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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#241251: May 5th 2018 at 9:25:39 PM

[up] I would not put it past Trump to take that literally.

Disgusted, but not surprised
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#241252: May 5th 2018 at 9:26:24 PM

Saw this on twitter, and thought it gave some perspective.

Worth bearing in mind when reflecting on loyalty of DJT support:

- In 1932, in teeth of Great Depression, with discredited Herbert Hoover running against ascendant FDR, Hoover still got FORTY PERCENT of the popular vote!

There is, and always has been, such a thing as “the base.” [1]

edited 5th May '18 9:26:59 PM by megaeliz

RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#241253: May 5th 2018 at 9:27:02 PM

Trump having his own funeral whilst Mc Cain's is going on? If only we could be so lucky.

KazuyaProta Shin Megami Tensei IV from A Industrial Farm Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Shin Megami Tensei IV
#241254: May 5th 2018 at 9:27:47 PM

To Tropers/M84:

He already had plans for it.

Watch me destroying my country
Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#241255: May 5th 2018 at 9:38:47 PM

Because of course he fucking did

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#241256: May 5th 2018 at 10:15:29 PM

It doesn't really surprises me Mc Cain would want Obama in his funeral. Mc Cain had a fairly cordial relationship and Obama to the point of admiration, basically Mc Cain and Obama even if they had disagreements with multiple issues, never were really disrespectful towards each other.

One would be excused to think that Mc Cain saw Obama as a Worthy Opponent rather than simply opposition.

Inter arma enim silent leges
unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#241257: May 5th 2018 at 10:24:41 PM

[up]You can said that Ma Cain vs Obama was the last time republicans and Democrat would respect each other as oponents....

Now? now there is trump.

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#241258: May 5th 2018 at 10:35:51 PM

[up] Considering that the last remaining bit of the the party of Teddy Roosevelt has been stamped out for some time now, what should we call the Former Republican Party instead?

I was thinking something like "the Party of Trump" or something to do with Russia (maybe even mentioning commies,) for the irony.

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#241259: May 5th 2018 at 10:37:23 PM

The Trumpublicans?

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#241260: May 5th 2018 at 10:37:41 PM

Retrumplicans.

edited 5th May '18 10:37:46 PM by PhysicalStamina

i'm tired, my friend
CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#241261: May 5th 2018 at 10:44:01 PM

Fascists.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#241262: May 5th 2018 at 10:47:58 PM

[up]A bit too on the nose. Even if that's basically what they are. Honestly, if the Republican party as it exists today had been around back then, we might still have been part of the jolly old British Empire if only because a substantial part of the country would have liked being part of a fucking dictatorship.

Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#241263: May 5th 2018 at 10:52:01 PM

They're not fascists. Fascism is essentially about having everything serve the state, while the closest modern republicans come to an ideology is having the state serve corporations

TheWildWestPyro from Seattle, WA Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#241265: May 5th 2018 at 11:01:00 PM

[up][up]Kinda but facism also dismantle the state in service of a few.

While republicans dosent have the near fixation for war(....not quite at least) they share the facism intention of dismantle the state until they remain.

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#241266: May 6th 2018 at 12:00:00 AM

I'm not sure the GOP even has much of an ideology anymore besides seeking power for its own sake.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Imca (Veteran)
#241267: May 6th 2018 at 12:04:27 AM

[up]Screwing over minorities, and helping the rich.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#241268: May 6th 2018 at 12:04:55 AM

Corker-Blackburn drama risks must-win Senate seat for GOP

A Politico article about the apparent strife going on with retiring Republican Senator Bob Corker, and presumptive Republican nominee Marsha Blackburn. Apparently Corker has said some nice things about the Democrat Phil Bredesen while more or less snubbing Blackburn, a faithful Trump-supporter.

Apparently Bredesen has been ahead in a few polls (though it's still early, so who knows what that means) and Republicans at this point just want Corker to stay out of things.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#241269: May 6th 2018 at 12:06:03 AM

[up][up]It's less that this is their goal and more like they're willing to pander to bigotry and short-sighted greed to maintain their power. There's an argument to be made that this is actually worse than being "true" believers.

edited 6th May '18 12:06:36 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Imca (Veteran)
#241270: May 6th 2018 at 12:08:42 AM

TBH, I don't think there pandering any more, I think they ARE true belivers in making the rich richer, and fucking over minorities.

Even if some of the voters aren't, the politician's themselfs are.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#241271: May 6th 2018 at 12:14:22 AM

[up] Perhaps it's an inevitable result of said pandering. The old guard who were "just" power-hungry assholes are being replaced by a new generation who have thoroughly quaffed the Flavor-aid. The charlatans are gradually being replaced by people who actually believe in the con.

There's a reason Paul Krugman mentioned in an op-ed that racism really is the only thing the GOP has going for it these days.

Edit:

On a side note, I regret comparing Trump to a durian. Mainly because I just ate a durian for the first time in my life and OMG it was so delicious.

edited 6th May '18 2:04:33 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#241272: May 6th 2018 at 3:24:27 AM

[up]It's getting your nose to agree to the eating stage that's tricky... grin

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#241273: May 6th 2018 at 3:26:42 AM

I love fermented stinky tofu. The smell was no problem for me.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Wariolander Since: Nov, 2017
#241274: May 6th 2018 at 3:50:42 AM

[up]x12 Considering how Canada is behaving compared to the US, that would have been an improvement.

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#241275: May 6th 2018 at 4:58:59 AM

I recently read a newspaper op-ed column, in which the author coined the term "Trumpism," because Fascism doesn't quite fit, not exactly. For one thing, while Trump may be racist, he isn't Anti-Semitic — and Anti-Semitism was a key component of the Nazi brand of Fascism.

edited 6th May '18 5:00:23 AM by pwiegle

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