we all thought that about trumpism
even if long term that is indeed the case, got fucked over hard in the interim and the courts will still be there. You still have BOTH SIDES media which oh lord if they start letting that shit fly.
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So? That would happen with any R.
most current Râs arenât willing to go full blown nutter balls
Eh, fuck 'em.
handwaving away things that only 24% agree with is thatâs the main point of democracy
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The GOP has been staring down the barrel of Americaâs massive demographic shift ever since Bobby Jindalâs 2012 autopsy. They could have chosen the George W/Jeb! path of turning the GOP into a more inclusive, Hispanic-friendly party that could compete in the Southewest and the Midwest and Florida and even maybe Cali. That takes a whole lot of leadership to accomplish, but it could be done.
Instead, 2016 gave Republicans this perfect storm of a guy whoâs injecting speedball racism right into the Midwestâs dick and Dems who handed them the worst possible opponent and the GOP managed to win doing exactly the opposite of what their autopsy strategists recommended. Just mash the racism button as hard as you can and donât worry about the future.
Where do we go from here? Itâs hard for the GOP leadership to convince anyone that they need to change their ways after pulling off an incredible upset win in 2016. Plus, their news media has constructed an alternate-reality Murdochsphere in which the 2018 Blue Wave never happened and Trump is the Beloved Dear Leader with a 96% approval rate. I donât know what you do if youâre a GOP insider whoâs staring down the barrel of a landslide defeat. The MAGA cult is itching to shoot anyone who disparages Dear Leader. And weâre still just one polling error or massive fuckup away from another Trump victory. I donât think you can tell these MAGA addicts that they need help until they hit rock bottom, and theyâre a looooong way from that right now. Like, there are dozens of Trumpian guys who might run in 2024, how do you tell the base not to support them? I think someone like Tucker Carlson could mount a legit presidential campaign.
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Tucker would be the favorite to win the R nomination without a trump on it.
Theyâve now figured out that just being on TV a lot means youâre ahead because a lot more people know him than their own senator/congressperson/etc.
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I agree, but would he leave his show for it?
why would he have to do that?
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This might break him. Lindsey is a loyalist. He remained steadfast with McCain until his death and was rewarded with a place at his table until that moment. When Lindseyâs first-father passed, he transferred his loyalty to Trump. Heâs seemed unshakeable because heâs always had a narcissist to latch on to, but now that heâs been discarded, the man may leak like no one else.
lol touche
Tucker/Greenwald 2024 âAdam Schiff is a real jerkâ
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Fair point.
God damnit, that ad is giving me hope. Thereâs so many progressives getting involved and running now, it actually feels like we may be able to make real change here in the next decade or so
I donât get the pearl clutching about QAnon becoming main stream. There is no real difference between the GOP of the last 5 years and what Q boils down to: Democrats are the enemy. Everything they both do or supposedly stand for comes down to that. Whatâs the difference?
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Iâm fully prepared for the disappointment of a Lindsey Graham re-election.
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this. they are just getting dumber and less good at washington stuff. Gimme all the qanons over mcconnell.
The difference is that Qâs binding philosophy is that Ds are all pedophiles that need to be executed.
Oh, and in the past white supremacist terrorist attacks have escalated under D administrations (because terrorists know the govât is working against their goals under Ds). So we are fucked regardless of who wins the election.
Enjoy!
lol âObamagateâ
Seriously the dumbest shit imaginable and Lou Dobbs dutifully parrots it like an idiot
No, they think theyâre gonna win in a red wave and they donât need Lindsey.