BTRTN: Democrats Oppose Republicans, But Republicans Oppose Democracy

[reggieandlee]

Born To Run The Numbers on the apparent long-term game plan of the Republican Party:

http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2021/03/btrtn-democrats-oppose-republicans-but.html

Excerpts: "But Donald Trump’s focus as President was never on policy or principle. He never thought for five minutes about the pandemic, healthcare, global relations, or even on building the border wall that was so central to his campaign.The focus of his Presidency was a trial and error process of learning how to undermine the institutions of our democracy so that he could retain the power of the Presidency, all for the apparent purposes of lining his pockets, building his brand, and (last but by no means least) keeping himself and his family out of jail. But the playbook he authored to that purpose could well become the game plan that the next – and likely more competent – Trump wannabee uses to secure the Republican nomination, retake the White House, and succeed where Trump failed in destroying our democracy to seize permanent control...
"Perhaps it is as simple as this: the Republican Party knows that it had already been shrinking due to changing American demographics, and now its mandatory pledge of loyalty to the Donald is alienating centrists. As the party gets smaller, its only hope for long-term power is to radically truncate access to the vote among traditional Democratic voting groups, win in 2024, and then use the machinery of government to crush the institutions of democracy. Yes, the fundamental problem in our country right now is that the Democratic Party believes that their opposition is the Republican Party, but the Republican Party believes that its opponent is democracy itself...
"It only took a marginal intellect like Donald Trump four years to figure out how to become Putin-by-the-Potomac, and if he – or Cruz, Hawley, Pompeo, of Don Jr. -- manages to secure the White House for another four years, they now know how to finish the job.

[tgards79]

1. This one is a must read...