Politics The Elephant in the room...The GOP today

Some major donors at the state level are saying enough.

https://ml.t-mobile.com/article-con...&lang=en&item_id=10119792&screen_name=article

The GOP would be wise to develop a platform based on what the GOP was previously known for, and stop supporting nonsense in the name of power.

I'm no fan of Raygun, but since he is a GOP Gawd, I am curious how he would react to the continued support of NPD Trump. The overall movement to the extreme right would probably please him.

 

Republican support for Trump has increased even as he faces dozens of felony charges

This isn't new news, but it does give some insight into the thinking of GOP voters.

I can only hope those numbers don't show the number of Republican voters who
won't vote in the 2024 Presidential race,
will vote third party, or
will vote for Biden.

 

There are very few poll results I take at face value, it's way too easy to manipulate questions to help get the results you want. I read one poll that was surprisingly quite lengthy. It turns out the poll started with many general neutral questions, but slowly (and very slickly) started wording the questions to get certain answers.

 

And here I was hoping if the head (NPD Trump) was removed, the body would return to normal.

I should know better, I live in a state determined to return to 1953.

DuhSantis is an idiot, but he's an idiot in power.

^ The same for Abbott and many other red governors.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, and other equally clownish representatives keep getting reelected.

Kevin McCarthy is still SOTH.

George Santos hasn't been removed (the poster boy for how low the GOP is willing to go).

Those examples of the Repubs that receive a lot of news media attention. The low profile Repubs who quietly but steadily chip away at our democracy and judicial system are more dangerous.

 

Let us hope McConnell does not run again.

Since I already copied the the link...
https://www.salon.com/2023/08/30/di...p-at-news-conference--2nd-time-in-last-month/

I've read a few reports saying aides have been covering for him for months, if not years. Especially his hearing problem.

 

I can't believe that McConnell is in the position he's in, Boxer is where she is...and people are railing on Biden.

I can't believe we might have another choice between two geriatric white males, again, and I can't believe that the choice is so clear. I can't believe the bullshit coming out of most of the other Republican candidates on the topic of Trump.

Chris Christie or Asa Hutchinson is the short list?

The fuck?

 

As long as Repub voters keep voting for Repub candidates even when those candidates are unethical lowlifes the civil war will continue.

Paxton was reelected big with most of his legal troubles known...and will be again.

Our three local major network TV news station are the absolute worst when it comes to hard political coverage. Hell, it's not even flacid.

 

Is Parick McHenry being dickhead on his own, or is he being a dickhead at the direction of other dickheads?

Vengeful children.

Voters in general want big, exciting news. Local news stations don't allot much -- if any at all -- time for small political news.

 

^ Quoted from another thread.

What will the GOP do when NPD Trump falls?

Hopefully he will lose the 2024 Pres race. He's not getting any younger, and sooner or later somebody is going to start drawing attention to his increasing number of mispeaks and lost thoughts. The Repubs not part of his base will want an electable candidate, and even some of his base will abandon ship.

Suppose NPD Trump isn't allowed to run in 2024. What then for the GOP? IMO the best action would be forget the 2024 Pres race, & get a jump on reorganizing. If the current crop of candidates is anything to go by, & the polling is correct, there would be a leadership void. And plenty of infighting.

 

This was presented as being from the actual interview, Mitt Romney speaking to The Atlantic.

"In a series of interviews with the Atlantic’s McKay Coppins, he recounted how, “in public”, his fellow Republican senators “played their parts as Trump loyalists, often contorting themselves rhetorically to defend the president’s most indefensible behaviour. But in private, they ridiculed his ignorance, rolled their eyes at his antics and made incisive observations about his warped, toddler-like psyche.”"

The GOP is scared to:
Cut NPD Trump loose.
Confront what they've became.
Undertake the painful reorganization they desperately need.
Risk the fallout of all of the above.



Most likely a paywall...

What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate

 

I can't remember where most of the George Santos comments went, but since this will affect the GOP I'm posting it here.

Rep. George Santos faces 10 new federal charges, including allegations of stealing donors' identities, running up fraudulent credit card charges | CNN Politics

Santos Faces New Charges Accusing Him of Lies and Credit Card Fraud

George Santos is either very clever at pretending to have some psychological illnesses, or he's so stupid he doesn't know when to quit (the criminal activities, he's not about to resign as a HORR).

One thing is clear: The GOP is in no hurry to get rid of him.