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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 12:49 AM Aug 2016

Trump Is Who The GOP Is. He Has Openly Exposed Them To The Country.

The GOP establishment is hiding because Trump has exposed their game. He is them. And it is their fear that voters will finally catch on. They cannot openly disown him without damaging themselves politically.

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underahedgerow

(1,232 posts)
3. This is true, and it could end up being his greatest accomplishment.
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 01:36 AM
Aug 2016

Exposing this fetid sewage is doing the world a huge favor.

What would really blow my mind is if one day, right before the election, he steps up and says this was his intention all along.

Upthevibe

(8,072 posts)
4. Absolutely. He is exposing them. Not that we didn't already know but now the whole country and
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 02:13 AM
Aug 2016

the world is seeing it played out on the stage. And what does it say about his supporters?

pampango

(24,692 posts)
8. Unlikely - but possible. More likely - Trump saw a marketing opportunity (the divergence
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 07:04 AM
Aug 2016

between the mentality of the GOP base and the policies of its establishment) and exploited it. As a non-politician without any apparent fundamental political beliefs he could assume any political persona he wanted, so he went with what their base said it wanted - a racist, nativist, flamboyant candidate who would say things that others would not say.

For decades the GOP establishment has pandered to its base, bringing out the worst in them. They are realizing, too late, that you reap what you sow.

 

Yallow

(1,926 posts)
5. Rumor Trump and The Big Dog Cooked This All Up To Guarantee A HRC Win
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 02:13 AM
Aug 2016

Actually makes sense.

Smoking cigars at the top of Trump Tower......

Thank you Donald.

"I sentence you to be exposed before your peers" (GOP)

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