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octoberlib

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28. Since Eisenhower became President and white evangelicals began taking

Reply to berni_mccoy (Original post)

Wed Aug 12, 2020, 04:30 PM

Aug 2020

over the GOP, they've been on a downward slide. I hope the Lincoln Project is successful but I don't think Trumpism is going away once Trump is out of office.

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We Are Witnessing The Death Throes of The GOP [View all] berni_mccoy Aug 2020 OP

Hope you're right, but I think it is supposed to be "throes"... Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #1

Damn berni_mccoy Aug 2020 #4

Yes, except for the fleece ones. n/t sl8 Aug 2020 #24

I sure hope you're right! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2020 #2

Throes. But if I could throw them far away I'd do that too. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #3

lol, thanks. berni_mccoy Aug 2020 #5

schism maybe, not death...conservativism will require a party, conservatism is not going to die. Thomas Hurt Aug 2020 #6

Yes, but it may be forever split into two parties berni_mccoy Aug 2020 #10

I think you're probably right BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #7

Kicking Mike 03 Aug 2020 #8

Excellent insight Cicada Aug 2020 #9

I've been hearing this line for years eissa Aug 2020 #11

And there's never been any truth to it Awsi Dooger Aug 2020 #29

Until people who vote for GOP candidates stop doing it it's not going anywhere. HotTeaBag Aug 2020 #12

The gop and their dismal failure to come to the aid of this Country will never be forgotten. SWBTATTReg Aug 2020 #13

Counterpoint: the American Voter has the memory of a gnat. maxsolomon Aug 2020 #20

Hardly DFW Aug 2020 #14

We said this in 2016 RhodeIslandOne Aug 2020 #15

Don't underestimate the number of idiots out there. CentralMass Aug 2020 #16

I hope you're right, but fear it will take another 1-3 cycles to do the job Fiendish Thingy Aug 2020 #17

Polish up the casket; gas up the hearse Blue Owl Aug 2020 #18

If the landslide is as large as we think, this will shatter the GOP for a decade everywhere beachbumbob Aug 2020 #19

I don't see it. They are just doing what they always do. Kablooie Aug 2020 #21

It's not a party concerned with Democracy and votes anymore. Johnny2X2X Aug 2020 #22

In 1998, when Obama was elected... Thunderbeast Aug 2020 #23

i remember saying the same thing in 2005-2008 SiliconValley_Dem Aug 2020 #25

Sorry, but no Saboburns Aug 2020 #26

No. As long as oligarchs are able to own the GOP with the money ... Brother Mythos Aug 2020 #27

Since Eisenhower became President and white evangelicals began taking octoberlib Aug 2020 #28

Eighty-three days until November 3rd peggysue2 Aug 2020 #30

lmao @ all their conflicting messaging: Black, but not black; ecstatic Aug 2020 #31

*sigh* sarisataka Aug 2020 #32

Until we see an exodus to another party, we are not seeing the death of the GOP apnu Aug 2020 #33