BigRedBuster Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Sooo.....you lose both chambers of congress and the White House after just 4 years and nobody thinks they need to reconsider certain things. Link to comment
TGHusker Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 4 hours ago, BigRedBuster said: Sooo.....you lose both chambers of congress and the White House after just 4 years and nobody thinks they need to reconsider certain things. Interesting article. The strangle hold Trump has on the party can only be explained as cult like. At the same time, the article notes the GOP wasn't that far off in winning the WH, Senate and the House. That only reinforces the 'stay the course' mantra. As many of us posted before the election, the only way the Trump cult gets thrown to the curb was that the Democrats win in a blowout - WH, Senate, House. It didn't happen and therefore we will have a Trumpian GOP party for some time. 2 Link to comment
funhusker Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 1 hour ago, TGHusker said: Interesting article. The strangle hold Trump has on the party can only be explained as cult like. At the same time, the article notes the GOP wasn't that far off in winning the WH, Senate and the House. That only reinforces the 'stay the course' mantra. As many of us posted before the election, the only way the Trump cult gets thrown to the curb was that the Democrats win in a blowout - WH, Senate, House. It didn't happen and therefore we will have a Trumpian GOP party for some time. 2020 was a record turnout year. The Trump voters were just as excited to vote for Trump as the anti-Trump people were to vote against him. It will be interesting to see which side keeps the "passion" and if someone besides Trump can keep it going for the GOP. If the GOP nominates a "luke warm" Trump wannabe and the "anti-Trumpism" voters decide to turn out again, I think we might get that blow out that you mentioned in your post. 1 Link to comment
commando Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, funhusker said: 2020 was a record turnout year. The Trump voters were just as excited to vote for Trump as the anti-Trump people were to vote against him. It will be interesting to see which side keeps the "passion" and if someone besides Trump can keep it going for the GOP. If the GOP nominates a "luke warm" Trump wannabe and the "anti-Trumpism" voters decide to turn out again, I think we might get that blow out that you mentioned in your post. the far right wing propaganda network will have their base all fired up for whoever they put up there. 1 Link to comment
funhusker Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, commando said: the far right wing propaganda network will have their base all fired up for whoever they put up there. They work to get voters fired up every year, but: Trump 2020: 74,223,369 votes Trump 2016: 62,984,828 votes Romney 2012: 60,933,504 McCain 2008: 59,948,323 There was a "yuuuge" jump in 2020. My guess is this was many new voters like my brother. He is 50 and don't know if he has ever voted before (my money says he hasn't) but Trump inspired him for some reason once he was in office. I'll be curious to see what kind of candidate can reach him like that in 2024. Link to comment
DevoHusker Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Congressman Meijer has a different look at my earlier link. Link to comment
Scarlet Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 5 hours ago, knapplc said: Taking culting to an even higher cultish level. Right out of the Jim Jones playbook. 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Scarlet said: Taking culting to an even higher cultish level. Right out of the Jim Jones playbook. Wow..... The guy is a complete fraud and clearly uses fraud to swindle people out of their money. Need your help to DRAFT Trump. And people fall for this crap. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, suh_fan93 said: The Democrats have a dream scenario here. Their numbers keep going up and republicans keep going down. And, republicans keep doubling down on what got them here. Unfortunately, I have little faith in them not f#&%ing it up. 2 2 Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 10 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: The Democrats have a dream scenario here. Their numbers keep going up and republicans keep going down. And, republicans keep doubling down on what got them here. Unfortunately, I have little faith in them not f#&%ing it up. Heh my faith sounds about like yours. 1 Link to comment
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