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Trump's Unintended Consequences: The Republican Party Reveals Itself
The American Thinker ^ | 08/21/17 | David Prentice

Posted on 08/21/2017 5:54:30 AM PDT by pgkdan

...The Republican Party once was the party of conservatives. It still is the only place any conservative can be elected in today’s political world. So far. Unfortunately, the party of Reagan has disappeared. Trump did not make them disappear, but his improbable run, and win, has revealed who the party really is.

And it ain’t pretty.

It’s been apparent for a while that they are the stupid party. But I never thought they were this stupid.

It’s been apparent for a long time they had Stockholm Syndrome. Captured by the left, they have been cowed into being spineless mushes afraid to be called names. But I never thought it was this bad.

It’s been apparent for a while this is a party interested in taking a back seat, as long as they get money, perks, and some kind of fame. But I never thought it was this corrupt.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: corruption; republican; rino; uniparty
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To: RedStateRocker

This is what Trump supporters feel...from the article

What is a nation who has been lied to by both parties supposed to do? What is the base of the GOP going to do?

I don’t know, but I do know I’ve never seen the center right base so disgusted and angry at its own. GOP: Trust me, the base hasn’t left Trump, but it has left you. It’s not official yet, but the avalanche is about to begin. The anger is going to boil over. Upon you. GOP: you’re not going to like it, but you have no one to blame but yourselves.

To the very small list of conservatives that fought the good fight: I apologize. But to the rest: You have become like the salt in the parable. Good for nothing.


21 posted on 08/21/2017 6:42:37 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: pgkdan

I feel like a political orphan. At least my congressional rep and one of my Senators passes muster.


22 posted on 08/21/2017 6:44:01 AM PDT by 38special (For real, y'all.)
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To: Truth29

“In an increasingly desirable alternate reality, the GOP leadership would be facing outraged citizen courts and swift justice.”

Yews, and the probable reason that they are not meeting out “swift justice,” is that too many of them are the same kind of person who is now wedded to the government tit!


23 posted on 08/21/2017 6:54:24 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: lodi90

This article sums it up exactly as I have been trying to express my total disgust for these lying turncoats. They will say anything to get elected, but really they are a bunch of Oscar worthy actors. Yes, Trump has revealed who they really are. I have called my senators and told them how disgusted I am and will not vote for anyone that can’t get out there and support me and Trump. Great article.


24 posted on 08/21/2017 7:19:43 AM PDT by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: pgkdan

I don’t think there was anything unintended about it.


25 posted on 08/21/2017 7:22:01 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: pgkdan

But Rush Limbaugh keeps telling us the GOP is fine.


26 posted on 08/21/2017 7:26:45 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: pgkdan

Lack of TERM LIMITS has filled the uniparty with wannabe masters instead of the intended public SERVANTS.


27 posted on 08/21/2017 7:30:16 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: pgkdan

The GOP has never been a conservative party. It was for awhile a home for conservatives. But at its core the GOP has an equal dedication to the Dems of being a ruling class. Goldwater, Reagan, Buckley where never truly at home in the GOP. But then they may not be at home with some of today’s conservatives.

Libertarian could be a good home except it has been hijacked by the SJWs and focuses on LGBT issues.


28 posted on 08/21/2017 7:38:14 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: Hojczyk
"I don’t know, but I do know I’ve never seen the center right base so disgusted and angry at its own. GOP: Trust me, the base hasn’t left Trump, but it has left you. It’s not official yet, but the avalanche is about to begin. The anger is going to boil over. Upon you."

Precisely what I heard while venting my frustration to a local Republican official last week.

He said he's been hearing this sentiment a lot lately, with most of the anger directed at McConnell and Ryan.

29 posted on 08/21/2017 7:47:14 AM PDT by daler
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To: pgkdan
The Republican Party once was the party of conservatives.

That may, perhaps, have been the case during the McKinley and Coolidge presidencies, but the Wall Street wing, now known as the Establishment or the RINO wing, has always dominated the party leadership. Even during the Reagan presidency George Bush, James and Howard Baker, Donald Regan, and other Establishment types held the commanding heights.

30 posted on 08/21/2017 8:00:27 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: pgkdan

Nobody likes mealy-mouthed, spineless cowards with no moral center except The Left. They love them because they are so easy to roll.


31 posted on 08/21/2017 8:15:12 AM PDT by Gritty (Dear Elitists: Trump is not our last chance. He's your last chance. - Kurt Schlicter)
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To: pgkdan

Well. that’s true enough, but what are they compared to the successor to the American Communist Party, today’s Democrats? Conservatives can form a third party, split the vote, and guarantee Demonrat ascendancy. Or, better, as some advocate, support primary csndidates against GOPe members.


32 posted on 08/21/2017 8:37:12 AM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: ARGLOCKGUY
I vote for conservatives not just republicans.

We don't call it the Uniparty for no reason...know what I mean?

FMCDH(BITS)

33 posted on 08/21/2017 8:37:29 AM PDT by nothingnew (Hemmer and MacCullum are the worst on FNC)
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To: TTFlyer

Would you be willing to vote Dem to unseat an incumbent in the short term if that’s what it would take?

...because that’s how I feel.


34 posted on 08/21/2017 8:57:59 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: fuzzylogic

Rather than vote for a ‘Rat I simply will not vote. The GOP, along with the Deep State, have demonstrated that the vote is meaningless anyway.


35 posted on 08/21/2017 9:07:50 AM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: pgkdan

Today’s modern day Pubs,, mostly Scoundrels and Scalawags. Many are nothing more than recycled paid lobbyists for causes that don’t do diddly for the nation as a whole.


36 posted on 08/21/2017 9:12:56 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: RedStateRocker
Oh, they know, they just don’t care. They’ve got it made, benefits for life and nice gigs after they quit or are thrown out. Since neither country nor principles matter, sell yourself for a good price and laugh all the way to the bank at articles such as this accusing you of being stupid. McConnell might be many things, but he’s not dumb enough to not know how loathed he is, even the average retard knows what flipping the bird to someone means, it’s just he doesn’t care, not does he have to.

This is almost exactly what I said in the comments session. They're not dumb.

37 posted on 08/21/2017 9:20:58 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: DouglasKC

GMTA


38 posted on 08/21/2017 9:42:38 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, deport all illegal aliens, abolish the IRS, DEA and ATF.)
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To: American in Israel

Step #1: Primary out Luther Strange and elect Judge Roy Moore in the upcoming Alabama special election for the U.S. Senate. At this point it is very doable despite Pres. Trump’s endorsement and the GOPe’s financial backing of Strange.


39 posted on 08/21/2017 12:12:54 PM PDT by houeto
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To: pgkdan
The GOP has squandered a God given opportunity to turn this country around and have worked hard to betray the people who elected them time and time again.

Pretty much sums up the reason for my years of anger at the GOP and my solid support for Trump. In the run up for '08, I really liked Fred Thompson, but by the time the primary came around McCain is who we had to vote for. UGH!

Then when McCain said during that debate that we had nothing to fear from a President Obama, I knew he was unfit for office, both of them.

In 1957, during 6th grade civics, the teacher made an off the cuff statement that there was little difference between the two parties, the dems and the pubs. I so wanted, all those years since then to discern a true difference. Now with Ryan and MdConnell, what she said 60 years ago has become prophetic.

40 posted on 08/21/2017 12:46:17 PM PDT by Dustoff45 (Pass the spicy catsup. We've got Trump now.)
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