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Kablooie

(18,634 posts) Sat Oct 5, 2019, 04:59 PM Oct 2019

So Republicans think 5 more years of this is great for them?

Do they really think that keeping Trump in power will be good for their careers?

If Trump stays, nothing they decide will make any difference because Trump is the only one who decides.
They hold empty positions whose only function is to support the dictator.
Anyone who deviates from this will be destroyed by Trump.

After Trump is deposed someday and Democrats regain power they will be in deep shit.
Everyone who latches onto Trump gets destroyed sooner or later and that will be their future.

This is what they want? Really?

Alternatively if they eliminate Trump now, the system will revert to the previous Democratic system where, even if they aren't the majority party, they can have some effect if they work honestly.

It seems a no brainer except they tenaciously hold onto Trump's power for him.
The no brainer is too difficult for their brains, I guess.

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So Republicans think 5 more years of this is great for them? (Original Post) Kablooie Oct 2019 OP

Money money money tax cuts for the wealthy cutting social security mucifer Oct 2019 #1

99.9% of them don't benefit Cary Oct 2019 #3

Some alleged Democrats said Orange Hitler would be good for us Cary Oct 2019 #2

Not a monopoly Turin_C3PO Oct 2019 #4

Republicans knew if they lost in 2016, it would be curtains for them. Girard442 Oct 2019 #5

you'd think they'd be cutting their losses and running by now Skittles Oct 2019 #6

I'd think by then they'd be scared to go out in public.... Historic NY Oct 2019 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Oct 2019 #8

Why not they get tax cuts and probably doc03 Oct 2019 #9

The reTHUGS think that tRUMP is gonna make all their wet dreams come true! abqtommy Oct 2019 #10

mucifer

(23,550 posts)

1. Money money money tax cuts for the wealthy cutting social security

Reply to Kablooie (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 05:08 PM

Oct 2019

deregulation destroying the environment for $$$

they are evil and will do anything to keep the evil going as long as possible.

Cary

(11,746 posts)

3. 99.9% of them don't benefit

Reply to mucifer (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 05:12 PM

Oct 2019

Their motivation is far more irrational and dysfunctional.

I think Karen Stenner's "The Authoritarian Dynamic" explains a lot.

Cary

(11,746 posts)

2. Some alleged Democrats said Orange Hitler would be good for us

Reply to Kablooie (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 05:09 PM

Oct 2019

I was told that right here at DU. I was told that he would hasten "the revolution."

"Conservatives" have no monopoly on stupidity. I once naively believed they did.

Turin_C3PO

(14,004 posts)

4. Not a monopoly

Reply to Cary (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 05:14 PM

Oct 2019

but they are, generally speaking, far more uninformed and “reptilian brained” than those of us on the left.

Girard442

(6,075 posts)

5. Republicans knew if they lost in 2016, it would be curtains for them.

Reply to Kablooie (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 05:21 PM

Oct 2019

The same is true for 2020, only more so. They decided to prioritize the survival of party over the survival of America as we know it. They've got this tiger by the tail and they can't let go.