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2016 Postmortem

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NanceGreggs

(27,814 posts)
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 10:00 PM Oct 2016

Hats Off to the GOP!!! [View all]

We Democrats owe you a debt of gratitude. Never before has one party done so much to ensure that their opponents will win an election in a landslide.

In the past year and a half, you GOPers have confirmed, repeatedly and unabashedly, that you are the party of hypocrisy, deceit, misrepresentation of the facts, and out-and-out lies. Your “base” has now shown itself to be comprised of bigots, racists, misogynists, xenophobes – and, above all else, the most ill-informed, ill-educated, dumbasses the world has ever seen.

While still holding yourselves out as the party of “good Christian family values”, you nominated Donald Trump, a candidate who brags about grabbing women’s genitals, who invites men to refer to his own daughter as a “piece of ass”, whose foundation has collected monies for charitable purposes and spent it on himself and his business enterprises, who hasn’t paid federal income taxes for almost two decades, and who has cheated hard-working people out of their money by refusing to honour his debts.

In addition, your candidate has insulted every demographic you need to win an election – from minorities, to immigrants, to veterans, to women, to the disabled, as well as those of certain ethnic origins and those of certain religious faiths. He is also facing multiple lawsuits, including allegations of the rape of a minor, and his scam of a “university” that has bilked our fellow citizens out of their savings.

But wait – that’s not all, not by a long-shot. The man you chose as the standard-bearer of your party has demonstrated, time and again, that he knows absolutely nothing about how our government works, nothing about foreign affairs, nothing about the economy, the military, the tax system, the Constitution, reducing the deficit, creating jobs, or assisting those in need of affordable healthcare.

As though the aforementioned wasn’t enough, your candidate never fails to be abrasive, demeaning, and insufferably self-serving. He has lied so often, even devoted fact-checkers can’t keep up with his never-ending spew of “facts” he literally pulls out of his own ass on a daily basis – which are invariably (and somewhat laughingly) debunked.

In your desperation to support a candidate you know to be unfit for the position of dog-catcher in some remote town no one has ever heard of – no less the presidency of the United States – you have abandoned all pretence of having any ethics, any morals, any honesty, and any concern for the well-being of our country or its citizens.

This has been the election cycle of a lifetime. We sincerely thank you for removing your masks (or hooded white sheets, as the case may be), and putting your full support behind a candidate who represents everything you have heretofore condemned. We thank you for finally exposing what you are as a political entity, how low you are willing to sink, and how hypocritical you are capable of being after decades of declaring yourselves to be honest representatives of Christian principles and wholesome family values.

We, as Democrats, cannot thank you enough for finally outing yourselves, and for displaying your complete disregard for everything you have claimed to stand for. Your better-late-than-never honesty has been invaluable in ensuring Hillary Clinton’s victory in November.

Although we could have done it without your help, we are grateful for your assistance (albeit unintended) in demonstrating just how incompetent, morally corrupt, and completely vacuous your party and its members are.

A year from now, President Hillary Rodham Clinton will be a reality. And a year from now, Donald Trump will be the guy no one will ever admit to having ever supported, no less voted for.

Your days of being thought of as the party of moral rectitude are finally over. By your own words, American voters now know who you are. There’s no coming back from that; there is no unseeing what has been seen, there is no unhearing what has been heard.

So goodbye, Republicans – and thanks for everything! We sincerely appreciate your efforts, however unintended, in electing HRC to the presidency!

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Hats Off to the GOP!!! [View all] NanceGreggs Oct 2016 OP
Kick. rzemanfl Oct 2016 #1
K&R! DemonGoddess Oct 2016 #2
Hillary and her eMails has also been a gift for the Republicans viguy2016 Oct 2016 #75
uhhh no DemonGoddess Oct 2016 #79
That "gift" is turning out to be ... NanceGreggs Oct 2016 #82
I hope you are right viguy2016 Oct 2016 #83
Oh, I think we understand ... NanceGreggs Oct 2016 #84
I might be crazy, but I believe Trump is the anti-Christ viguy2016 Oct 2016 #85
Oh, geez, ya know ... NanceGreggs Oct 2016 #86
Hopefully the apex of assholery has been reached dalton99 Oct 2016 #3
Hats off, indeed!!!! ailsagirl Oct 2016 #4
Brillant mrsv Oct 2016 #5
K & R ......for visibility..nt Wounded Bear Oct 2016 #6
The depressing part is that this is closer than it should be. Unbelievable. n/t ScienceIsGood Oct 2016 #7
Abso-freaking-lately! winga222 Oct 2016 #8
well vadermike Oct 2016 #9
You remind me ... NanceGreggs Oct 2016 #13
K&R mcar Oct 2016 #10
It has been an EPIC decay. Thanks, Nance. nolabear Oct 2016 #11
Shhhh...don't *tell* them! SeattleVet Oct 2016 #12
What a fun week. Wonder what they have for us next week. Coyotl Oct 2016 #13
K&R Amimnoch Oct 2016 #15
GOP ain't done yet Flatpicker Oct 2016 #16
Their erectile has dysfunctioned. sheshe2 Oct 2016 #17
"Electile Dysfunction" nt SeattleVet Oct 2016 #30
Lol~ nt sheshe2 Oct 2016 #31
.... trusty elf Oct 2016 #57
Epic rant. Thanks! Stonepounder Oct 2016 #18
Well done! ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2016 #19
Sucks when that whole "perception is reality" thing works through its natural progression underpants Oct 2016 #20
Amen, Nance PJMcK Oct 2016 #21
We need to be in permanent obliteration mode so we can finish these rats off once and for all. NBachers Oct 2016 #22
Exactly! FrenchieCat Oct 2016 #23
Excellent analysis. You overlooked one important area relative to their fake concerns over secure Trust Buster Oct 2016 #24
Rock on! Augiedog Oct 2016 #25
Kicked and recced and madamesilverspurs Oct 2016 #27
...drops the mic and walks away.. Hulk Oct 2016 #28
Thanks, Nance. stopbush Oct 2016 #29
As short as four or five years ago, any sane person would not believe such a candidate could exist TahitiNut Oct 2016 #32
OMG, beautiful, well said, Republicans do not have the ability to govern. Thinkingabout Oct 2016 #33
All sarcasm aside, I don't think we owe any thanks to the party that nominated a whacko fascist for Nitram Oct 2016 #34
This Is A Worry RobinA Oct 2016 #44
Exactly! Nitram Oct 2016 #46
Blue Ribbon Prize for turning lemon to lemonade. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2016 #35
*MIC DROPS* bravenak Oct 2016 #36
Another K&R NastyRiffraff Oct 2016 #37
We have seen this before. rusty quoin Oct 2016 #38
"no basis in reality" has been the "quoin" of their realm at least since Nixon stole Gabi Hayes Oct 2016 #62
K&R napkinz Oct 2016 #39
Rec #92! Hugin Oct 2016 #40
It's a little early for a victory party. LS_Editor Oct 2016 #41
Actually, no ... NanceGreggs Oct 2016 #42
You species of arrogance is dangerous. LS_Editor Oct 2016 #43
What's dangerous ... NanceGreggs Oct 2016 #45
It ain't over until it's over. LisaL Oct 2016 #48
KNR Lucinda Oct 2016 #47
K&R fleabiscuit Oct 2016 #49
K&R for now! Looking forward to reading it.. Cha Oct 2016 #50
muy bueno n/t hibbing Oct 2016 #51
In one year: DFW Oct 2016 #54
"and, above all else, the most ill-informed, ill-educated, dumbasses the world has ever seen." Cha Oct 2016 #55
Republicans behavior these past 8ish long years are enough bullshit for me. I have lost all trust, Sunlei Oct 2016 #56
Something this horror of an election has really brought home DemonGoddess Oct 2016 #58
Thank you, Nance brer cat Oct 2016 #59
k & r MsMAC Oct 2016 #60
Ususally I have something to say The Wizard Oct 2016 #61
I pray you are right, lark Oct 2016 #63
Brilliant as always NanceGreggs. K&R Laser102 Oct 2016 #64
Reagan killed the rePukelican Party and Orange Pustule Hitler dismembered the corpse! MarinCoUSA Oct 2016 #65
K&R Gothmog Oct 2016 #67
agree jlarson Oct 2016 #68
Kicked and recommended In_The_Wind Oct 2016 #69
They've unified us into a broad coalition IronLionZion Oct 2016 #70
Projects 538 keeps going in the wrong direction 4 more years Oct 2016 #71
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2016 #72
FABULOUS as usual, Nance! calimary Oct 2016 #73
Isn't it crazy how we pinko commies knew the real GOPeee since at *least* gwb... BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2016 #74
k&r, well done Nance Greggs saidsimplesimon Oct 2016 #77
K&R McCamy Taylor Oct 2016 #78
Now that's a well written letter. WHEN CRABS ROAR Oct 2016 #80
Bravo! Bravo! blue-wave Oct 2016 #81
K&R tallahasseedem Nov 2016 #87
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