What's funny is that even here on DP, we've seen the opinions of the conservatives change. It's incredible - it's almost a demonstration of the old saying that "liberals fall in love, conservatives fall in line" (the saying might have originally been concerning Dems and GOPers, but the meaning's the same). We're watching a slow-motion electoral train wreck for the Republicans.
This isn't to say that they can't turn things around, but every month that goes by, the more that all the candidates play the "I'm more conservative than the other guy" game, the harder it's going to be for them to attract the crucial independent vote. My only worry is the conservative effort to suppress the vote - IMO that's their only real hope of electoral victory.
They're going thru a transitional stage where to embrace the minorities they've been hating on for decades would not be remotely believed. They have no way out of the situation they've put themselves in. It's going to take a generation for the hispanics in this country to forget that republicans tried to have them all deported, for lgbt to forget the oppression. If trump wins the nom, they may as well add women to that list. Although i'm sure he'd try some token gesture like choose palin as his VP, dems won't be as forgiving as foxnews moderators. They will plaster trump's comments, such as:
"I bet you make a great wife. But just a wife. Not a businesswoman and wife — that doesn't exist, obviously."
“The early victories by women on The Apprentice were to a very large extent dependent on their sex appeal”
"Rosie is a very unattractive person, both inside and out. Rosie’s a person that’s very lucky to have her girlfriend and better be careful or I’ll send one of my friends over to pick up her girlfriend."
“(Arianna Huffington) is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man—he made a good decision.”
"Robert Pattinson should not take back Kristen Stewart. She cheated on him like a dog & will do it again—just watch."
"I think (his ex wife's lawyer) Gloria would be very very impressed with (my penis)”
obviously that's not "only rosie o'donnell" and there are many more, but you know, for sake of brevity
He has gone on howard stern's show and miss usa pageant just to critique the sex appeal of various women
good god, for a party that tried to remove bill clinton from office for private behavior that matches the kind of sexual fantasies donald trump routinely talks about in public interviews...
really does this level of bitterness and slander and celebrity obsession sound presidential? Does using women as nothing but sex objects sound like conservative values?
