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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsProfessional GOP asshole Erick Erickson discovers that the conservative/Republican base is very ugly
And of course he never did anything to foster their ugliness.
Schadenfreude!
http://www.redstate.com/2015/08/14/can-we-recalibrate/
ETA: sorry to make you click on Redstate, but seeing all the sick emails he got for criticizing Trump is priceless.
onecaliberal
(32,864 posts)Sedona
(3,769 posts)Read the whole thing. Just beautiful!
sendero
(28,552 posts).... did Trump forget to use the dog whistle and hence blow the whistle on party's long-held semi-covert belief system? Well isn't that tough noogies.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Erickson probably took all the unsent hatemail in his saved drafts folder, sent them to himself with some minor edits, and wrote a self-pity story...
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)wouldn't surprise me.
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)is feeling this, as well ... ?
And the really scary part is, all these crazy mofo's have unfettered access to high-powered automatic guns and ammo.
truebluegreen
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zrhlaw 16 minutes ago
There's no way to recalibrate that level of anger. They're lost, and we need to figure out a way to win without them. I don't want to be associated with people that unhinged. Yeah, the Republican establishment is horrible. But at least they're not insane.
And this:
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canuckistani 19 minutes ago
My take: I would expect that a large portion of those posts are from democrat operatives. They do do that kind of thing, you know. It truly is a part of their DNA to be fraudulent. I just don't buy it that serious conservatives are that vile. Naïve? Hope not. But I give the benefit of the doubt to fellow conservatives.
Good Dog.