[Rockingham]

The GOP became a hollow and discredited shell after the presidency of George W. Bush. His manner was relaxed to the point of suggesting slackness, even laziness. His domestic and economic policies were often feckless, and his prosecution of the War on Terror and its episodes in Afghanistan and Iraq, the GOP failed to generate clear success or an enduring national consensus.

Just as Obama was the country's rejection of the Bush Presidency, Trump is the GOP's rejection of it as well. Trump is everything that George W. Bush was not. Trump is flamboyant, combative, and detail oriented where Bush was prone to avoid defending himself or his policies beyond broad generalities. And, unlike Bush, Trump earned his success without the benefit of family name and influence.

[moodyskeptic]

Good observation. I’ll say this about Trump... he has flushed out the Rinos and quislings, they scurry on the floor like roaches when the light clicks on.