What has become of the Republican Party?

[Hesychios]

Originally Posted by RebelManiac

I am doing better under Trump than I did under Obama or Bush....I don't expect the government to GIVE me money. They are making it POSSIBLE for me to go out and provide for my family. That's all I want.

Good luck with that ...

[Clarallel]

Originally Posted by Frihed89

I don't understand why even the conservative Republicans seem to be so afraid of Trump. His electoral majority was based on a stronger than expected conservative Republican vote in swing states + marginal "angry old men" voters that put him over the top. Conservative Republicans vastly outnumber the angry old men, but Trump has created the illusion that his strongest supporters are a majority. They are not.

Good point. I'll guess that their fear is based on the awareness of Trump's vindictiveness. Trump has money, and the worst possibly kind of bully pulpit, with rabid followers. His utter flouting of traditional behavioral norms make him hard to counter, with his coarse insults and flagrant lies. It's a real problem.




Originally Posted by Clarallel

Of course, it's hard to take any poster seriously when he resorts to dumb slurs like "Obozo."

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

this coming from someone who called bush a shrub, and trump and orange umpalumpa…

pot meet fire

Excuse me? Could you please point out anywhere, anywhere at all, that I've used those terms?

Either you have me confused with someone else, or else you're knowingly lying, in the Trump mode.

[Tokinouta]

Originally Posted by OrangeHudson

Indeed. Trump is just the accumulation of everything they have been doing for 3 decades with the rise of AM right wing radio then Fox News and then these hate right wing rag websites (who have the audacity to call themselves "journalism"). Like you said it's all about using fear and emotion and I see this all the time from the Trump cult here on CD. The cult believes only white straight (Republican) Christians deserve any rights (these are the true patriots of the country) + as long as I got mine FU + scr*w you all.

What you purposed is not possible. The truth was Trump had votes from everywhere. Bernie supporters, Democrats, and Republicans. Some Republicans voted for Hilary, just to show they opposed Trump.

Normally, Dems have numbers to put them in the bag at election time but not this time, a Republican won because he wasn't really a Republican. Trump won on being a populist, and that includes people who would vote either way or don't vote at all.

Trump is what you get when half the country is disillusioned by the government as a whole, both parties and then some. It's a sign that our government has been corrupt for a long time.

It was a unique election, and more of a "F" you to the country that I frankly think we deserved. Hopefully, we listened, but as of yet, I have my doubts.