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2016 Postmortem

gabeana

(3,166 posts) Fri Oct 7, 2016, 05:25 PM Oct 2016

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It is not Trumps fault

it is the fault of the GOP and their voters
Donald Trump is who he is
hope this drives a stake into the Conservative movement for the fraud that it is

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It is not Trumps fault (Original Post) gabeana Oct 2016 OP

Trump IS the modern, post 1965 GOP. guillaumeb Oct 2016 #1

It's the same old song and dance... Wounded Bear Oct 2016 #2

True. Trump abandoned the coded language and pushed raw hatred. guillaumeb Oct 2016 #3

And the deplorables don't care. They think it's okay because the librul japple Oct 2016 #4

And they don't care, because the Democrats are just an extension japple Oct 2016 #5

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

1. Trump IS the modern, post 1965 GOP.

Reply to gabeana (Original post)

Fri Oct 7, 2016, 05:28 PM

Oct 2016

His positions are Reagan's positions,
are Nixon's positions,
are Bush I and II's positions,
racism, sexism, misogyny, and class warfare are what the GOP is all about.

Wounded Bear

(58,724 posts)

2. It's the same old song and dance...

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 7, 2016, 05:30 PM

Oct 2016

Trump just dragged it out of the shadows and put it on steroids.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

3. True. Trump abandoned the coded language and pushed raw hatred.

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 7, 2016, 05:32 PM

Oct 2016

A direct appeal to the most deplorable ones among us.

japple

(9,842 posts)

4. And the deplorables don't care. They think it's okay because the librul

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 7, 2016, 05:45 PM

Oct 2016

media's just showing made up stuff from the HRC campaign.

japple

(9,842 posts)

5. And they don't care, because the Democrats are just an extension

Reply to japple (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 7, 2016, 06:20 PM

Oct 2016

of the kenyan president and the woman president wanna-be.

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