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At this point, the race from the Republican side seems like Trump versus his own mental illness and cognitive deficiencies. And it’s only going to get worse the more he realizes he’s heading to defeat.
Be careful. We said that at this time in 2016.
Before Carlos Danger. Before Comey fucked everything up.
Coney didn’t fuck everything up, the DNC did. The DNC pushed a wildly unpopular, and unrelatable candidate, while sabotaging Bernie, because they’d rather have trump than a socialist in charge.
If only it was as pointed as all that. Repubs try to mobilize right populism for the benefit of the rich, and Dems try to redirect left populism for the rich. The DNC is practically mandated to neuter progressivism on behalf of donors.
Okay bro.
The Republicans that don’t have to worry about running for office are the only ones actually willing to speak up.
Wow shocking. So weird. Inexplicable.
Imagine being a 25+ year career Republican who only has to worry about passing tax cuts to the rich, and suddenly these weird ass trailer park folk smelling of meth show up and they have total control over you. You step out of line? Primaried! Criticize trump? Believe it or not: Primaried! You now have to bend and grovel to illiterate conspiracy freaks. The republican party, folks.
Republican who only has to worry about passing tax cuts to the rich, and suddenly these weird ass trailer park folk smelling of meth show up and they have total control over you
this has always been the case for conservatives
To a MAGA, these facts go into the pro column. Besides, my ideal candidate wouldn’t get endorsed by the Obamas, Clintons, or Bushs either.
the clintons and bushes (and kennedys) are political dynasties, but what’s wrong with the obamas?
Drone warfare, surveillance state. Obligatory Trump is worse.
Good.
Why won’t they nominate another republican? I don’t understand.
That’s why it’s WEIRD.
Tumps whole I’m draining the swamp, anti establishment grift means his supporters dont care
But he has the full endorsement of the GOP, as sad as that is.
Technically the GQP. He took it over lock, stock, and barrel. Their money? It’s his money now. Their operation? Yeah, also his.
Endorsements Schmendorsements.
It illustrates the dynamics of the last eight years. 2016 Trump surrounded himself with Bush Era corporate flacks, more interested in tax cuts and conquered oil wells than appeasing the fascist base of the party. 2024 Trump has shed the husk of old southern neoconservative corporatism and fully emerged as a California Techbro-endorsed Fascist.
And the party is moving with him, farther away from the old Reagan business coalition and closer to the modern Silicon Valley police state.
Democrats are picking up the pieces behind him, but that just means becoming bigger war hawks and shameless corporate shills, as both parties move farther and farther away from the electoral mainstream.
And then people wonder why democracy is increasingly seen as a dirty word.
Neither the country, nor Trump’s diapers can handle more of his presidential doodies.
Trump describes all the problems with the world. We have a significant portion of our population that will continue to support him despite no discernable good reason to. They would rather believe in the word of a crusty weird old man that was born rich then just evaluate any of his faults.
If you look at the history of religion, it’s kinda that.
I mean, some of these root cause problems are not new.
Any other people alive besides Bush Sr, Jr, Cheney and Pence?
not being endorsed by your own former VP is fucking brutal
Bush Sr. is dead and Dan Quayle is alive.
Ah my mistake thanks!
Carter.
Bush senior died in 2018.
What, those war criminals and “Christian” nationalists not republican enough?
I guess you could extend it to everyone in their administrations and still come up with a suitably dismal supporting number.
Just surprised only 4 people alive to meet the R ex Pres/VP criteria.
And only 5 (not counting Harris herself) meet it on the Democrats’ side (Carter, Clinton, Gore, Obama, Biden.)
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It’s sad, cause I empathize with the Republicans who supported him in the first election. Not having these endorsements and still being able to win should be an excellent thing. I mean, I want a candidate that’s so far out of the mainstream that it makes the establishment scared. The establishment sucks and is doing a lot to ruin the country, being in the pocket of the oil lobbies, never even criticizing how we spend our taxes on our military and being so bought by the medical companies that we are quickly becoming one of the last countries to make the obvious choice to fund healthcare with taxes.
Unfortunately, Trump ended up being just a spineless strong man that only made these problems worse.
But the truth was evident also before the first time he was elected. Trump was a high wealth grifter and everyone knew it. They just expected him to hurt the right people. In the end he ended up hurting everyone except the filthy rich.
They just expected him to hurt the right people. In the end he ended up hurting everyone except the filthy rich.
It was obvious that would happen too. They’re just gullible rubes.
You’ll get no argument from me. I’m just dissapointed by myself that, I always seem to be caught off guard by the fact some people would rather hurt themselves if this means the people they hate will get shafted worse.
