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In reply to the discussion: The Rise of Donald Trump is a big flashing neon sign that something is very wrong in this country [View all]Warren DeMontague
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playing footsie with them by throwing them bits of thinly veiled xenophobic or theocratic red rhetorical meat, but in reality mostly just looking out for the club for growth wing.
And those two interests collide spectacularly over immigration, because the Forbses and Norquists and Wills and Romneys are perfectly happy to have a bottomless supply of undocumented cheap labor that can be paid off the books without benefits and live on the margins of society.
But for whatever reason, this time around the base wasn't buying the normal placating sound bites, not when someone showed up and actually started saying all the fucked up shit they believe, out LOUD.
So no, there's not something wrong in this country, because Trump is likely going to lose, HARD. There's something wrong the GOP, but there has been for a long time. The zit is just finally ready to pop.