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| Trump's Unintended Consequences: The Republican Party Reveals Itself |
| 2017-08-22 |
| h/t Gates of Vienna ...The Republican Party once was the party of conservatives. It still is the only place any conservative can be elected in today’s political world. So far. Unfortunately, the party of Reagan has disappeared. Trump did not make them disappear, but his improbable run, and win, has revealed who the party really is. And it ain’t pretty. It’s been apparent for a while that they are the stupid party. But I never thought they were this stupid. It’s been apparent for a long time they had Stockholm Syndrome. Captured by the left, they have been cowed into being spineless mushes afraid to be called names. But I never thought it was this bad. It’s been apparent for a while this is a party interested in taking a back seat, as long as they get money, perks, and some kind of fame. But I never thought it was this corrupt. Something has gone very wrong since Trump ascended. And it’s not him. He’s virtually the only one trying to do the right things. At this point, it’s clear we have a combination of sick factions in the GOP, and none of them give a damn about the party’s voters, none of them give a damn about the principles they claim to have stood for in the past years, and none of them have a clue about what they are doing. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #5 With Pavlovian precision, the Dems ring the racist bell and the republicans start barking out apologies. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2017-08-22 20:26 |
| #4 Trump was elected on a platform that included doing just this - not unintentional at all. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2017-08-22 19:27 |
| #3 Uniparty or Weimar Party. It's a tough choice what to tag them with. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-08-22 17:39 |
| #2 They have far more in common with the Democrats than they do the American people. Call them the Beltway Party, or the Uniparty, whatever. They don't represent the people who vote for them, that's for sure. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy7309 2017-08-22 16:18 |
| #1 Pigs at the trough. Nothing more to it, sadly. Except the traitorous ones like McStain. They do it just to show that they have power. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2017-08-22 15:41 |