‘This sh*t’s not funny’: Strategist explains that Trump is causing an ‘extinction event’ for the GOP

[DonViejo]

‘This sh*t’s not funny’: Strategist explains that Trump is causing an ‘extinction event’ for the GOP

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As if that weren’t enough, Republican strategist Matt Mackowiak on Thursday posted an epic tweetstorm describing the abject panic that has set in among Republicans, who now fear that they’ll suffer massive down-ballot losses if Trump stays on his current course.

“OK, this shit’s not funny anymore,” he began. “Trump is threatening elected GOPers at all levels in places that haven’t been competitive in decades… We are looking at an extinction-level event.”

Among other things, Mackowiak ripped Trump for continuing to campaign in Connecticut when any hope of winning that state is long gone. He also said that Trump needs to dial back his rallies and TV interviews, and spend an average of 20 hours a week doing preparation for the fall debates.

Does that sound like something Trump would really agree to? Probably not, but Mackowiak insisted that Trump had to do it anyway. “You can’t overstate panic inside GOP currently,” he said.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/this-shts-not-funny-strategist-explains-that-trump-is-causing-an-extinction-event-for-the-gop/

[louis-t]

1. I need to buy stock in Maalox.

[kestrel91316]

2. I need to buy stock in popcorn.

[AwakeAtLast]

46. And beer!

Don't forget the beer!

[chillfactor]

51. wine drinker myself....

so I will not forget the wine.

[SummerSnow]

90. Have your snack and wine ready when the debates start...

It's going be a humdinger

[CTyankee]

99. I'm all set. Got a couple of cases of white and red just today...

my wine store delivers. that's a mercy because we're gonna tear through these cases a bit faster once the debates start...it'll be a helluva campaign...

[kestrel91316]

59. I'm thinking November might actually warrant champagne.

[AwakeAtLast]

65. I could get on board with that, too!

[Initech]

53. Orville Redenbacher shares will be going through the roof!

[Chemisse]

3. Then why am I chuckling?

Just the thought of the look on Trump's face when told he needs to study 20 hours a week is funny.

[Mc Mike]

75. '20 hours of working a week, instead of just shooting my mouth off to pin-heads that adore me?'

He has a pr image of being a 'hard working business whiz', but that kind of debate prep demand is a deal breaker.

[colsohlibgal]

4. Let it Be So

And the death would have to be ruled suicide.

[madaboutharry]

5. He is not capable of preparing for the debates.

He will not know what he needs to know. Even Sarah Palin tried to prepare.

[PatSeg]

26. He has no attention span

During the primaries, he just treated debates like a reality TV show. He will never be prepared for general election debates and probably will do everything possible to get out of them. That would really suck, as I want to see Hillary eat his lunch.

[NewJeffCT]

31. would have been nice to see that

Hillary, who admirably endured 11 hours of hostile questioning without a scratch vs Trump, who whined when a debate went over 2 hours and whined more when a friendly moderator wasn't friendly enough.

[PatSeg]

39. Exactly

That congressional hearing should be considered her ultimate presidential endurance test! Debating big baby boy Donald would be a piece of cake.

[fun n serious]

6. The only way Trump will debate is if Hannity id the moderator.

Lol. I hope Hillary keeps Trump chasing his own red states.

[Ilsa]

10. Can you imagine how trump will respond to questions?

He'll get angry, deflect and scream, "Why aren't you asking me about Obama founding ISIS?"

[fun n serious]

11. I can't imagine it...

I think I will go back and watch some of his GOP debates to check out his style again..

[adigal]

50. I hope Candy Crowley is a moderator. He'll insult her gender, looks

And intelligence. He just won't be able to help himself. I'm still waiting for him to call Hillary a really sexist and foul nam soon. Beyond the ones he's already said.

[Moonwalk]

91. Actually, they probably *will* ask him about his "Obama literally founding Isis." In fact....

...I'm sure that his consultants are praying that it won't come up in the debates and one of his homework assignments will be to learn to say "I mean Obama created a vacuum where Isis can thrive..." (repeating that till he has it memorized). I mean, that's the thing about debates. Your words and decisions come back to haunt you; in a good debate, nothing is off the table. Like when Trump got called out in the primaries about saying women were "pigs" etc.

And that, in the end, is the biggest problem for Donald. You see, he's a joker, but the jokes he likes to tell are the off-color ones that all his "buddies" laugh at--he's exactly the sort who says proudly "I'm not PC! I tell it like it is," and all the white men around him slap him on the back and say "Amen, brother!" But those jokes don't fly if someone takes them apart. "So, you think it's funny to call women pigs? Why? Explain this joke to me."

Jokes haven't any power (nor humor) if they're deconstructed. And in a debate, everything and anything could get deconstructed.

[NewJeffCT]

32. Tim Kaine was in Texas today

do their internal polls have Texas in play? I know it's reasonably close in the polls I've seen.

[fun n serious]

45. No. I think she is trying to expand the tent for the future.

Just my opinion...

[rbrnmw]

7. Oh please let this happen

[Ilsa]

8. It's not funny. It's HILLARIOUS!

Cant wait to throw the last clod of dirt on the casket holding the scorched remains of the GOP. Lincoln' s party will need to be resurrected in a more respectful form.

[NurseJackie]

9. The asteroid represents Trump. The planet represents the GOP. (Enjoy)

[GoDawgs]

20. Appropriate you chose an Extinction Level Event (for dinosaurs). n/t

[TXIRISHWOMAN]

43. Does this mean 2016 and the end of the GOP will be known as the DT boundary?

[Fla Dem]

68. What does DT Boundry mean?

[TXIRISHWOMAN]

86. The end of the dinosaurs is the K-T Boundary.

[JHB]

12. Matt's worried about having to get a real job for once...

His resume from LinkedIn:

Founder and President
Potomac Strategy Group, LLC
April 2009 – Present (7 years 5 months)

Campaign Manager
Bill Flores for Congress
January 2010 – January 2011 (1 year 1 month)

Press Secretary
U.S. Senate
May 2007 – April 2010 (3 years)
Press Secretary for a U.S. Senator

President
Potomac Strategy Group, LLC
2009 – 2009 (less than a year)

Press Secretary
U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
2007 – 2009 (2 years)

Press Secretary
U.S. Senate Office of Kay Bailey Hutchison
2007 – 2009 (2 years)

Confidential Assistant
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
2003 – 2004 (1 year)Washington, DC

Education
The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Science, Communication Studies (Political Communication)
1998 – 2003

[randome]

13. It must be God's Will, you feckless, whiny moron.

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[TheOther95Percent]

14. A predicament of their own making

There are no good options for the GOP here. If the RNC "pulls the plug" on the Trump campaign, Don the Con will retaliate and urge his supporters to abstain from voting on down ballot races.

Politico reports that more than 70 prominent Republicans — including several former GOP senators and congressmen — have written a letter begging RNC chairman Reince Priebus to pull the plug on Trump’s campaign and instead spend all their resources protecting down-ballot Republican senators and representatives.

[Downtown Hound]

15. Yes it is

Actually, your party stopped being funny decades ago, but the idea of them going extinct is finally injecting some good vibes into your long reign of terror.

[Kaleva]

16. I think it's funny.

[Fozzledick]

17. That's some funny shit!

[NastyRiffraff]

18. This shit certainly IS funny!

Trump studying 20 hours a week? Please.

I really hope he debates; that will be the show of the century!

[Salviati]

19. Right?

I doubt trump has worked 20 hours a week in his life.

[NewJeffCT]

33. he'll watch "the shows" to prepare for the debates

after all, he has a good brain and is smarter than the generals.

[angrychair]

21. Hmmmm...

I've looked everywhere...sorry...I have no shits to give.

[blue neen]

22. Guess what, Matt Mackowiak. This shit hasn't been funny for a long time.

The politics of divisiveness and obstruction that the Republican Party has practiced for all these years has come back to bite them.
From Lee Atwater to Roger Stone to Karl Rove to Fox "News" to Mitch McConnell---the Republicans are getting what they deserve.

No pity. No quarter.

[thesquanderer]

23. Maybe Bill Clinton was brilliant when he told Donald he should run. (n/t)

[kestrel91316]

60. ^^^^THIS

[Hekate]

24. "We are looking at an extinction-level event.” Want a slice of Schadenfreude Pie with that whine?

[okasha]

54. Mit Schlag.

[Hekate]

62. My late Viennese MIL thought everything went better mit schlag. Mmmm.

[okasha]

100. She was right.

[catbyte]

25. Awww, the Republicans haz a sad...

[KamaAina]

27. Well, meteors are orange, right?

[The_Casual_Observer]

28. That debate ( my guess just one) is going to be embarrassing to watch.

What a fucking mess.

[NewJeffCT]

34. In the GOP debates

he generally lost a bit of ground in the days following the debates... and, that was against Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, etc...

[The_Casual_Observer]

35. As I recall it wasn't really a debate at all since they

Were all on the same page, just a few personal insults and a round of Hillary/Obama bashing.

[Botany]

29. Oklahoma, Wyoming, Idaho, West VA, Kentucky, Alabama and Tennessee will go for Trump

That is Trump's firewall all the rest are gonna be in play and the republicans have
no one to blame except themselves and their media stooges .... Chuck Todd, Joe S,
Gloria Borger, Fox News, and so on I'm looking at you.

Who stood up and called out Trump for his racist, "I'm sending good people to Hawaii
to look into Obama's birth certificate."

They made that Trump Monster w/their tea party and hate talk crap and now it will
kill 'em. Good.

[The_Casual_Observer]

36. Texas?

[Botany]

38. Texas could go blue (long shot)

38% of TX is Hispanic

[The_Casual_Observer]

40. That will be an election for the ages.

[MFM008]

92. The Republicans NEED

To be beaten into atoms.
They nurtured this mess
They won't disavow the mess
Like a baby playing with the poo in his
Diaper smearing it all over himself and the walls.

[okasha]

55. And the African-American percentage

makes us a minority-majority state. There is also likely to be a strong crossover vote by Republican women, with Laura Bush already expressing support for Hillary.

If the Party will invest the resources, I think we can bring Texas home.

[yellowcanine]

64. If McMuffin gets on the ballot there, maybe.

[jmowreader]

37. Add Utah and Alaska to that list, and you've got it

[Botany]

41. Both Utah and Alaska have a chance to go blue this fall (long shot)

Trump has pissed off lots of people and the more he talks the more people
who are getting pissed off by him. I wouldn't doubt that the Republican
party pulls all funding from Trump.

[yellowcanine]

66. From his comments to the evangelicals yesterday......Re: Utah

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-makes-play-for-evangelicals-by-noting-his-problems-in-mormon-rich-utah/2016/08/11/39afcb58-5fe2-11e6-9d2f-b1a3564181a1_story.html


Trump stressed his difficulties in the country’s only majority-Mormon state — making an apparent play for support by noting that he has a “tremendous problem” in Utah.

Trump basically threw Utah, Mormons, and Mitt Romney under the bus to pander to evangelicals. Not only is Trump not expanding the EV map, he appears to be determined to get his digs in against Mitt Romney even if it means he loses all hope of getting Utah's 6 EVs.

[Yallow]

74. Lots Of Mormons In Arizona

Write that one off too.

[yellowcanine]

89. Nevada. ditto.

[blueseas]

70. Wyoming and Idaho?

That would be something to see.

[AlbertCat]

88. Oklahoma, Wyoming, Idaho, West VA, Kentucky, Alabama and Tennessee

Only 2 Southern States.


See.... the South ain't the problem it used to be. The whole country is involved.

[thucythucy]

30. I never thought it was funny.

Trump has scared me since the day he announced. He still scares me.

"This shit's not funny ANYMORE"???

Yeah, 'cause it was just a laugh a minute when Trump was calling for a ban on Muslims and referring to Mexicans as rapists and murderers and women he didn't like as pigs. But I guess this only stopped being "funny" to Republicans when it began hurting their own chances at continued employment.

[Jamaal510]

56. +1

"This shit's not funny ANYMORE"???

Yeah, 'cause it was just a laugh a minute when Trump was calling for a ban on Muslims and referring to Mexicans as rapists and murderers and women he didn't like as pigs. But I guess this only stopped being "funny" to Republicans when it began hurting their own chances at continued employment.

[C Moon]

42. They're probably looking high and low for another Reagan.

But maybe the problem is that the 1% want a toadstool for President, and nobody worth their salt will do it.
(that's a lot of cliche's in a short post).

[hibbing]

44. The report of my death has been exaggerated

As I post in response to these threads all the time, until we control the majority of state houses and governors, the party is alive and well. Let alone the house and Senate. Brownback got reelected for gosh sakes.


Peace

[AgadorSparticus]

47. He thinks Trump is going to spend 20hr PER WEEK studying for the debate?

WTF is he smoking? He will be lucky to get 2-3 total from that gas bag. Good luck convincing him he needs to study. He won't find it necessary when all he plans to do is whip out 1 liners and zingers. Besides, why study when it is much easier to flippantly lie.

[GeorgeGist]

48. When was it funny?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

49. Maybe now they'll admit hot air is a problem.

[Buzz cook]

52. As long as we have the media we do, the republican party will live on.

I've heard about the republican party dying off more times than you can shake a stick at. Each time the media have been there to help the cons build their brand back up.

I din't think our media could function without the republicans.

[Rose Siding]

57. So if he corrects course, even now, they just say 'water under the bridge'?

All is forgotten? A few months of scripted, stilted behavior, even IF he were capable of it, would reassure them enough to trust him?

Rubes all.

[kestrel91316]

58. I sure hope so. My entire adult life has been

dominated by these asshats trying to ruin everything. And I'm almost 60.

[MFM008]

61. i heard that.

one of the things I agree with a republican about.

[tanyev]

63. I'll admit it would be a lot funnier if we knew for sure Hillary wins and Dems take the Senate.

But it's still pretty funny.

[avebury]

67. "Trump is causing an ‘extinction event’ for the GOP"

We can only hope. Maybe he will shrink the GOP small enough that you an drown it in a bathtub.

[workinclasszero]

76. Hahahahahahaha!

God willing!

[WatchWhatISay]

96. Farts Float

So I doubt it

[workinclasszero]

69. "Trump is causing an ‘extinction event’ for the GOP"

Hell of a job Trump, hell of a job!

[AllyCat]

71. Oh gee, so sorry you don't like the hatred you created GOPpers.

Seems the majority of Americans DON'T think like you.

[whistler162]

72. Needs a comic illustration

Giant dinosaurs with Republican faces on them and a giant meteor with Trumps face on it.

[world wide wally]

73. I wonder if he will get Sarah Palin to play Hillary for his debate prep

[Fritz Walter]

77. Or to put it in terms that evangelistas and other thumpers can comprehend

[unblock]

78. he's a master debater. he practices every night and he only needs 2 minutes.

[classykaren]

84. Wonderful you made my day

[Shankapotomus]

79. Come on Be real

It's pretty funny.

[Sunlei]

80. Trump was correct about all his fellow 'quitter' Republicans, they are less 'worthy' then him.

Republicans won't even support/work for their own, how can they be expected to support & work for ALL Americans?

None of them should be elected, Americans are better off if the positions were left vacant.

[FighttheFuture]

81. The GOP needs to go extinct before they lead us ALL to extinction. So on this I can support

Trump!!! Ah, ha ha hahahahahahah!!! !

History may look more kindly upon him; I won't but history may.

[Fast Walker 52]

83. Indeed-- if by some chance Trump is doing this on purpose

all the more power to him

[AgadorSparticus]

82. "We are looking at an extinction level event" certainly has a ring to it.

Music to my ears.

But to be fair, the Republican party was already on the demise before trump ever came onto the scene. They still have the teabaggers to contend with that is ripping their party apart.

Trump is a stark raving lunatic. But, then again, so is Ted Cruz. They can't pin this all on Trump. They have every bit as much to blame.

[Fast Walker 52]

85. Look how freaking dumb Trump's spokeperson is here

I seriously feel like these people are suffering from some sort of dementia or brain degeneration.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/trump-spokesman-crashes-and-burns-when-cnns-chris-cuomo-asks-him-to-explain-candidates-sarcasm/

[AlbertCat]

87. Trump is causing an ‘extinction event’ for the GOP

Nonsense.

The GOP did all by themselves. (Trump wouldn't be there if it weren't for them)

Trump is there result of the GOP being what it is and has been for decades now.

[pansypoo53219]

93. FULLY DESERVED, when they went from the LOYAL opposition to cockblocking DISLOYAL

opposition starting with CLINTON & the rise of NEWT.

[ananda]

94. ROFL -- I find it highly laughmaking.

[Vinca]

95. Extinction event? So some good will come out of the Trump candidacy after all.

[drm604]

97. "Extinction Level Event for the GOP".

That has a nice ring to it.

[spanzini]

98. Democrats the real losers....

"Democrats during Obama’s presidency lost 11 governorships, 13 U.S. Senate seats, 69 House seats, and 913 state legislative seats and 30 state legislative chambers".

And we will see the TPP pushed thru by Obama during a lame duck session. Yea, democrats rule, we are so much better than Trump. Makes me sick.

[cheezmaka]

101. like a house of cards...

I have to admit... the GOP had it comin' to them! If Dems get both houses I would be ECSTATIC