2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Mitt on Netflicks, a deeply disturbing documentary [View all]AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Reagan.... the GOP "cardboard cutout" Prez 1.0. The 1st model of a Prez that actually is not doing anything but serving as a PR front-man and fund raiser. Others, unelected, will actually govern. The country is fooled.
Bush 1..... "cardboard cutout" Prez 1.2... some improvements....but not on the governing side.
Dubya.... "cardboard cutout" Prez 2.0.... almost perfection, but a little TOO far in the "I'm really not in charge" dept, still very effective in the fund raising dept. Unfortunately, as usual, they overstepped their bounds and people saw the grift, so Bush II was never actually elected and they had to go to plan B involving the Supreme Court and voter suppression coupled with 9/11 paranoia.
McCain.... might have been perfect 3.0 but for the Palin glitch brought on by a clueless attempt to match Hillary. Whew! that was close! But Palin was SUCH A BAD IDEA, that we even got a black man as prez.
Mittens..... still clueless and blinded by their prejudices, they just knew that black guy thing was just a fluke and would easily be crushed by a white, religious, "you too can be a rich as me (suckers)" guy with tons of money. This is why they simply couldn't "get" they were losing and lost.
Because they're still freaking out about the black guy.... their next choice will probably be even MORE clueless....if that's possible.
But still they'll be running a "cardboard cutout" Prez who's job is to leave the governing (such as it is in GOP land) to some unelected sociopath in another undisclosed location.
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