Time for some GOP soul-searching

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Trump! See ya - he has lost that party 3 straight elections now, and set them back for years. Will they have the courage to actually move on? Politicians like to win elections.

MAGA? Too tied into the Trump brand.

Election fraud? Republicans can stick with it, if they haven't paid any attention AT ALL. Voters are tired of the sore loser routine.

They need to get back to basics, and back to basic conservative principles. The demographics are also changing rapidly. They will have to appeal more to independents, moderates and centrists.
 
I doubt they will. Not just because they have no souls, but also because any questioning of the trump party line is considered treason by party of trump.
 
The GOP is now reaping what they have sown for decades. After the passage of the Civil Rights bill in 1968, the GOP made a conscious decision to dog whistle to Southern Racists who felt betrayed by Johnson. The Southern Strategy was put in place, and for decades, Republicans winked and nodded to the racists and used code works like 'welfare queen' to represent 'the other'. And then, to paraphrase Casablanca, they were 'shocked, shocked, to find a White Supremacist seize control of the party. But they went along, they kissed his ass, and they put up with him. Now that he's cost them three elections because of his massive ego and his narcissism, they want to put Trump back in the bottle. The problem is, Trump doesn't want to go. And he will continue to haunt them for years to come. Because, as he so accurately put it, he could 'shoot someone in the middle of fifth avenue and not lose any support'. So now they are wringing their hands and trying to figure out how the fuck to get out of this situation. Trump is the party guest that ate all the food, wrecked the house, and now refuses to leave.

They could have ended Trump on multiple occasions, but they wanted someone else to do the dirty work. McConnell could have made sure Trump was really finished by simply removing him from office during the second impeachment. But he passed, and now he's fucked, along with the rest of the Republican party. Frankly, it's way, way too late for soul searching. They are just going to have to let the bloodbath happen and hope they can rebuild. DeSantis? LOL. He is no match for Trump. I guess they hope Trump is going to have an epiphany and tell his supporters to go home, but they should know better.

Democracy won All these loser posters at JPP lost, and lost HUGE. Have fun with your internal civil war. We are laughing at you.
 
Concart said:
The GOP is now reaping what they have sown for decades. After the passage of the Civil Rights bill in 1968, the GOP made a conscious decision to dog whistle to Southern Racists who felt betrayed by Johnson. The Southern Strategy was put in place, and for decades, Republicans winked and nodded to the racists and used code works like 'welfare queen' to represent 'the other'. And then, to paraphrase Casablanca, they were 'shocked, shocked, to find a White Supremacist seize control of the party. But they went along, they kissed his ass, and they put up with him. Now that he's cost them three elections because of his massive ego and his narcissism, they want to put Trump back in the bottle. The problem is, Trump doesn't want to go. And he will continue to haunt them for years to come. Because, as he so accurately put it, he could 'shoot someone in the middle of fifth avenue and not lose any support'. So now they are wringing their hands and trying to figure out how the fuck to get out of this situation. Trump is the party guest that ate all the food, wrecked the house, and now refuses to leave.

They could have ended Trump on multiple occasions, but they wanted someone else to do the dirty work. McConnell could have made sure Trump was really finished by simply removing him from office during the second impeachment. But he passed, and now he's fucked, along with the rest of the Republican party. Frankly, it's way, way too late for soul searching. They are just going to have to let the bloodbath happen and hope they can rebuild. DeSantis? LOL. He is no match for Trump. I guess they hope Trump is going to have an epiphany and tell his supporters to go home, but they should know better.

Democracy won All these loser posters at JPP lost, and lost HUGE. Have fun with your internal civil war. We are laughing at you.
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Some good points although I don't think McConnell could have gotten enough votes from Republican senators to convict Trump.
 
I have seen a lot of talk over the years that Republicans were on the cusp of washing their hands of Trump, but they always come crawling back to him on their hands and knees.
 
Cypress said:
I have seen a lot of talk over the years that Republicans were on the cusp of washing their hands of Trump, but they always come crawling back to him on their hands and knees.
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Speaking of hands and knees...where and when did you serve this country...wimpy? Be specific. Now would be great.
 
Walt said:
I doubt they will. Not just because they have no souls, but also because any questioning of the trump party line is considered treason by party of trump.
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Yep, as we know from 1/6, those kooks carry around mace, zip-ties, and nooses.
 
Cypress said:
I have seen a lot of talk over the years that Republicans were on the cusp of washing their hands of Trump, but they always come crawling back to him on their hands and knees.
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It's the primary system. Only the right-wing loonies show up at them, so each candidate has to pledge loyalty to fat donnie.
 
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