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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnn Coulter: "After this, the country is never going to elect a Republican president again."
Florida and Texas are about five years away from turning solid blue. Trump was our last chance. After this, the country is never going to elect a Republican president again.
So the next time you watch one of those election night videos, remember: If Trump doesn't keep his immigration promises, Hillary might as well have won.
Trump will leave no legacy whatsoever. Without a wall, he will only be remembered as a small cartoon figure who briefly inflamed and amused the rabble.
[link:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/11/30/1816197/-Ann-Coulter-After-this-the-country-is-never-going-to-elect-a-Republican-president-again|
Rats and ships come to mind...
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)machoneman
(4,006 posts)"Trump will leave no legacy whatsoever. Without a wall, he will only be remembered as a small cartoon figure who briefly inflamed and amused the rabble."
Hah! Truer words were never spoken!
Marcuse
(7,478 posts)GWC58
(2,678 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)nolabear
(41,959 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,321 posts)Daddy's Boy Donnie is a wrecking ball that more competent yet equally vile GOPers use. The destruction is the legacy of the entire Republican party.
MontanaMama
(23,307 posts)Big Con. Big Mac. Big Mouth. Big Traitor.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)the wall is a distraction
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)judges, and it depressing to see that Trump selected more in less than two years than Obama did in eight. McConnell was masterful in his evilness.
I wonder if the country will ever recover.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)federal judges can be impeached and takes 67 senate votes and its possible for democrats to achievethat number in 2022 and then we apply the fact that 2016 was an invalid election and ALL federal judges appointed by trump be removed from office.
fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)A meteor striking a joint session of congress is a bit more likely.
Then we'll have a real life version of designated survivor.
MiniMe
(21,714 posts)Caliman73
(11,730 posts)A very important one for the White Supremacists who are Trump's and the GOP's base. They enjoy hearing and seeing Trump demean people of color and denigrate immigrants and refugees from "those" countries. The wall however, is a very important symbol. It is a visible sign of the closing of the Southern border against the brown people. You have to remember that to the base, who are not very intellectual and are highly emotionally activated, the wall is more than just a wall. It is Trump standing up to inferior races and protecting them.
I agree 100% that the real danger is in all the super right wing judges he is appointing but Coulter is talking about the base of the party.
elocs
(22,566 posts)bought into the Big Lie: that there was no difference between Trump and Clinton so it didn't matter if you even voted or voted for a 3rd party candidate?
Isn't it sad to know and realize that the nightmare of these past 2 years never needed to happen at all?
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,321 posts)It wasn't just those on the left who were duped; the entire spectrum fell victim to the false equivalencies hammered by corporate media, including NYT, but with tv the worst offender.
One report on this, from June, 2016:
https://www.thenation.com/article/how-false-equivalence-is-distorting-the-2016-election-coverage/
Another from August, 2016:
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-08-30/stop-the-false-media-balance-between-trump-and-clinton
oasis
(49,376 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,666 posts)Unfortunately, he leaves a legacy of ugly division, irreparable climate change and complete undermining of confidence in government and a free press.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)is kill off the damn Republican party.
Sorry Abe, it was all downhill after you.
FakeNoose
(32,628 posts)... they aren't going away even if we've reached the end of the Republican Party. If conservative rightwingers believe they can no longer get elected democratically, then they'll find a way to do it un-democratically. And I think that's what we've seen them doing in the last 10 years. This really isn't about Trump either, because they will disavow him pretty quickly once he goes down.
safeinOhio
(32,673 posts)I will if you get married and have some kids.
MrsCoffee
(5,801 posts)But this one takes the cake.
safeinOhio
(32,673 posts)tanyev
(42,550 posts)Last edited Sat Dec 1, 2018, 12:51 PM - Edit history (1)
No?
Renew Deal
(81,855 posts)Future generations will remove it
mnmoderatedem
(3,724 posts)you're the assholes who propped him up, nominated him, elected him, constantly clean up his messes and make excuses for him, never hold him accountable for anything, and cover up every one of his misdeeds.
And the shit show we have now is a direct result of that.
underpants
(182,767 posts)oswaldactedalone
(3,490 posts)Is the bigger shitstain on America, Coulter or Dump.
eppur_se_muova
(36,259 posts)JDC
(10,125 posts)Turbineguy
(37,317 posts)she would like anyway.
dsc
(52,155 posts)but after Bush all but destroyed the country (worst economy since the 1930's, two wars we are still fighting, ruined rep around the world) it took two years for the GOP to get the House back, 6 to get the Senate, and 8 to get the White House. Latinix voters will eventually become more 50/50 voters as the GOP decides to start being decent to them. They aren't all that more liberal on issues than whites.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I looked at the county by county splits in Florida, even in red counties, Gillum, a Black man, ran much better that I expected. I would have thought that his race would have been a heavy lift in heavily White conservative counties.
The urban areas of Florida are expanding, just like California around 15 years ago. If we get more advanced industry to keep educated young people here, the state should be blue in about the time you mentioned.
I believe that DeSantis is going to be an absolute disaster as governor, that should elect a democrat in four year, and after that it is all up for the Democratic Party in Florida. I think that DeSantis will be a Claude Kirk type governor, after Kirk, Florida elected something like 24 years worth of democratic governors until republicans reversed the trend to mostly republican.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Overall though, Texas is trending blue and there's just no stopping it. Even before it does the GOP position is going to become untenable. Every dollar spent keeping Texas red means one less dollar in another state.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Insures death to the modern Republican Party.
MineralMan
(146,286 posts)Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)Here he is convicting witches for years and he lets this one keep flying around curdling the milk and scaring the children. He better get his act together.
Note: Sarcasm. No offense intended to any real witches. They don't do that stuff.
moose65
(3,166 posts)underpants
(182,767 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)'There is a tale of the unfortunate equerry who ventured during dinner at Windsor to tell a story with a spice of scandal or impropriety in it. "We are not amused," said the Queen when he had finished.'
tavernier
(12,377 posts)There are many more cheats and liars and plain old gullible dumbasses (QAnon for instance) in this country than I ever thought possible.
The plus on our side though is that there are intelligent people over there who care about the planet, hate the lies and embarrassment, who have left and will leave sooner or later. I doubt that most will join the Dem party, but there will be a real split at the GOP.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)The more we do to combat voter suppression the more adjustments the Republican Party will need to make to its party platform/policy/rhetoric.
Republicans will be in serious trouble if Florida and Texas become reliably blue states. They can't continue their rightward shift forever. Social evolution and demographics won't allow it.
Republicans will do all they can to divide and conquer the Latino population, and cause division between the Latino population and the African American population. It's important that social movements and the Democratic Party prevent that from happening.
rampartc
(5,403 posts)they can go. they are already at inquisition levels of stupidity and nothing would surprise me.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)Kaleva
(36,294 posts)She's saying that Trump will be the last Repub elected president and if he doesn't get the wall built, it never will be. She's not saying that if the wall is built, Texas and Florida will remain red.
moose65
(3,166 posts)Cant the Coultergeist just please slink off in her stilettos and hoochie dresses and leave us alone? Please pretty please?!?! 😁
struggle4progress
(118,275 posts)Xolodno
(6,390 posts)...because they have a wall and we don't.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,916 posts)Initech
(100,063 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,369 posts)DFW
(54,341 posts)We didn't elect W in 2000 (probably not in 2004, either), and we sure as hell didn't elect the Donald two years ago.
So, while she may be technically correct that we will never ELECT another Republican president again, we will undoubtedly have plenty of them. The machinery is in place, and it works.
Thekaspervote
(32,754 posts)GWC58
(2,678 posts)Republican president just might be worse than 45. And much more intelligent in a devious way. Shudder 😳😱 the moment!