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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:37 PM Jul 2016

The Hope Is Trump Fatally Damages His Campaign/Takes Rest Of GOP With Him.

The hope is that Donald and his advisers fatally damage his run in some way they cannot recover from. And that damage also takes down a lot of GOPPERS even the ones who have stayed away from the convention.

You would think that what Trump and his ilk have already done would be enough to crash the GOP. Seems like the polls do not show that reality even though these polls are early. Trump would be like Hurricane Katrina on steroids politically if he were elected. Anyone with a brain could see such a storm coming. The problem is that there are too many people with no brain.

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The Hope Is Trump Fatally Damages His Campaign/Takes Rest Of GOP With Him. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Jul 2016 OP
He is frustrating yeoman6987 Jul 2016 #1
It's part of political division. For instance, I don't see how I could ever vote for a Republican... CrowCityDem Jul 2016 #2
" too many people with no brain" Hayduke Bomgarte Jul 2016 #3
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
1. He is frustrating
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:40 PM
Jul 2016

His political obituary has been written many times but came back to life. Maybe this is the final nail.

 

CrowCityDem

(2,348 posts)
2. It's part of political division. For instance, I don't see how I could ever vote for a Republican...
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:42 PM
Jul 2016

... even if the Dems were to nominate someone completely distasteful. So there's a solid block of 35-40% of the country that will vote for the proverbial ham sandwich, if the party nominated it. (The sandwich would be polling better)

Hayduke Bomgarte

(1,965 posts)
3. " too many people with no brain"
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 03:02 PM
Jul 2016

I am surrounded by such folks, here in central Illinois.

Of the ones I have acquaintance or some interactions with, the majority seem to be some combination of pretend xtian, teabagger, drumpfazoid, science denier, drooling shit-kicker or gun humper. The things they seem to have in common are the polished ability to parrot the RW noise machine and a compulsion to vote for anyone sporting that dreadful r by their name.

One such guy, a staunch union member who knows and often preaches on which party is the threat to his wages and benefits, his very way of life, how and why that party should be voted out of office, told me right after the '12 election that he'd been forced to vote for rMoney because *n-words* aren't ready for higher office... No brain indeed.

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