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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Republicans Are Falling In Behind Trump - They Think They Can Control Him
As we get closer and closer to the election, we have Rience Priebus imploring Republicans to fall into line behind Donald Trump even as Trump makes wilder and wilder conspiracy theories and doubles down on his racist, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric. Perhaps they feel safe that Pence as VP and Constitutional limitations, they can control Trump and perhaps even use him as a tool to roll back regulation and undercut Democratic support.
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/named.htm
Papen and many non-Nazis thought having Hitler as chancellor was to their advantage. Conservative members of the former aristocratic ruling class desired an end to the republic and a return to an authoritarian government that would restore Germany to glory and bring back their old privileges. They wanted to go back to the days of the Kaiser. For them, putting Hitler in power was just the first step toward achieving that goal. They knew it was likely he would wreck the republic. Then once the republic was abolished, they could put in someone of their own choosing, perhaps even a descendant of the Kaiser.
Big bankers and industrialists, including Krupp and I. G. Farben, had lobbied Hindenburg and schemed behind the scenes on behalf of Hitler because they were convinced he would be good for business. He promised to be for free enterprise and keep down Communism and the trade union movements.
The military also placed its bet on Hitler, believing his repeated promises to tear up the Treaty of Versailles and expand the Army and bring back its former glory.
They all had one thing in common they underestimated Hitler.
madaboutharry
(40,151 posts)I think there are many voters who actually agree with him.
DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)what do i think of his supporters. i doubt they watch CNN or MSNBC -- probably faux news. i think there the type of people who watch stupid reality shows.
like trump said "i love the uneducated".
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)if by some dystopian dream Tr*ump were to win.
For establishment Repubs, Pence is really the one running for president. They're ok with that.
And in the meantime, Pence, with his ultra-Christian-conservative leanings, flies well below the radar...
TomCADem
(17,378 posts)...and remember that Hidenberg and other German business affiliated leaders thought they could remove Hitler. He was supposed to be a useful idiot to attack unions and communists, which was the point of the cartoon above.
spanone
(135,635 posts)MurrayDelph
(5,281 posts)They thought they would control the Tea Partiers. Now they have to kiss their collective asses.
They keep pushing the "Enemy of my Enemy" canard, and are constantly surprised when enemy-squared turns I them once they are no longer useful.