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WarGamer

(12,440 posts)

1. I disagree... slightly.

Reply to paulkienitz (Original post)

Wed Jun 1, 2022, 07:00 PM

Jun 2022

The Republicans NEVER liked the gruel they were served... not McCain, Romney, Dole or Shrub.

They pulled the lever because they were NOT Democrats.

THIS was the principle that the neo-cons relied upon.

Trump came along and burst the neo-con bubble, playing directly to the knuckle dragging base.

This is also WHY the Shrub family, Cheneys and the "never trumpers" hate Trump...

He destroyed the neo-con "Reich"

They wanted 100% undiluted hate and venom and Trump served it up. The first candidate EVER to do so.

The GOP will NEVER go back to being a Party of Romney, Paul Ryan, McCain, Sasse or Flake.

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Trump was exactly what the GOP had wanted all along. [View all] paulkienitz Jun 2022 OP

I disagree... slightly. WarGamer Jun 2022 #1

Reagan really got the ball rolling on hate Novara Jun 2022 #2

Exactly. paulkienitz Jun 2022 #4

T***P was their answer to President Obama... Baked Potato Jun 2022 #3

As it was in the beginning .... usonian Jun 2022 #5

a lil addendum paulkienitz Jun 2022 #6