Trump shits in his supporters' mouths and they think it is ice cream.

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7. we will not win if we fight last year's battle

the time to win with our party & principles was more than 5 weeks ago
when 2018, let alone 2020, rolls around, we will be lucky to have a functioning democracy at all
going forward, everything is in flux -- basic principles of civility that have been with us for a century or more are going out the window

the people who, as you say, were duped would probably tell you that they were already getting duped by politicians for their whole lives, empty promises from genteel people with ivy league pedigrees and golden tongues who only pretended to care about them while feathering their own nests. finally they have their chosen leader -- someone who is openly blackhearted, misanthropic, obviously gives zero shits, but will fuck with EVERYONE including whichever people annoy them most. they'll revel in the lies because they're used to being lied to, and happily join in the persecution of "the other", whoever that happens to be at the time.

this isn't pragmatism or self interest at work, it's retribution. we are about to see America's full potential for ugliness revealed on a scale few could have imagined 10 years ago.

i don't know how to fight back successfully, but i don't see much hope in telling Trumpists they made a mistake.