2016 Postmortem

NikkiTaMere

(31 posts) Sat Jul 30, 2016, 11:19 PM Jul 2016

Norman Ornstein article "It gives us little pleasure to say we foresaw that the Republican Party was

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/18/12210500/diagnosed-dysfunction-republican-party

"It gives us little pleasure to say we foresaw that the Republican Party was on a destructive course that could lead to such a situation."

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Norman Ornstein article "It gives us little pleasure to say we foresaw that the Republican Party was (Original Post) NikkiTaMere Jul 2016 OP

FrankenTrump: The GOP suckered people by dividing them and lost control of it. Chasstev365 Jul 2016 #1

YEP Cosmocat Jul 2016 #8

When they favor competition over cooperation on principle Shankapotomus Jul 2016 #11

It gives me great pleasure to see these vicious, evil, cheating monsters go down in flames. NBachers Jul 2016 #2

Yes! NurseJackie Jul 2016 #4

Well written and spot on...here's just one of many good lines BeyondGeography Jul 2016 #3

YEP Cosmocat Jul 2016 #9

That was a good article duncang Jul 2016 #5

It gives me great pleasure. white_wolf Jul 2016 #6

Excellent article. Thanks. lamp_shade Jul 2016 #7

Truthful article Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2016 #10

his twitter account is pretty good, too - I kid you not - NikkiTaMere Jul 2016 #12

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)

1. FrankenTrump: The GOP suckered people by dividing them and lost control of it.

Reply to NikkiTaMere (Original post)

Sat Jul 30, 2016, 11:22 PM

Jul 2016

Cosmocat

(14,572 posts)

8. YEP

Reply to Chasstev365 (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 08:36 AM

Jul 2016

Trump did not "happen" them them ...

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)

11. When they favor competition over cooperation on principle

Reply to Chasstev365 (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 08:54 AM

Jul 2016

how could they not divide people...even in their own party? It was inevitable.

NBachers

(17,136 posts)

2. It gives me great pleasure to see these vicious, evil, cheating monsters go down in flames.

Reply to NikkiTaMere (Original post)

Sat Jul 30, 2016, 11:26 PM

Jul 2016

It just didn't happen soon enough.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)

4. Yes!

Reply to NBachers (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 30, 2016, 11:43 PM

Jul 2016

BeyondGeography

(39,379 posts)

3. Well written and spot on...here's just one of many good lines

Reply to NikkiTaMere (Original post)

Sat Jul 30, 2016, 11:38 PM

Jul 2016

The safe haven of false equivalence led the press to ignore one of the most consequential developments in contemporary American politics: the radicalization of the Republican Party.

Thanks for posting, Niquer, er, Nikki.

Cosmocat

(14,572 posts)

9. YEP

Reply to BeyondGeography (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 08:36 AM

Jul 2016

very well stated there.

duncang

(1,907 posts)

5. That was a good article

Reply to NikkiTaMere (Original post)

Sat Jul 30, 2016, 11:53 PM

Jul 2016

In depth with both warnings for the parties. But mainly the repubs went over the edge.

white_wolf

(6,238 posts)

6. It gives me great pleasure.

Reply to NikkiTaMere (Original post)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:12 AM

Jul 2016

I hope the bastards self-destruct and never come back. The Party of Lincoln has, sadly, ran is course.

lamp_shade

(14,841 posts)

7. Excellent article. Thanks.

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Sun Jul 31, 2016, 04:09 AM

Jul 2016

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,856 posts)

10. Truthful article

Reply to NikkiTaMere (Original post)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 08:38 AM

Jul 2016

Thanks.

NikkiTaMere

(31 posts)

12. his twitter account is pretty good, too - I kid you not -

Reply to NikkiTaMere (Original post)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 08:06 PM

Jul 2016

Norman Ornstein ?@NormOrnstein 12m12 minutes ago

Remarkable naked pictures of Melania Trump in NY Post. Have to wonder if it is Michelle Obama's body with her photoshopped head!

https://twitter.com/NormOrnstein

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