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In reply to the discussion: The GOP will not revert to "normal" after Trump. [View all]Caliman73
(11,764 posts)50. Trump is the culmination of the GOP's trajectory.
You are completely correct guillaumeb. People never want to see who they might become if they continue on a certain path. Trump shows the GOP who they are and they do not want to admit it. Hell, some Democrats don't even want to admit it. Trump didn't just happen to the GOP. Trump is Nixon without the brains, Trump is Bush Jr. without the goofy little brother vibe. Trump is Dick Cheney without the competence. Trump is what the GOP became after almost 40 years of cheating and defending policies they know are not good for any American citizens except the wealthiest ones.
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And is bought into by many women. i personally know women that think a woman leader is ridiculous.
Midnight Writer
Jun 2019
#44
The GOP wandered off the track of normal in 1979. They never found their way back...
pecosbob
Jun 2019
#4
It's a winning book. Call it what you will. He's attacking Trump hard and that is what the folks
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#52
He will pick up a lot of votes from Democrats, at least according to the latest polls at this point
still_one
Jun 2019
#55
Trump's populist "movement" isn't, it is just a rebranded version of the same far right
Thomas Hurt
Jun 2019
#28
Plus if they forget what they're about, there's a media machine, the Koch$ and a rabid base
BeyondGeography
Jun 2019
#56
I know that Biden is catching a lot of guff for his remarks and seeming delusional
Proud Liberal Dem
Jun 2019
#61
And increasingly emboldened, just like the growing GOP bench on the Supreme Court.
JudyM
Jun 2019
#74
The Tea Bagger infestation took all this up a notch, then came Trump. nt
Progressive Jones
Jun 2019
#70
The GOP has been on a downward spiral since Newt Gringich was Speake fron '95-'99
Fla Dem
Jun 2019
#81