Can Republicans be saved?

[Dans La Lune]

What a beautiful question by a self-proclaimed Socialist.

The Democrats are looking totally clueless with Afghanistan; touting climate change and then asking OPEC to pump more oil; migrants flooding across our border with Covid; Biden looking more senile and clueless than ever; Kamala looking incompetent on the border; and the Progressive Squad looking to embarrass Pelosi - again.
And DeLune is suggesting the Republicans are in trouble?

No, I'm questioning whether Republicans can be saved or if they will simply spiral further into paranoia, delusional thinking, utter madness and ultimately violence. I know they can win elections, but only through MASSIVELY cheating.

Because of Trump?

No, because they're currently utterly insane and prone to taking horse de-wormer rather than listen to medical experts. And that's like the best case scenario.

Trump is going to disappear out of lack of interest.

As I said, the rickshaw is without a driver at this point, careening down the hill.

And the Democrats under Biden are going to continue to implode and embarrass themselves.

From the perspective of a normal person, I don't see how Biden or the Democrats can possibly embarrass themselves enough for Republicans to be considered a viable alternative. Again, speaking from a NORMAL person, not someone prone Mike Pillow thinking.

 

[bomberfox]

"If there's another pandemic, a zombie apocalypse, an alien invasion, etc., can any of these people be counted on to help and not actively hinder the country?"

A zombie apocalypse would just have these guys feeding themselves to the zomies.

 

[Mycroft]

Not from a policy perspective, especially if they can pass the bigger infrastructure package -- which will help pretty much everyone that isn't rolling in millions of dollars.

Their spending bills won't help anyone except their big money donors and their liberal allies. Those are the people who's wallets will be fattened...at taxpayer expense.

The Afghanistan thing? Well, the vast majority still thinks Biden made the right call in withdrawing.

Withdrawing isn't the issue. HOW they withdrew is. Billions in US war equipment...just left laying around for the Taliban to pick up. Hundreds, if not thousands, of Americans left to be hostages. Tens of thousands of Afghan allies left to be murdered.

Not to mention everyone in the Biden administration is pointing fingers at everyone else...trying to avoid blame for the **** up.

 

[jaypatriot]

No, I'm questioning whether Republicans can be saved or if they will simply spiral further into paranoia, delusional thinking, utter madness and ultimately violence. I know they can win elections, but only through MASSIVELY cheating.



No, because they're currently utterly insane and prone to taking horse de-wormer rather than listen to medical experts. And that's like the best case scenario.



As I said, the rickshaw is without a driver at this point, careening down the hill.



From the perspective of a normal person, I don't see how Biden or the Democrats can possibly embarrass themselves enough for Republicans to be considered a viable alternative. Again, speaking from a NORMAL person, not someone prone Mike Pillow thinking.

Very colorful comments about Republicans.
But you should be aware that Pelosi and company are seriously worried about losing the House in 2022. Of course, you are going to ignore any of those stories because you believe it is the Republicans who are in trouble.
And that, despite Joe Biden looking like a doddering fool over the last few weeks because of Afghanistan.
But as an inveterate Trump-hater, you have to deflect and claim the GOP cannot be saved.

 

[highroller]

No, Republicans have lost their god damn minds. The question is whether the country can be saved or if they are going to take us all down with them.

 

[Phys251]

Very colorful comments about Republicans.
But you should be aware that Pelosi and company are seriously worried about losing the House in 2022.

Because your antidemocratic ilk is going to gerrymander the hell out of Texas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, etc.

Your side hates democracy to the point where y'all are more than happy to destroy it. 1/06 was just the preview.

 

[Dans La Lune]

Very colorful comments about Republicans.
But you should be aware that Pelosi and company are seriously worried about losing the House in 2022. Of course, you are going to ignore any of those stories because you believe it is the Republicans who are in trouble.

I know they're worried, they should be. Which means exactly WHAT regarding this topic?

And that, despite Joe Biden looking like a doddering fool over the last few weeks because of Afghanistan.

If you listen to the mainstream media, maybe, which is polluted with neocons and ex-military types with financial ties to defense contractors. It's a big voice, I agree.

Literally the only thing Trump would have done differently is leave more people to die.

But as an inveterate Trump-hater, you have to deflect and claim the GOP cannot be saved.

I am a Trump hater, but I'm also a rational human being who realizes that there's a thought-disease destroying the minds of pretty much every single Republican. I haven't seen anything like it outside of a Jim Jones or Heaven's Gate incident.

 

[highroller]

Because your antidemocratic ilk is going to gerrymander the hell out of Texas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, etc.

Your side hates democracy to the point where y'all are more than happy to destroy it. 1/06 was just the preview.

Now that democracy is no longer useful for them, they no longer wish to engage in the arena of ideas. They want the ball to stay in their court.

 

[Phys251]

Now that democracy is no longer useful for them, they no longer wish to engage in the arena of ideas. They want the ball to stay in their court.

In general, Democrats want to govern, but Republicans want to rule.

 

[gbg3]

question is, can democrats be saved?

Boy, I sure agree with this.

 

[highroller]

I still see trump flags everywhere. History has shown that cults of personality produce human misery not prosperity.

 

[highroller]

In general, Democrats want to govern, but Republicans want to rule.

And they will rule without strong structural foundational changes to this country, they have warped our government into a ‘tyranny of the minority’

 

[Linc]

What policies are Republicans running on in 2022 and 2024?

Racist apartheid gerrymandering; voter eliminations: vote changing; the GOP will have Permanent minority control in 2025 ...

 

[LostInSeattle]

win on substance, and you don't understand a goddamn thing about dictionaries other than how to not use them.

To be clearer: THERE WAS NO FIGURE OF SPEECH OR EXAGGERATION.

Hipster cognoscenti refer to it as a "zompocalypse."

 

[Phys251]

And they will rule without strong structural foundational changes to this country, they have warped our government into a ‘tyranny of the minority’

Racist apartheid gerrymandering; voter eliminations: vote changing; the GOP will have Permanent minority control in 2025 ...

If the Republicans retake the White House in 2024, we may find ourselves in an apartheid state. And righties pretend what the Taliban is doing is bad

 

[MrWonka]

can any of these people be counted on to help and not actively hinder the country?

You live by racist religious zealots and proud ignoramuses, you die by racist religious zealots and proud ignoramouses.

Richard Nixon looked around the country over a half-century ago and realized his Economic policies were only actually beneficial to about 5-10% of the population. Everyone else got ****ed by them.
He realized if he wanted to have any chance of actually winning a national election he needed to find a large group of absolute morons who could be swindled into voting against their own best financial interests. He found them, and the Southern Strategy was born.
He found racist white southerners, rural hillbillies, religious zealots, and gun crazies. AKA, the dumbest people our nation has to offer.
For the first 40 years of the modern Republican party, the elites were able to maintain control, by convincing the deplorable that they need to nominate clean-cut businessmen types and war heroes in order to appeal to moderates. But Trump opened up a pandora's box of hate and idiocy that cannot be easily closed.

These people are absolutely 1000% convinced that they are the Majority and there's no helping them realize otherwise. This is going to get worse before it gets better. We're going to see more and more right-wing terrorist attacks. We're going to see more and more armed standoffs.

 

[Dans La Lune]

...

No, the ideology of this man is not available, but come on... we all know. And of course, when you're a white right-winger going on a racist rampage, you get the best care the state can provide.

 

[Overitall]

I voted "Other" simply because you haven't established they need saving. Despite the GOP's setbacks they are still the party that the Dems fear.

 

[highroller]

I voted "Other" simply because you haven't established they need saving. Despite the GOP's setbacks they are still the party that the Dems fear.

Everyone should fear them.

 

[presluc]

From the Republican white supremacists? Hopefully..

Save the Democrats from Republican white supremacist??
White supremacist are always just a step away from Terrorism.
No organization wants that kind of publicity .and what about the Independents.

Which by chance is what I am
Some people say that there are no true independents they either lean right or left.
Trump thought like this and others thought like this
They were wrong just when any politician starts taking Independents for granted or lie to them , THEY'RE GONE

 

[Overitall]

Everyone should fear them.

Both sides fear the other (winning elections). It's why you only see political ads attacking one party or the other. Neither the Democrats, nor Republicans fear any other party as evident from the lack of political ads aimed at other parties.

 

[presluc]

Everyone should fear them.

I fear nobody I grew up in an era where fear was never that popular, the 60's
The only time fear came into play was after the murders of
Medgar Evans, Martin King, John F. Kennedy Robert Kennedy
Question; What do these men have in common other than the fact all were investigated by the FBI, as well as the CIA

 

[lurchadams]

Save the Democrats from Republican white supremacist??
White supremacist are always just a step away from Terrorism.
No organization wants that kind of publicity .and what about the Independents.

Which by chance is what I am
Some people say that there are no true independents they either lean right or left.
Trump thought like this and others thought like this
They were wrong just when any politician starts taking Independents for granted or lie to them , THEY'RE GONE

True - it's the independents swinging the other way after the disastrous trump years that won us back the WH and the Senate.

 

[Jkca1]

Are any of you old enough to remember when Nixon left office in disgrace? Same type of discussions about the end of the GOP. Then came a movie star from CA...

 

[highroller]

Are any of you old enough to remember when Nixon left office in disgrace? Same type of discussions about the end of the GOP. Then came a movie star from CA...

The Reagan years, yes. Trump was no Reagan. He was much closer to Carter without the humility and reflection.