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oldsoftie

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27. But the mindset of the GOP as a whole was the same under Bush, Reagan etc.
Mon Nov 21, 2022, 09:49 AM
Nov 2022

And we didnt have these insane candidates that we've seen the past few yrs. The "tea party" was a thing for awhile, but they flamed out too. TRUMP made insanity cool to some people. Those people always felt what they felt, but they just bitched to their friends about it. With trump gone they'll slither back under their rocks. Not all of them, no. But enough to make them quietly irrelevant. I know what we all think of DeSantis, but I just don't see him trying to just take trumps place by acting just like him. Most surprising to me was Pompeo at this weekends Vegas convention. Pompeo was a trump guy all the way & HE said "we were told there would be so much winning that we'd be tired of winning. Well I'm tired of LOSING". I could see it out of Chrisite or Sununu but never thought I'd see it out of him. Thats a big change. Maybe I'm just too optimistic

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I hope they nab them all. GreenWave Nov 2022 #1
But they're just joking! old guy Nov 2022 #2
cue the music orthoclad Nov 2022 #8
K&R Solly Mack Nov 2022 #3
"A lot of irate people out there" gratuitous Nov 2022 #4
No, because they consider all election workers traitors unless louis-t Nov 2022 #5
Thats exactly it. This weekends meeting in Vegas shows its cracking tho oldsoftie Nov 2022 #15
Gates is a Republican AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2022 #7
No one is safe from these dickheads. SergeStorms Nov 2022 #20
incipient fascism DBoon Nov 2022 #6
What strikes me, orthoclad Nov 2022 #9
Eating their own yankee87 Nov 2022 #10
It's not falling apart, orthoclad Nov 2022 #11
It's not gaining traction. Elessar Zappa Nov 2022 #12
+1 yankee87 Nov 2022 #13
Just wait orangecrush Nov 2022 #16
Yes. I'm waiting. orthoclad Nov 2022 #23
Let me know orangecrush Nov 2022 #28
No, trumpism IS weakening. They're not as scared to criticize now. oldsoftie Nov 2022 #17
Trump is just one of many orthoclad Nov 2022 #22
But the mindset of the GOP as a whole was the same under Bush, Reagan etc. oldsoftie Nov 2022 #27
The Tea Party didn't flame out orthoclad Nov 2022 #30
Lake is no innocent and is guilty of terrorist threats IMO PufPuf23 Nov 2022 #14
Fuckers can't Win so they Cheat & Cha Nov 2022 #18
Yes. What do they understand? orthoclad Nov 2022 #24
Right out of the orange mob boss's playbook. Mein Kampf is his fave. Says it all, really. nt Evolve Dammit Nov 2022 #19
His favorite wasn't Mein Kampf Genki Hikari Nov 2022 #21
You are correct. My mistake. Still Hitler though Evolve Dammit Nov 2022 #29
You mean he read a BOOK? A whole book? oldsoftie Nov 2022 #31
Ridiculous that he even needs to have security detail bc of the whackjobs FlyingPiggy Nov 2022 #25
Stuff like this will continue to happen until we lock up these domestic terrorists & the politicans FSogol Nov 2022 #26
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