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How Donald Trump destroyed the Republican Party in 2015
The Washington Post ^ | 12-29-15 | Eugene Robinson

Posted on 12/29/2015 11:16:25 AM PST by Gandalf the Mauve

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To: freespirit2012

Exactly! Trump is going where no RINO would dare go. Bring it on Clintoons, no more bowing to your sorry asses.
Most of the low info & millennial voters have no idea what a sleaze Bubba is..not that it would matter much but it’s good thing Trump is shining a light on the corrupt drifters.


41 posted on 12/29/2015 11:43:59 AM PST by rainee (Her)
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To: Gandalf the Mauve
Where to start?

What Trump has done is call out the establishment on years of dishonest rhetoric. Progressives often asked why so many working-class whites went against their own economic interests by supporting the GOP. The answer is that Republicans appealed to these voters on cultural grounds, subtly exploiting their resentments and fears.

BS
Not on cultural grounds, but a promise to restore the Republic and Rule of Law. Not so subtle Race Card being played here.

The nation`s demographics are changing, with a rapidly growing Latino population, and an African American in the White House.

BS
What does a half black half white in the White House have to do with demographics. A Guiness record string of demonstrable lies put him there.

The Republican Party promised, with nods, winks and dog-whistle toots, to change all of this and make everything the way it used to be. In practice, however, party leaders were compelled to deal with the world as it actually is.

BS
No party leaders sold out voters and joined Democrats in the Washington Cartel to enrich themselves and their donors over the health and wellbeing of the citizenry.

Similarly, many leading Republicans were careful not to offend the `birthers` who denied Obama`s legitimacy as president. An unabashed birther long before he was a candidate, Trump still refuses to say whether he accepts the proven fact that Obama was born in the United States.

BS
Hillery called into question Obama`s birth during 2008 campaign before Trump ever mentioned it. There is no proof Obama was born in the US.

Don`t let the big words fool you (`Pax` really?). Eugene Robinson is nothing more than a take down artist with a strong willingness to lie with the best of them looking for a round table chair on a major news network.

42 posted on 12/29/2015 11:47:14 AM PST by Eddie01 (uh oh)
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To: Renegade

“FK the GOP establishment. After the Ryan defection I will NEVER vote or contribute to an establishment member again. I’ll spend the money on guns and ammo”

Welcome.

I wonder if there’s critical mass for a second party yet.


43 posted on 12/29/2015 11:47:25 AM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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The republican majority that we worked so hard to create in the house and senate has stabbed us in the back over and over again and has yet to pass a single bill that did not have 90% or greater democrat support and was not enthusiastically signed by obunghole, and now they are pulling out all the stops to sink Cruz and Trump to push Yebbie. I say Fuqum to Hell!!!


44 posted on 12/29/2015 11:48:03 AM PST by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: skeeter

Bingo!


45 posted on 12/29/2015 11:48:10 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: gr8eman
The GOPe needs to cross over or leave.

You got THAT right!

46 posted on 12/29/2015 11:48:50 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

Washington Compost.


47 posted on 12/29/2015 11:49:16 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Roger Kaputnik

“An entity called the GOP will survive but can never be the same.”

It will be a fringe minority party that will be supported by the relatively small number of people who are 100% onboard with the Chamber of (Crony) Commerce program.


48 posted on 12/29/2015 11:51:11 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

Trump didn’t create the rift, he simply revealed it.


49 posted on 12/29/2015 11:51:12 AM PST by jdege
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

Trump did not destroy or tear apart the GOP. The GOP-e tore the party apart by deciding to join with the DemocRATS.

These lying DemocRATS will say anything to smear Trump.


50 posted on 12/29/2015 11:52:17 AM PST by CyberAnt ("The fields are white unto Harvest")
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

In either event, the GOP we once knew is irredeemably a thing of the past.....And this is bad, how?


51 posted on 12/29/2015 11:52:50 AM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Gandalf the Mauve
GOPe needs to go to the DNC and congratulate each other and slap each other on the back...that's what they are anyway...LIBERALS!!!
52 posted on 12/29/2015 11:53:15 AM PST by HarleyLady27 (.."THE FORCE AWAKENS"!!! TRUMP; TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP 100%....)
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To: The Final Harvest

Eugene, You missed the boat when it sailed. Trump has only pointed out what a bunch of dufuses the rinos are, they destroyed themselves long before Trump started to campaign. In fact, my wife and I “dumped” the reps since they no longer represent conservative Americans, they only represent themselves.


53 posted on 12/29/2015 11:55:38 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

E. Robinson like any other Tom, Dick, or Harry in the DC zoo. When the public at last solves the puzzle of what GOP winos are attempting to do, Eugene will be out of a job just like the rest of the DC criminals. Even the ‘Robinson’ name will be of no help to him. Chances are she, too, would be incarcerated along with her mate. EB, behind bars, still making his magic with his magical finger.


54 posted on 12/29/2015 11:55:46 AM PST by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

WaPo whine.


55 posted on 12/29/2015 11:55:49 AM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

The eGOP has imploded of its own weight .. riddled by corruption, indifference, bait&switch, bleat and squawk..

Good riddance.. Let a new party and leaders arise from its ashes.. before the eGOP torches us all by its own incompetence.


56 posted on 12/29/2015 11:56:01 AM PST by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: Gandalf the Mauve
Am I overstating Trump's impact, given that not a single vote has been cast?

Yep. You're counting chickens before they're hatched.

2016 will be the telling year.

57 posted on 12/29/2015 11:58:09 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
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To: Bushbacker1
Headline should be:

How Boehner, McDonnell, Ryan and the GOPe destroyed the Republican party.


No!!! Because if they admit that, then it's a small step to admitting [gasp!] that the loss of the last two Presidential elections wasn't the conservatives' fault.


58 posted on 12/29/2015 12:02:46 PM PST by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: Gandalf the Mauve
The Compost is concerned that the Republican party has been destroyed!

Isn't that sensitive of them?

59 posted on 12/29/2015 12:03:13 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The future must not belong to those who deny the true nature of Islam.)
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To: rochester_veteran

“Eugene Robinson is a dickwad!”

Eugene Robinson is a BLACK dickwad! I’m sure he’s worried to death about the prospect.


60 posted on 12/29/2015 12:05:47 PM PST by vette6387
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