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peggysue2

(10,828 posts)
Wed Nov 8, 2017, 02:20 PM Nov 2017

Redstate is Having a Sad

I would assume this applies to other Republican/Conservative sites but Redstate was pointed out as a discussion point on last night's Democratic wins--Never Trumpers. Yes, that's right. It's the small but vocal band of Republican anti-Trump people who doomed Gillespie and other fellow GOP candidates. According to the spin, Rick Wilson, Jennifer Rubin, David Frum et al are secret, rabid wolves within the pack, quasi-Democrats who deliberately sabotaged the elections that swept Dems to victory.

Really?

I suppose we should be applauding this craziness; it works for us. But I think it also underscores the recalcitrant nature of people like Laura Ingram who holds fast to the notion that Republicans lost because they did not embrace Trump and his odious message hard enough. As I read online this morning, this argument is analogous to claiming a two-pack smoking habit will prevent cancer.

It won't. It doesn't. Because evidence and . . .

Everything Trump Touches Dies.

Someone had a clever headline this morning: Grab 'em by the mid-terms.

LOL. But it rings with truth. We ride this wave--and that's what it is--right into the mid-terms. We allow the far-right whackos set themselves on fire, rather than our lives, our futures. If the Trumpsters want to believe the foolish message that Trump and his God awful agenda is blameless, we let them, while rousing are own electorate and underscoring our message:

We Stand With All Americans.

And then, we win!

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Redstate is Having a Sad (Original Post) peggysue2 Nov 2017 OP
Yeah, hang on to that excuse, crazy lady. louis-t Nov 2017 #1
Grab 'em by the mid-terms. AmandaRuth Nov 2017 #2
Not mine. peggysue2 Nov 2017 #4
Grab 'em by the mid-terms. CrispyQ Nov 2017 #3
Trump is an A#1 fuck up, you can tell him from a mile away uponit7771 Nov 2017 #5

AmandaRuth

(3,105 posts)
2. Grab 'em by the mid-terms.
Wed Nov 8, 2017, 03:02 PM
Nov 2017

stealing using

He is absolutely toxic. I expect the R's will deal with this somehow. I'm sure the biggest R's mucky mucks are in some dark lounge discussing it now.

peggysue2

(10,828 posts)
4. Not mine.
Wed Nov 8, 2017, 04:30 PM
Nov 2017

I read it on the DU's board this morning. Sorry, can't remember the original poster.

Immediately, I thought . . . now that's funny and clever. Winning combination.

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