Repub candidates have been pushed continually to the right; angrier, more extreme, more intolerant

[Maru Kitteh]

Since the dawn of the century at least, Republican candidates have been pushed harder and harder by their electorate to embrace the angry and frightened (mostly male) white voter, with ever increasing displays of intolerance for the positions or plights of minorities, immigrants and women.

Accordingly and for obvious reason, their numbers among minorities and women have been falling like a stone. Who stays with the "binder full of women" party whose nominee this year says that women subject to workplace harassment should just get themselves a new career? Who stays to put up with a party that nominates a man found guilty twice of discriminating against black tenants and says that BLM protestors at his rallies should be "roughed up?" Who stays with the party who nominates a man who says that most people from Mexico are "rapists?"

I know we're not past this election cycle. Really I do - but I still have to ask; when Cheeto looses, who on Earth are these cretins going to nominate next? Will they have to just jump straight to David Duke in 2020? It's a scary thought.

[tonyt53]

1. Nah, they'll go back to playing army in the woods while wearing camo and drawing SS disability

[Jade Fox]

2. "The truth is, these are not very bright guys." Deep Throat

Recently, I keep thinking of this quote from All The President's Men.

The irony is the Republican Party did a lot to insure the election of the first black President of the United States by stealing two elections for idiot boy George Bush, and then nominating the monstrously unqualified Sarah Pallin for Veep in 2008.

Now, we are about to elect the first female President, due in no small part to the idiotic Republican nomination of blow-hard psycho Donald Trump. While I am no huge fan of HRC, the feminist in me can't help but do a little dance.

Until the GOP can get the guts to ignore the hideous Tea-Party component of their base, they will continue to lose Presidential elections. They do well in Mid-Term elections mostly due to low voter turn out. (That has to change!)

[Maru Kitteh]

3. Agree completely on our mid-term turnouts! We have to do better.

I hope HRC has the opportunity to allow you to become a "huge fan" for what it's worth, I'm a 1000% on board with electing as many strong-left liberals as possible to the House and Senate, as I see this as the best way to grow our party and change the nation for the better. I also think that such a House and Senate would allow HRC to act on her very liberal impulses. I know that is a great surprise to some, but she in fact is very liberal.

The right-wing repukes hate her like no other for a reason, and it's not just because she's a woman.

[yurbud]

4. the problem with this strategy is there's no way to back down

they can't hold on to the base of angry, frightened white people and pick up anyone else.

I have a feeling the migration to the Democratic Party of corrupt, corporate owned Republicans who are nonetheless not insane will accelerate, and the GOP will become a minor party of elderly cranks.

By the next presidential election, there will probably be a new party to the left of the Democrats to take the place of the GOP as the loyal opposition.