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ThoughtCriminal

(14,049 posts) Mon Oct 10, 2022, 05:01 PM Oct 2022

100% Reliable. Bank on it. Prediction!

How will the GOP react to the results of the 2022 election?

Same way they react to EVERYTHING!: They will move further to the extreme right. And more insane.

This will happen if they win big. This will happen if they win small. This will happen if they lose big. This will happen if they lose small. And this will happen with every result between every possible outcome.

How do I know this? Look at every election since 1960. No exceptions. Every election, every trend, every national tragedy, or triumph, every news event and social trend somehow becomes a signal to Republican politicians that they need to move further to the right, discard decency and sanity. They double-down and then double-down again, it's an un-ending feedback loop that never moves even micrometer back towards the middle and what is considered "Centrist" itself moves rightward every news cycle.

Any political pundit who predicts any other result, is worthless.

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100% Reliable. Bank on it. Prediction! (Original Post) ThoughtCriminal Oct 2022 OP

Can't argue with that. BigmanPigman Oct 2022 #1

and every election they lose will be "stolen." ZonkerHarris Oct 2022 #2

Their version of making America great involves hobnailed boots massive rallies. Chainfire Oct 2022 #3

Agreed. "The Chosen One" to the x-tians. They really believe it cuz they're told to. n/t Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #4

RW policy firms have been working the long game for decades IronLionZion Oct 2022 #5

While Fox News and hate radio are certainly guilty of pushing Republicans to the right, Lonestarblue Oct 2022 #6

Yeah really, the church is who we should be concerned about. Initech Oct 2022 #7

Almost seems like there is a race-to-the-bottom. Perhaps the genetic mutations are building up? erronis Oct 2022 #8

Maybe not...Every once in a while a leader comes along and tells, "THE TRUTH" Stuart G Oct 2022 #9

When "The Truth" comes along ThoughtCriminal Oct 2022 #10

Wise post...Exactly the "TRUTH" Stuart G Oct 2022 #11

BigmanPigman

(51,627 posts)

1. Can't argue with that.

Reply to ThoughtCriminal (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2022, 05:08 PM

Oct 2022

ZonkerHarris

(24,254 posts)

2. and every election they lose will be "stolen."

Reply to ThoughtCriminal (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2022, 05:10 PM

Oct 2022

Chainfire

(17,636 posts)

3. Their version of making America great involves hobnailed boots massive rallies.

Reply to ThoughtCriminal (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2022, 05:32 PM

Oct 2022

They want their God, Donnie poop pants, in total power, forever. All women, barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen raising more little Nazis. And, always remember, and never forget, If it ain't white, it ain't right... Democracy has no place in a Republican future.

Evolve Dammit

(16,763 posts)

4. Agreed. "The Chosen One" to the x-tians. They really believe it cuz they're told to. n/t

Reply to Chainfire (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 10, 2022, 07:19 PM

Oct 2022

IronLionZion

(45,528 posts)

5. RW policy firms have been working the long game for decades

Reply to ThoughtCriminal (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2022, 07:29 PM

Oct 2022

Moderates don't even bother running as Republicans because they won't make it through their primaries. Their voters have been brainwashed by RW media, hate radio, loony blogs, and loud opinionated Youtubers.

Lonestarblue

(10,064 posts)

6. While Fox News and hate radio are certainly guilty of pushing Republicans to the right,

Reply to ThoughtCriminal (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2022, 07:50 PM

Oct 2022

the other factor is white evangelical preachers. They have a captive audience on Sundays and they are a big part of the MAGA cult driving the US toward Christian Nationalism and extremist policies.

Initech

(100,102 posts)

7. Yeah really, the church is who we should be concerned about.

Reply to Lonestarblue (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 10, 2022, 07:54 PM

Oct 2022

It's like churches have become a vehicle for pushing right and far right extremist ideals. They need to be dealt with, and the IRS really needs to enforce its' church and state policies.

erronis

(15,328 posts)

8. Almost seems like there is a race-to-the-bottom. Perhaps the genetic mutations are building up?

Reply to ThoughtCriminal (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2022, 08:01 PM

Oct 2022

If you only talk with people who are below average, you're going to keep getting percentages that are decreasing.

If I remember high school math (and 1.0 represents some average intelligence):

You (0.9) * friend (0.9) * another (0.9) = 0.72.
Throw in some offspring and you can quickly get down to 0.4 (40%) of average intelligence.

Stuart G

(38,445 posts)

9. Maybe not...Every once in a while a leader comes along and tells, "THE TRUTH"

Reply to ThoughtCriminal (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2022, 08:06 PM

Oct 2022

...You never know what happens. It's the Good, The Bad, and THE VERY UGLY!!!

Who could have predicted Trump would get elected?
Who could have predicted that Obama would get elected?
How about the outcome of the Viet Nam War?
Watergate? And Nixon resigning?
The incredible destruction and death in WWII?
The invention of "Television" and its effect on the World?
The wide spread availability of......are you ready? "COMPUTERS TO MOST EVERYONE"...AND RELATIVELY CHEAP?
(and most of us know how to operate a "desk top computer" ...like I am doing right now.
HOW ABOUT ..........CELL PHONES?
Electric Cars?.........you don't say?
etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. Want to add some more...start a new discussion on this topic? Go ahead in .."THE LOUNGE"

MAYBE i WILL DO THAT IN THE ..."LOUNGE"

ThoughtCriminal

(14,049 posts)

10. When "The Truth" comes along

Reply to Stuart G (Reply #9)

Mon Oct 10, 2022, 08:16 PM

Oct 2022

you can be sure of one thing. If it's the real deal, it won't be anything Republican.

Stuart G

(38,445 posts)

11. Wise post...Exactly the "TRUTH"

Reply to ThoughtCriminal (Reply #10)

Mon Oct 10, 2022, 08:17 PM

Oct 2022

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