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NanceGreggs

(27,835 posts)
13. All true.
Mon Mar 6, 2017, 10:48 PM
Mar 2017

But eventually, it comes down to the voters.

Voters who will lose their affordable healthcare coverage will opt out of their membership in the GOP choir. Voters who don't see their jobs come back as a result of Trump's campaign promises will be even more pissed-off than they already are. Voters who watch as their children's education deteriorates will learn a valuable lesson about who's on whose side. Voters who lose their life's savings due to being bankrupted by medical bills will not rush out to vote another Republi-cant into office.

I've been around long enough to hear the "Republican voters will never turn on their own party" meme over and over - and yet, they often do. It has to hit home, and it has to hurt - BIGLY! - and there's no doubt that it's going to.

Republican voters may not care about their POTUS being an ignorant asshole - but they DO care about the things that affect them personally.

They may never give a second thought to their fellow citizens' plight, but they DO care about their own.

If that were not the case, we would never have elected Obama, and there wouldn't be a single Democrat in office.

I have little faith in Republican voters doing the right thing by their country - but I have every confidence in their
ability to look out for themselves when it's been proven to them that their loyalty to the GOP has bitten them in their own asses.

And they are about to be bitten in every way imaginable.

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OK, GOP - Are You Embarrassed Yet? [View all] NanceGreggs Mar 2017 OP
Recommended. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #1
Literally 10s of people at cities all over the US lapfog_1 Mar 2017 #2
LOL! nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2017 #22
Those Repubs afflicted with the capability of embarrassment... dchill Mar 2017 #3
K&R... spanone Mar 2017 #4
Nance, you can't shame Republicans. You write good prose, but it means nothing to them. Eyeball_Kid Mar 2017 #5
Yep. Addicted to raw power and also live in an alternative universe with alternative facts Amaryllis Mar 2017 #7
All true. NanceGreggs Mar 2017 #13
A cult, not a Party.(NT) The Wizard Mar 2017 #23
Unless the *# *_%)&* hits their front door, reTHugs and their followers probably don't Doitnow Mar 2017 #44
Thank you for your thoughtful post. Delmette2.0 Mar 2017 #6
After Raygun, Shrub, Drumpt is logical conclusion for the Reich Wing. They want an kairos12 Mar 2017 #8
K&R brer cat Mar 2017 #9
K&R. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #10
I have the bad habit of never looking up who wrote the article I am reading Perseus Mar 2017 #11
I've come to the same conclusions as you. Excellent piece. notdarkyet Mar 2017 #12
That's gonna leave a mark... Raster Mar 2017 #14
I doubt it, seeing as they're incapable of feeling embarrassment or remorse. tenorly Mar 2017 #15
after the groping video the answer is "no" grantcart Mar 2017 #16
Yep. May I add, he could walk out onto Fifth Ave and shoot someone and not lose supporters. Missn-Hitch Mar 2017 #17
I think privately they're humiliated, but publicly they have to "toe the line". George II Mar 2017 #18
Is there no "crash and burn" in their eyes? ailsagirl Mar 2017 #40
Well I'm sure in the back of their minds they know that they have Pence waiting in the wings... George II Mar 2017 #43
Better not wait too long... ailsagirl Mar 2017 #50
Trump is the kind of leader we'd laugh at another country for having. n/t Beartracks Mar 2017 #19
Exactly! n/t NanceGreggs Mar 2017 #20
We already do Bettie Mar 2017 #29
Another Masterpiece Leith Mar 2017 #21
K And highly recommended. Nt raccoon Mar 2017 #24
Nailed it, Nance. narnian60 Mar 2017 #25
To put this in simple terms GWC58 Mar 2017 #26
The GOP leadership have their eyes on a prize BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #27
The "TBD" thing on SNL this week Freddie Mar 2017 #28
I love this, but it should have a wider audience Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2017 #30
They don't tend to read either.... mikeysnot Mar 2017 #35
True... that definitely makes it hard n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2017 #41
Too many big words. muntrv Mar 2017 #45
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Mar 2017 #31
Great post Nance Gothmog Mar 2017 #32
Not Yet DownriverDem Mar 2017 #33
They seem to be incapable of shame. drm604 Mar 2017 #34
As long as he keeps doing things to piss us off.. Amimnoch Mar 2017 #36
So very true. Absolutely nails it! maddiemom Mar 2017 #37
Just one!! eyeofnewt Mar 2017 #38
The Trumpsters I know are still in denial. Nitram Mar 2017 #39
k and r niyad Mar 2017 #42
butbutbut obama was WEAK, he did not wave his penis around the putin. pansypoo53219 Mar 2017 #46
Republicans fully backed him because he IS the perfect Patsy plus he's blackmailed by Russia. Sunlei Mar 2017 #47
NOTHING embarrasses the GOP Plucketeer Mar 2017 #48
That's a rhetorical question right? LiberalLovinLug Mar 2017 #49
They have no shame! anniebelle Mar 2017 #51
I read this outloud for the whole family proud patriot Mar 2017 #52
They still have to cram through their most extremist agenda in history Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #53
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