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Mike 03

(16,616 posts)

8. Kicking

Reply to berni_mccoy (Original post)

Wed Aug 12, 2020, 12:49 PM

Aug 2020

I get the same feeling. Seeing them drag Kellyanne Conway out of her crypt and hearing her comments, seeing the ridiculous froth they are attempting to throw at Kamala Harris, blowing harmlessly back in their faces. They seem spent, totally exhausted. And it's embarrassing, quite frankly.

"If this is how he wants to go out, this is how he goes out" - Network

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We Are Witnessing The Death Throes of The GOP [View all] berni_mccoy Aug 2020 OP

Hope you're right, but I think it is supposed to be "throes"... Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #1

Damn berni_mccoy Aug 2020 #4

Yes, except for the fleece ones. n/t sl8 Aug 2020 #24

I sure hope you're right! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2020 #2

Throes. But if I could throw them far away I'd do that too. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #3

lol, thanks. berni_mccoy Aug 2020 #5

schism maybe, not death...conservativism will require a party, conservatism is not going to die. Thomas Hurt Aug 2020 #6

Yes, but it may be forever split into two parties berni_mccoy Aug 2020 #10

I think you're probably right BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #7

Kicking Mike 03 Aug 2020 #8

Excellent insight Cicada Aug 2020 #9

I've been hearing this line for years eissa Aug 2020 #11

And there's never been any truth to it Awsi Dooger Aug 2020 #29

Until people who vote for GOP candidates stop doing it it's not going anywhere. HotTeaBag Aug 2020 #12

The gop and their dismal failure to come to the aid of this Country will never be forgotten. SWBTATTReg Aug 2020 #13

Counterpoint: the American Voter has the memory of a gnat. maxsolomon Aug 2020 #20

Hardly DFW Aug 2020 #14

We said this in 2016 RhodeIslandOne Aug 2020 #15

Don't underestimate the number of idiots out there. CentralMass Aug 2020 #16

I hope you're right, but fear it will take another 1-3 cycles to do the job Fiendish Thingy Aug 2020 #17

Polish up the casket; gas up the hearse Blue Owl Aug 2020 #18

If the landslide is as large as we think, this will shatter the GOP for a decade everywhere beachbumbob Aug 2020 #19

I don't see it. They are just doing what they always do. Kablooie Aug 2020 #21

It's not a party concerned with Democracy and votes anymore. Johnny2X2X Aug 2020 #22

In 1998, when Obama was elected... Thunderbeast Aug 2020 #23

i remember saying the same thing in 2005-2008 SiliconValley_Dem Aug 2020 #25

Sorry, but no Saboburns Aug 2020 #26

No. As long as oligarchs are able to own the GOP with the money ... Brother Mythos Aug 2020 #27

Since Eisenhower became President and white evangelicals began taking octoberlib Aug 2020 #28

Eighty-three days until November 3rd peggysue2 Aug 2020 #30

lmao @ all their conflicting messaging: Black, but not black; ecstatic Aug 2020 #31

*sigh* sarisataka Aug 2020 #32

Until we see an exodus to another party, we are not seeing the death of the GOP apnu Aug 2020 #33