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 ...
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.
I feel like a political orphan. At least my congressional rep and one of my Senators passes muster.
“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!
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.
I don’t think there was anything unintended about it.
But Rush Limbaugh keeps telling us the GOP is fine.
Lack of TERM LIMITS has filled the uniparty with wannabe masters instead of the intended public SERVANTS.
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.
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.
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.
Nobody likes mealy-mouthed, spineless cowards with no moral center except The Left. They love them because they are so easy to roll.
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.
We don't call it the Uniparty for no reason...know what I mean?
FMCDH(BITS)
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.
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.
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.
This is almost exactly what I said in the comments session. They're not dumb.
GMTA
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.
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.
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