Republicans who back impeachment can save the country -- and the GOP

[struggle4progress]

Sept. 30, 2019, 4:16 AM EDT
By Sarah Longwell, executive director of Defending Democracy Together

... Ditching Nixon proved to be in the best long-term interests of the party. Abandoning Donald Trump will, as well. The country once again needs a revitalized GOP. Trumpism needs to be exorcized from the party of Lincoln and Reagan ...

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/republicans-who-back-impeachment-can-save-country-gop-ncna1059896

The view from Romney's planet

[guillaumeb]

1. Does this not assume, and require, a GOP politician with integrity?

And some sort of longer range vision than the next election?

[struggle4progress]

3. In real life, counting the jumping beans can be tricky

A corrupt person might think "I don't have to go down with him" before providing the highest-minded reasons to withdraw support

And a more ethical person might have have higher-minded reasons to withdraw support but in some contexts still say nothing more than "I don't have to go down with him"

[guillaumeb]

5. Part of the problem, in my opinion,

is that many in politics and business have a next quarter/next election mindset that obsesses on the immediate and ignores the long range.

[Wounded Bear]

2. The GOP needs a serious enema...er, house cleaning...

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. but would there be a body left standing?

[lindysalsagal]

8. I still say this is frump telling the kgop that if he goes down, he takes them with him.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. hope you're right ...

Every trumper should go down with the traitor.

That photo you posted -- look at Moscow Mitch trying to appear to be just another "good ole boy". I despise that selfish, lying, greed-driven rat.

[Wounded Bear]

12. Remember what Hitler said at the end of the war....

Germany failed him and didn't deserve to survive.

[ffr]

6. If only they could read, instead of follow loyalist marching orders shouted at them.

We can hope, but I think we need to be calling their senators and representatives and screaming at them.

It's so easy too, if not calling, every one of us can write a brief summary on each reps online Contact Page.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. We need a 'normal' opposition party. It doesn't have to be Republican.

Maybe the writing is on the wall for the GOP, at last ?

[Midnightwalk]

10. Is there a way forward?

I don’t see a way forward for the republican party.

They have spent years winning elections by denying reality. Evolution is a hoax. Tax cuts pay for themselves. Christians are under attack. People of color are out to take what is yours. Democrats are godless evil socialists.

They have taken these stands publicly for decades.

At the same time they have blasted the country with propaganda. Talk radio drums right wing lies into commuters ears for an hour every day.

The brain washing is so complete that any republican who admits reality is threatened. Used to be just with primaries but now with violence.

How can an honest conservative “take back” party? Why would anyone honest want to he associated with Rush, Alex Jones, Malkin, Coulter, the Drudge Report, free republic and last but certainly not least the hypocritical evangelists.

Not only is there no possibility of changing the base, no self respecting person would want to be associated with them.

Starting over may be the only option.

[Doreen]

11. If they at least went back to pre Reagan

they might have a slight chance of getting back to being center instead of extreme far right assholes.

[Wounded Bear]

13. Nixon was pre-Reagan...

The last 'good' Repub was Eisenhower.

[Doreen]

14. Good point.