The G.O.P. Is Rotting

[DemocratSinceBirth]

A lot of good, honorable Republicans used to believe there was a safe middle ground. You didn’t have to tie yourself hip to hip with Donald Trump, but you didn’t have to go all the way to the other extreme and commit political suicide like the dissident Jeff Flake, either. You could sort of float along in the middle, and keep your head down until this whole Trump thing passed.

Now it’s clear that middle ground doesn’t exist. That’s because Donald Trump never stops asking. First, he asked the party to swallow the idea of a narcissistic sexual harasser and a routine liar as its party leader. Then he asked the party to accept his comprehensive ignorance and his politics of racial division. Now he asks the party to give up its reputation for fiscal conservatism. At the same time he asks the party to become the party of Roy Moore, the party of bigotry, alleged sexual harassment and child assault.

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“What shall it profit a man,” Jesus asked, “if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul?” The current Republican Party seems to not understand that question. Donald Trump seems to have made gaining the world at the cost of his soul his entire life’s motto.

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The rot afflicting the G.O.P. is comprehensive — moral, intellectual, political and reputational. More and more former Republicans wake up every day and realize: “I’m homeless. I’m politically homeless.”

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[Roland99]

1. *is*?? Has been!

[awesomerwb1]

2. Doesn't matter

when the opposition still gets beat by a rotting party.

What's left of the gop are zombies. I don't know what dems are in that context.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. We wrested the

We wrested the New Jersey governor's mansion from the Deplorables and in Virginia Ralph Northam beat Hillary's margin of victory by four points and Democrats flipped fifteen seats in their House of Delegates, largely powered by disgruntled suburban women.


We have a 20 point advantages over the Deplorables in the generic ballot and a nine point lead in the generic ballot. If those numbers hold we will win back the House, all the gerrymandering and Russian meddling in the world notwithstanding,

[awesomerwb1]

8. Oh, those were great victories no argument there

and there's been a few others as well.

We're still losing until we win elections, house, etc. We have to overcome gerrymandering, Russia, voter suppression, and a well oiled and very effective disinformation machine. And if we don't vote, those numbers don't mean much at this point.

[world wide wally]

3. "Rotten" not "rotting"

[ck4829]

5. No... the government is rotting.

"Cutting kids healthcare but old rich men can get access to erection pills and keeping you safe by making sure that mass shooter shooting up your church or movie theater isn't a Muslim! Mission Accomplished!" are winning positions because at our core, our federal government is failing.

The GOP are just the maggots in the rot.

[NewJeffCT]

6. Don't forget

the tax breaks for personal and corporate jets...

[ck4829]

7. Oh lord, yes.

While teachers continue to pay for school supplies without any of these breaks.