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The Democrats are imploding
American Thinker ^ | 17 December 2019 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 12/17/2019 9:37:58 AM PST by Magnatron

It's too soon to predict that the Democrats will go the way of the Whigs, but the oldest political party in the world is tripping over its own doctrines; making a public spectacle of its inability to coherently sponsor debates; riven by ideological fissures that seem to be widening; driving away two bedrock constituencies, the white working class and black voters; and hitching itself to a doomed impeachment effort that could cost it dearly next November.

It's a great time to be alive if you are a Republican!

Consider the forthcoming presidential debates.

Next Thursday's scheduled debate is being boycotted by all its candidates because the food service provider at the host institution, Loyola Marymount University — itself a second choice venue after UCLA was chosen and rejected because of a strike there — is experiencing a strike, and the candidates refuse to cross a picket line. DNC chair Tom Perez, a former secretary of labor, is leaning hard on the parties to the strike to settle their differences (do you suspect there may be some quid pro quo promises?), so the squabble between the two constituencies of the Democrats, higher education and left wing labor unions, can end.

But solving that issue is child's play compared to the "diversity" issue facing the debate scheduled for next February:

Nine Democratic presidential candidates have called on the Democratic National Committee to relax its debate standards next year, allowing some lower-polling rivals onto the stage.

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


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To: Buckeye McFrog

I agree....


21 posted on 12/17/2019 10:31:46 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: McGruff

“I don’t see liberals ever coming around. Swing voters maybe.”

If we are to defeat these vermin, we first need to call them by what they are. They are not liberals, friend. They are godless Leftists, totally corrupt and evil. They hate the sacred texts and documents, along with our traditions of Liberty and Freedom that Conservatives Americans cherish and seek to uphold. In other words, they hate America.


22 posted on 12/17/2019 10:32:42 AM PST by semaj (We are the People)
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To: Textide

RBG and SCOTUS are the whole reason for this pony show...IMHO.


23 posted on 12/17/2019 10:39:45 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: semaj

Many are brainwashed by the mass media.

Brainwashing is hard to break, but it can be done.

It can only be done one person at a time.

The trick is to show them a glitch in their matrix, that little inconsistency that forces them to start questioning their beliefs.

Every person is different and will be capable of understanding different glitches.

It is worth the effort.


24 posted on 12/17/2019 10:40:10 AM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: Magnatron

“The Democrats are imploding”

Christmas has come early. Joy to the world!


25 posted on 12/17/2019 10:41:38 AM PST by Leep (It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
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To: Magnatron

It’s a great time to be alive if you are a Republican! It is also a time for controlled rage in being a Republican.


26 posted on 12/17/2019 10:43:41 AM PST by Robert357
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To: Magnatron

27 posted on 12/17/2019 10:45:44 AM PST by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Since FR is predominantly a political discussion site, it makes sense that most events/trends are viewed through a political prism. However, significant, relevant elements can become obscured if we don't consider other key factors.

In this regard, I'm referring to the DNC as a criminal organization. It has well established rules of conduct, procedures for advancement, and other norms & routines common to the Mafia. After all, while the mob is only dabbling in billions, the DNC is handling $trillions upon trillions of dollars.

And operating this big and lucrative is not going to hand over the keys to a younger set. Again, think of how long it takes to advance in organized crime. Dues must be paid, formal initiation rites are observed, and respect for elders is enforced. If the younger kids like AOC want to mess around, they'll simply be knee capped.

28 posted on 12/17/2019 10:47:09 AM PST by semantic
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To: Magnatron
I heard today the Democrats on the debate stage are trying to violate their own rules of the DNC so they can include Julian Castro and Cory Booker so they can appear to have some kind of diversity up on stage instead of a bunch of stupid socialist white idiots! ( which they are ) More popcorn 🍿 please !
29 posted on 12/17/2019 10:55:09 AM PST by Truthoverpower (The guv mint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: cgbg
Many are brainwashed by the mass media.

Brainwashing is hard to break, but it can be done.

It can only be done one person at a time.

The trick is to show them a glitch in their matrix, that little inconsistency that forces them to start questioning their beliefs.

Every person is different and will be capable of understanding different glitches.

It is worth the effort.

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I disagree.

This only works with normal people. Many of the democrats that I have spoken to have serious mental problems.

Many of the women have had abortions and claim that there are no regrets or guilty feelings. A normal person would not say that. Only a sociopath can say that.

Homosexuality used to be considered a mental illness until the medical community was forced to change it's position on this.

30 posted on 12/17/2019 10:55:49 AM PST by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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To: seawolf101

I guess I know more “normal” Democrats—no abortions, no gays...


31 posted on 12/17/2019 11:14:58 AM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: seawolf101
This only works with normal people. Many of the democrats that I have spoken to have serious mental problems.

Yup. The mere fact that they can look at you with a straight face and insist that Trump is Hitler, I mean, do they know ANYTHING about the real Hitler? I mean, okay, maybe you don't like him, but Hitler? It's a completely absurd premise but they 110% absolutely believe it.


32 posted on 12/17/2019 11:15:45 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Magnatron
Ridiculous article. The author obviously hasn't been watching what's happening to our major metropolitan areas across the country. Even here in Oklahoma, a decidedly Red state, our two major cities, Tulsa and Oklahoma City, are blue.

The RAT party is doing just fine.

33 posted on 12/17/2019 11:22:42 AM PST by LouAvul
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To: Avalon Memories

You’re 100% correct. Most Jews embrace socialism as a kind of religion. The nascent state o Israel was a qusai-socialist state and still is. Their ‘’kibbutzim’’ system is a perfect of socialist style living. I think most Jews believe that ultimately government is supposed to be some kind of benevolent father who provides everything to it’s children.
Apparently the Jewish people were unwilling or unable to
understand that government, even one created with the best of intentions is inherently dangerous at the very least. “Government is not eloquence’’ said George Washington, ‘’it is force. Like fire a troublesome servant and a fearful master and as such should never be put into the hands of the incompetent’’.


34 posted on 12/17/2019 11:27:09 AM PST by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?)
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To: Magnatron

Democrats imploding?

Nah.

They’ll coalesce quite nicely on Election Night.


35 posted on 12/17/2019 11:34:34 AM PST by karnage
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
It's too soon to predict that the Democrats will go the way of the Whigs, but the oldest political party in the world is tripping over its own doctrines; making a public spectacle of its inability to coherently sponsor debates; riven by ideological fissures that seem to be widening; driving away two bedrock constituencies, the white working class and black voters; and hitching itself to a doomed impeachment effort that could cost it dearly next November... Next Thursday's scheduled debate is being boycotted ... because ... the candidates refuse to cross a picket line. DNC chair Tom Perez, a former secretary of labor, is leaning hard on the parties to the strike to settle their differences (do you suspect there may be some quid pro quo promises?), so the squabble between the two constituencies of the Democrats, higher education and left wing labor unions, can end... Nine Democratic presidential candidates have called on the Democratic National Committee to relax its debate standards next year, allowing some lower-polling rivals onto the stage.
And at the end of the convention, there will be a ceremony where all the losers get participation trophies, which they will then smash to protest supremacy, no specific kind, just all kinds. Then they'll all eat lots of meat on private jets and if confronted, will claim they were doing it ironically to point out someone else's hypocrisy.

36 posted on 12/17/2019 12:17:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: jmacusa

Thanks for your thoughtful reply. It’s tragic. A reliance on big government has not served the Jewish people well at all throughout history.


37 posted on 12/17/2019 12:21:14 PM PST by Avalon Memories (Politics is all about quid pro quos. Donate to me! Vote for me! I'll give you "free" stuff)
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To: Bishop_Malachi

They have the House... WE have the Presidency, the Senate, the Supreme Court, most State Legislatures, most Governors, most federal judges (or very close) AND most dog catchers... But, like you say - they have ‘the House’...


38 posted on 12/17/2019 12:27:17 PM PST by GOPJ (White Liberal "Elites" who murder conservative children signal each other by scratching their heads.)
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To: Magnatron

Hopefully they take the moribund GOP with them.


39 posted on 12/17/2019 12:32:22 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: SunkenCiv

40 posted on 12/17/2019 12:33:15 PM PST by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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