC Bust-Out
https://therickwilson.substack.com/p/the-maga-mafias-rnc-bust-out?r=1ne2d&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=trueThe bust-out is a trope in mob movies, novels, and television series youve seen before. A hapless business owner gets in bed with the mob due to borrowing money from a loan shark or owing gambling debts to men with vowelly names and certain ethnolinguistic fillips. They use the patsys credit, assets, and properties to roll up massive new debts to more traditional lenders and vendors, then burn the place down for the insurance money. Only the stooge gets screwed in the end.
In Goodfellas, Henry Hill describes what happens when normies get in bed with the mob, either through choice or fate:
In Goodfellas, Henry Hill describes what happens when normies get in bed with the mob, either through choice or fate:
This wholesale slaughter in the RNC is one more sign that the MAGA GOP isnt simply post-partisan; its post-organizational, post-rational, and just another opportunity to monetize Trumpism.
This case of institutional ETTD* means the end of the line for the old GOP. The state committeemen and committeewomen, the state organizations themselves, the major donors, the people who work their way up to get convention seats and tickets are all in for a crashing disappointment. The RNCs work in voter registration, research, digital, communications, and turnout will wither and die before summer. All that will remain is the RNCs ability to sluice money (minus a little handling fee and the vig) into Trumps gaping maw.
Now the RNCs got Donald as a partner. Any problems, theyre on their own. Trying to run a national political party? Fuck you, pay me. Trying to help state Republican Parties to win races down the ballot? Fuck you, pay me. Need money for something other than Trumps legal bills? Fuck you, pay me. RNC email lists getting burnt out and producing less revenue? Fuck you, pay me. Major donor program suffering because all the cash is going into the Trump Famiglia? Fuck you, pay me.
Whats the difference between organized crime and the Trump enterprise in the RNC bust-out?
So far, they havent burned down 310 First Street for the insurance money. It is, however, only March.
This case of institutional ETTD* means the end of the line for the old GOP. The state committeemen and committeewomen, the state organizations themselves, the major donors, the people who work their way up to get convention seats and tickets are all in for a crashing disappointment. The RNCs work in voter registration, research, digital, communications, and turnout will wither and die before summer. All that will remain is the RNCs ability to sluice money (minus a little handling fee and the vig) into Trumps gaping maw.
Now the RNCs got Donald as a partner. Any problems, theyre on their own. Trying to run a national political party? Fuck you, pay me. Trying to help state Republican Parties to win races down the ballot? Fuck you, pay me. Need money for something other than Trumps legal bills? Fuck you, pay me. RNC email lists getting burnt out and producing less revenue? Fuck you, pay me. Major donor program suffering because all the cash is going into the Trump Famiglia? Fuck you, pay me.
Whats the difference between organized crime and the Trump enterprise in the RNC bust-out?
So far, they havent burned down 310 First Street for the insurance money. It is, however, only March.
*ETTD - Everything Trump Touches Dies
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The MAGA Mafia's RNC Bust-Out (Original Post)
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Mar 15
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kimbutgar
(21,215 posts)1. I'd be ok with the RNC dying under his leadership.
Firing all the people who know how to run the organization is really a stupid thing!
Arthur_Frain
(1,863 posts)2. Y'know, I'd hate to owe tfg/tsf for anything, ever.
But if he single handedly destroys the republican party (which has needed to be destroyed for about twenty years now) what cha gonna do? So long as he doesnt take down America with it, we will be stronger with them marginalized and/or gone.
But thats a pretty idealistic outcome really. We wont come out of this unscathed.
kimbutgar
(21,215 posts)3. Sadly you're correct he'll leave wreckage behind him when we finally goes away!