The more I think about it. . .

[matt819]

The more I think the conspiracy theorists have it right this time 'round.

Trump has no intention to serve as president. If elected, he will resign within a year and hand the reins over to Pence, who may be even more dangerous than Trump. Look at the RNC platform. Once you get beyond the homophobia and Christian zealotry, it's a handover of the federal government to the Koch brothers, who I will bet are funding this campaign fully. Think about this. These two men are undoubtedly going to spend well into the 9 figures - hundreds of millions of dollars - to do one thing - smear Hillary. In contrast to the thousands of non-existent Muslims who cheered the 9/11 attacks in New Jersey, you know full well that thousands of RWers are going to cheer terrorist attacks worldwide because it falls in line with their "carpet bombing Muslims" approach to world diplomacy. What else explains the utter lack of a campaign infrastructure? What else explains Trump's recent assertion that he has no plans to "pivot" for the general election.

Yeah, yeah, I know. It's all about GOTV. Absolutely right. And I also know that my wife shows me the electoral college projects on RCP (or 538 - can't remember which) every night to reassure me that all will be well. But this is getting more and more frightening. And I saw in my local indy bookstore that a publisher has come out with a reprint of "It Can't Happen Here." Even if it doesn't happen here during this election, the die has been cast, and, and to continue bad metaphors, the genie cannot be stuffed back into the lamp.

[villager]

1. It's taken them *this* long to reprint "It Can't Happen Here?"

They should have been out with that after the Cheney/Bush ticket stole the '00 election.

[Vilis Veritas]

7. I read my first edition once a year.

To remind myself that it can happen here.

Might have to get the reprint and save my precious original...lol.

[Txbluedog]

2. The frightening thing about this is that it will eventually happen

It might not be this election cycle but they will eventually find another Bush/Cheney combo they can sell to the American people.

[randome]

3. No, the GOP is currently operating in a random, uncoordinated fashion.

They have no plans, no strategy. Which is how someone as inept as Trump can sometimes rise to the top of the compost heap. But he's still in a compost heap and I don't see that as changing.

Bush Jr, Palin, Romney, now Trump. See the pattern?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"If you're bored then you're boring." -Harvey Danger[/center][/font][hr]

[Maru Kitteh]

5. I do agree that it's going to take a generation for them to walk out of the wilderness

If the GOP does not collapse and vanish altogether. But the tendency towards open and overt populism/white nationalism is real, and decidedly unsavory.

[Maru Kitteh]

4. My dad (52yo when I was born!) fought in WWII, at a very young age, I got

a very long, very serious talk about the fact that it CAN happen here. He was among the first teams to come in and clean up the concentration camps. He spoke about his experiences less than a handful of times before he passed. Letting the horror in was just too difficult.

He woke up screaming at least 2-3 times a month for the rest of his life; which in turn of course affected me. There is nothing so terrifying to a small child as waking in the middle of the night to hear the strongest man in the world screaming in horror and fear.

[Snotcicles]

6. K&R................I think you are onto something matt819. nt