The Trump era is over, and the country is demanding action

[signalmankenneth]

Any of you Trump ass-wipes still support this loser?!!

I fear Michael Gerson’s thoughtful Nov. 10 op-ed, “The GOP’s bad faith lives on,” didn’t fully explain what has happened to the Republican Party or our country under President Trump. My long-term fear is that the Republicans have misplaced their democratic soul, and now it’s about holding onto political power by hook or by crook.

As someone who has worked on Republican and Democratic campaigns at every level for more than 50 years and who has tried to promote democracy and the rule of law worldwide, I see a dark and dangerous picture of the Republican Party’s future, if not the country’s. Indeed, my deepest fear is that it signals America’s model for democratic participatory governance cries out for fundamental reform — including more institutional and civil society safeguards.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opin...ry-is-demanding-action/ar-BB1aZTgE?li=BBnbfcL

 

[votebiden]

Well put.

The Trump era is over.

 

[Jack]

Well put.

The Trump era is over.

Is*it? 70 million votes is a lot of fucking people. We need to ask 'Who are these people'? And 'why are they voting for Trump'?

 

[votebiden]

Is*it? 70 million votes is a lot of fucking people. We need to ask 'Who are these people'? And 'why are they voting for Trump'?

They are fascists. They are enemies of democracy.

 

[Jack]

They are fascists. They are enemies of democracy.

70 million Americans?
Something is going on.
We need to find out what it is.
And fix it.
4 years from now, we could be facing another 'Trump-type'.

 

[Cinnabar]

Any of you Trump ass-wipes still support this loser?!!

I fear Michael Gerson’s thoughtful Nov. 10 op-ed, “The GOP’s bad faith lives on,” didn’t fully explain what has happened to the Republican Party or our country under President Trump. My long-term fear is that the Republicans have misplaced their democratic soul, and now it’s about holding onto political power by hook or by crook.

As someone who has worked on Republican and Democratic campaigns at every level for more than 50 years and who has tried to promote democracy and the rule of law worldwide, I see a dark and dangerous picture of the Republican Party’s future, if not the country’s. Indeed, my deepest fear is that it signals America’s model for democratic participatory governance cries out for fundamental reform — including more institutional and civil society safeguards.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opin...ry-is-demanding-action/ar-BB1aZTgE?li=BBnbfcL

The GOP is off the rails and has been for quite some time but the elephant in the room that must be addressed is the shift to the right of the Dems who are way too comfortable being a party of the corporate elite. They do not even pretend anymore to be an actual opposition party or a party of the people.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

It'd be far, far better for the US if the era of Progressive Leftism was over, done, dead, and buried.

 

[votebiden]

70 million Americans?
Something is going on.
We need to find out what it is.
And fix it.
4 years from now, we could be facing another 'Trump-type'.

Yes, 70 million Americans hate democracy.

 

[votebiden]

It'd be far, far better for the US if the era of Progressive Leftism was over, done, dead, and buried.

Your fascism is dead. Dead.

 

[PoliTalker]

Hello signalmankenneth,

Any of you Trump ass-wipes still support this loser?!!

I fear Michael Gerson’s thoughtful Nov. 10 op-ed, “The GOP’s bad faith lives on,” didn’t fully explain what has happened to the Republican Party or our country under President Trump. My long-term fear is that the Republicans have misplaced their democratic soul, and now it’s about holding onto political power by hook or by crook.

As someone who has worked on Republican and Democratic campaigns at every level for more than 50 years and who has tried to promote democracy and the rule of law worldwide, I see a dark and dangerous picture of the Republican Party’s future, if not the country’s. Indeed, my deepest fear is that it signals America’s model for democratic participatory governance cries out for fundamental reform — including more institutional and civil society safeguards.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opin...ry-is-demanding-action/ar-BB1aZTgE?li=BBnbfcL

We could be setting ourselves up for a big disappointment.

There is a common assumption that either Trump is going to prison or into foreign exile.

What if he simply stays?

And gets away with it.

What if he has really slick lawyers that keep the courts bottled up with appeals and motions that essentially just let him go free without ever having to answer for all his misdeeds?

We have to consider that as a possibility.

The Trump era may not be over at all.

Despite losing the election, he still holds a death grip over the Republican base. If the primaries for 2024 were to be run next week, he would win the Republican primary.

We have to come to grips with that.

Republican Senators and Representatives are still afraid to say anything critical of him.

And I don't see that changing after he is no longer in the White House. He still has his following, he still leads the Republican party. He still holds tweet-shaming power over all the Republicans.

If he puts them down, they lose support.

I'm not sure if getting booted out of the WH will change that.

What's to stop him from making up some BS conspiracy theory about Joe Biden, birther 2.0, whatever it is, and getting all kinds of attention attacking the then president as an ex-president?

Maybe something involving Hunter?

Unless he is convicted of something or run out of the country, he is in the perfect position to be the next Alex Jones. Unless he is put in prison, he is going to be a dangerous loose cannon for President Biden.

 

[StoneByStone]

Any of you Trump ass-wipes still support this loser?!!

I fear Michael Gerson’s thoughtful Nov. 10 op-ed, “The GOP’s bad faith lives on,” didn’t fully explain what has happened to the Republican Party or our country under President Trump. My long-term fear is that the Republicans have misplaced their democratic soul, and now it’s about holding onto political power by hook or by crook.

As someone who has worked on Republican and Democratic campaigns at every level for more than 50 years and who has tried to promote democracy and the rule of law worldwide, I see a dark and dangerous picture of the Republican Party’s future, if not the country’s. Indeed, my deepest fear is that it signals America’s model for democratic participatory governance cries out for fundamental reform — including more institutional and civil society safeguards.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opin...ry-is-demanding-action/ar-BB1aZTgE?li=BBnbfcL

Trump might be gone soon, but Trumpism is going to be around for a while. This new strategy lost the election, but it created a cult with huge base that's going to be looking for a new Trump in 2024. I'm predicting we're going to be seeing lots of Trump clones soon.

 

[signalmankenneth]

Is*it? 70 million votes is a lot of fucking people. We need to ask 'Who are these people'? And 'why are they voting for Trump'?

Indeed?!!

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Your fascism is dead. Dead.

 

[Guno צְבִי]

^^^^^^^^^

 

[Saudade]

Any of you Trump ass-wipes still support this loser?!!

I fear Michael Gerson’s thoughtful Nov. 10 op-ed, “The GOP’s bad faith lives on,” didn’t fully explain what has happened to the Republican Party or our country under President Trump. My long-term fear is that the Republicans have misplaced their democratic soul, and now it’s about holding onto political power by hook or by crook.

As someone who has worked on Republican and Democratic campaigns at every level for more than 50 years and who has tried to promote democracy and the rule of law worldwide, I see a dark and dangerous picture of the Republican Party’s future, if not the country’s. Indeed, my deepest fear is that it signals America’s model for democratic participatory governance cries out for fundamental reform — including more institutional and civil society safeguards.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opin...ry-is-demanding-action/ar-BB1aZTgE?li=BBnbfcL

America does need fundamental reform, but it mostly has to do with the bureaucratic state that runs the system regardless of who gets elected. The federal government has become an uncontrollable beast, as have the lobbyists in DC.

 

[Nomad]

I think it's simply a matter of two fundamentally different types of people and each type represents approximately 50% of the US population.

One type believes in we as a nation are one people and that what's good for those in the working and middle classes is good for everybody. They think in terms of empathy and everyone having enough to live decently.

They gravitate to the Democratic Party.

The other type believes in "I got mine and that's all I care about so fuck you."

They tend to gravitate to the Republican Party and that is why they love Trump.

Because Trump has the same fuck-you attitude towards the rest of the world that they do.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Your fascism is dead. Dead.

No, Progressivism and the Left are still going, Fascists and all. If Fascism were dead, much of the Progressive Left would not be in the streets rioting today.

 

[Granule]

Any of you Trump ass-wipes still support this loser?!!

 

[votebiden]

No, Progressivism and the Left are still going, Fascists and all. If Fascism were dead, much of the Progressive Left would not be in the streets rioting today.

you're kind of a dope

 

[T. A. Gardner]

you're kind of a dope

I'm not the one that constantly answers others on this board with insults and ad hominem...