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2016 Postmortem
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Trump is the GOP without the amiable veneer. (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2016
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speaktruthtopower
(800 posts)1. What's killing Trump...
isn't that he's a far right candidate (he's more moderate than Cruz on most issues) but that he's not predictably going to support traditional Republican special interests like insurance, oil, defense suppliers. They're turning on him and some of them are figuring they'd be better off with Hillary.
He also doesn't use a teleprompter, says stupid things from time to time and the Republican machine doesn't have his back.
3catwoman3
(28,886 posts)3. "...from time to time."
You are too kind -
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)2. Trump is the...
...kinder, gentler, machine gun hand.
We got a thousand points of light for the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler machine gun hand
Keep on rockin' in the free world
DemocratSinceBirth
(101,705 posts)4. ...
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)7. A fierce and righteous song
wiggs
(8,724 posts)5. that's right. And that's what dem leaders, including Hillary, need to keep saying. nt
TwilightZone
(28,836 posts)6. As the Clinton campaign will no doubt be pointing out repeatedly
for the next few months.
You built this, GOP.

