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17. Unfortunately, half of this country doesn't have a problem with this:

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 12:18 AM

Dec 2015

“There’s nothing, no matter how jingoistic or xenophobic, extreme or warlike that can’t be expressed in public and with pride by a Republican presidential candidate.”

All you need is a weak candidate from the Democratic Party and any megalomaniac cretin they run can win handily. Then we're only a Reichstag fire away from fascism. I can easily see Trump as the type who would dispatch his enemies swiftly. I don't see either Trump or Cruz as a punchline; I see them as a serious threat.

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Bill Moyers - The GOP on the Eve of Destruction [View all] OxQQme Dec 2015 OP

God, I hope he's right. thucythucy Dec 2015 #1

Off to the greatest page with you! lindysalsagal Dec 2015 #2

Wish I could rec this a hundred times. hifiguy Dec 2015 #3

Excellent! Thank you once again Mr. Moyers. K&R. n/t veness Dec 2015 #4

The problem is that THEY will just refuse to accept their demise SoCalDem Dec 2015 #5

Or more simply put; a coalition of the greedy, the hateful and the stupid corkhead Dec 2015 #12

Is it their demise or our demise? Generic Brad Dec 2015 #6

By all rights it should have been their demise after Obama beat them in 2008 DJ13 Dec 2015 #7

And they will still carry 35-40% of the vote. Feeling the Bern Dec 2015 #8

By all rights the Republican Party should have gone away in 1964. Doc_Technical Dec 2015 #9

pray for trump mikehiggins Dec 2015 #10

Eve of Destruction spanone Dec 2015 #11

Really? Livluvgrow Dec 2015 #13

Our opening now are the statewide races. longship Dec 2015 #15

The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated Loudestlib Dec 2015 #14

Damn! That is a good read. A polemic. longship Dec 2015 #16

Unfortunately, half of this country doesn't have a problem with this: Not Sure Dec 2015 #17

This was from "The Newsroom" a few years ago...it was right then as it is now. Moostache Dec 2015 #18

K&R fbc Dec 2015 #19