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Xolodno

(7,338 posts)
17. It can, but don't expect it from within.
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 03:45 PM
Feb 2020

And expect it from California.

The GOP is basically no longer viable here, areas have turned blue leaving only hard red areas that goose step to Trump's orders. Sooner or later, they won't bother voting, because California nationally is reliable blue and Sacramento will give them token acknowledgement. And then the Republican voters won't bother showing up.

Which then makes them ripe for a takeover. Sooner or later, people are going to get frustrated with Sacramento, but they won't vote for the GOP when its run by extremist. So moderate Dem's may infiltrate and then take control of the GOP in the bluest of areas as there essentially won't be any real GOP party. They will get party funds and moderate donors. Move the Party's platform left in that state, then boom.

After that, other blue states will follow. And eventually, they get enough power to rewrite the GOP Platform....to the dismay of states like Alabama.

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Do you want my honest opinion? at140 Feb 2020 #1
But do they abandon their base, their core, of racists? guillaumeb Feb 2020 #2
From the republicans I have come across, they are at140 Feb 2020 #4
But they tolerate and encourage the racists. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #6
Their selfishness comes across as racist behavior at140 Feb 2020 #10
And while they are wiling to cut some types of aid, guillaumeb Feb 2020 #13
Correct...the corporations received whopping 40% taxcut, pushed by Trump at140 Feb 2020 #23
Please do not discount the racism that Dan Feb 2020 #29
Of course there are racists among republicans at140 Feb 2020 #34
We can change them: Make them small enough to drown in a bathtub. lagomorph777 Feb 2020 #24
The Republican Party has trended towards degeneracy for my whole life Politicub Feb 2020 #3
Nor do I. And that is a very sad thing. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #5
If the voting public harshly punished them for several elections in a row... TwilightZone Feb 2020 #7
A great answer. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #8
The Democratic Party needs to stop covering for them, because their mask is already off now. WyattKansas Feb 2020 #9
I think it is starting. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #11
Republicans have made it very clear that they obey NO rules. WyattKansas Feb 2020 #16
It will change when the last white racist finally dies Nature Man Feb 2020 #12
So, never. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #14
media and messaging jr1118x Feb 2020 #15
The US media, contrary to right wing lies, is owned by the right. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #18
It can, but don't expect it from within. Xolodno Feb 2020 #17
Making, in essence, a fringe Party. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #19
There's an old joke about a mule and a two-by-four gratuitous Feb 2020 #20
At this point, their strategy involves cheating. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #21
I think that's true gratuitous Feb 2020 #30
I think that 2018 was the first act. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #32
could they change to just sucking instead of being fascist assholes? Skittles Feb 2020 #22
Many of them are authoritarians. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #25
No and no. liberaltrucker Feb 2020 #26
A funny bumper sticker. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #27
Of course I am. liberaltrucker Feb 2020 #28
No. I wouldn't want to solve their problem for them. pwb Feb 2020 #31
The Love canal? eom guillaumeb Feb 2020 #33
The party of greed and racism? moondust Feb 2020 #35
A very good summary. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #36
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