Opinion: Eight years late, Trump finally gets his coronation | The party loved Reagan, but what it has come to feel for Trump is closer to religious veneration.

The Washington Post ^ | July 17, 2024 at 5:37 p.m. EDT | Karen Tumulty

[popdonnelly]

It’s not “religious veneration”. It’s common sense.

[popdonnelly]

I would term wanting four more years of Biden/Harris as masochism.

[Robert DeLong]

They hated him from the start, that’s why they picked Ford in 1976 as their candidate, who lost to Carter in the General election.

[Retain Mike]

Ronald Reagan is the last president I voted for. Since then, I have voted against whatever creature the Democrats put forward. I like Harry Truman’s assessment when he said, “My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there’s hardly any difference.”

[dfwgator]

It’s called “Perseverance”.

[1Old Pro]

Thank goodness 2024 is not 2016, we did not have to put up with the fakes at the convention like Paul Ryan:
https://youtu.be/hUadzIuh8mQ?feature=shared

[ballplayer]

Hey Karen,deal with it,hag