Denial, anger and revenge: By playing the “rigged election” card, Trump and his backers...

[DonViejo]

Denial, anger and revenge: By playing the “rigged election” card, Trump and his backers will wreak havoc on the U.S. after November

Trump's followers and the GOP will do everything to ensure that Clinton and America pays a price for her victory

HEATHER DIGBY PARTON

Back in the early 1980s Republicans convinced themselves that the Reagan Revolution had ushered in a thousand year reign. It was unimaginable that any Democrat could possibly be president now that the glory of Ronald had been bestowed upon America. So when Bill Clinton won in 1992 they simply refused to believe it. Republican leader Dick Armey openly declared that Clinton was not his President. In his 2003 book “The Natural” Joe Klein wrote:

From the beginning of his presidency, there was indeed the sense – radiating from the Gingrich wing of the Republican Party . . . that the new President was a usurper who had managed to hoodwink the American public. He was to be opposed at every turn, by any means necessary, and, if possible, destroyed.

They nearly succeeded. In fact, it was that belief in Clinton’s fundamental illegitimacy that propelled the scandal machine that dominated the era with the ultimate goal to force his resignation. They ended up impeaching him (and raising his approval rating to the high 60s in the process.)

However, when George W. Bush assumed the office under very dubious circumstances, they rejected all complaints from Democrats about the legitimacy of his presidency with a dismissive “get over it.” 9/11 pretty much put an end to any such complaints. Democrats rallied around the flag and that was that.

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http://www.salon.com/2016/08/10/denial-anger-and-revenge-by-playing-the-rigged-election-card-trump-and-his-backers-will-wreak-havoc-on-the-u-s-after-november/

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