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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump is destroying the Republican Party
I guess it's entertaining, anyway.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)(not for pres ... just for destroying the repubs)
RKP5637
(67,030 posts)RKP5637
(67,030 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,079 posts)Donald Trump is doing nothing more than feeding his own bloated ego. Let's not give him too much credit.
randome
(34,845 posts)I've been saying for some time that we're ripe for a demagogue. I think we are lucky that an egotistical man-child got there first. He couldn't be doing this destructive dance if the GOP wasn't already in a weakened state.
Look at Reince Priebus. He is the epitome of a clueless manager who, when his back was turned, allowed Trump to step into the spotlight.
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randr
(12,408 posts)Licking the hands that feed them.
randr
(12,408 posts)Trump is amassing large numbers of disaffected voters across the political spectrum. Independents who are just looking for another authoritarian father figure, disenfranchised Democrats who have given up on Obama, and the 40% of Republicans who vote with their hatred against all things progressive.
Once the early primaries are over and Trump takes the throne the RNC etal will be on their knees begging for a seat at the table. Trump will welcome them claiming to be the GREATEST uniter in history.
We are going to witness the most formidable force of political might this country has ever lived through. Events, such as possible further terrorist attacks, around the world will build and shape this into a fire storm.
This is the reason Democrats need to be prepared and put forth the best candidate; one who is capable to deflect the hatred, amass large numbers of new voters, unite the minority groups that will lose everything in the event of a Republican Presidential victory, and give our nation a new vision of the future.
Do you think we have anyone who might just be able to do all that?
KentuckyWoman
(6,666 posts)And really what difference does it make? Those humans who make up the predator party will only cause mayhem under a new name.
What bothers me most is that progressive ideals have been so marginalized. There was a time when both parties had a progressive faction that had at least some voice. That voice has been buried under so many piles of money.....
But Corporations are people my friend.....
C_U_L8R
(44,889 posts)but it was fun in its final throes
former9thward
(31,798 posts)and Congress is not quite dead...
C_U_L8R
(44,889 posts)'cause they sure do smell like corpses