tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049100705786633064.post7731582121441595611..comments2024-01-20T02:06:45.388-08:00Comments on The Political Omnivore: Why Has No One Tried To Stop Trump??Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049100705786633064.post-44903149533095568722016-02-25T09:20:24.418-08:002016-02-25T09:20:24.418-08:00I'm bringing my popcorn--DELICIOUS, NAZI POPCO...I'm bringing my popcorn--DELICIOUS, NAZI POPCORN!!<br /><br />-TOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049100705786633064.post-89451076567269182322016-02-25T08:20:21.902-08:002016-02-25T08:20:21.902-08:00To be fair: cartoonish Oompa-Loompa though he may ...To be fair: cartoonish Oompa-Loompa though he may be, Trump hasn't <em>caused</em> that. He's just emboldened bigots and antediluvian troglodytes to emerge from their caves and openly say what their respective tribes have been thinking for the past century and a half. He may yet serve as an indirect modernizing influence in the same way that Millard Fillmore did for the Whig party in the 1850s.<br /><br />That said, it seems equally likely that what rises from the ashes of the Republican Party will be something close to outright Nazism. I guess we'll see.<br /><br />-- ΩAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049100705786633064.post-56058314840022257792016-02-25T02:28:13.279-08:002016-02-25T02:28:13.279-08:00About 20% of Trump supporters say that Lincoln sho...About 20% of Trump supporters say that Lincoln should not have freed the slaves. I don't think he's a modernizing influence.<br /><br />-TOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049100705786633064.post-67826526395644515412016-02-24T15:12:13.760-08:002016-02-24T15:12:13.760-08:00The Federalist piece today ('I'll take Hil...The Federalist piece today ('I'll take Hillary Clinton Over Donald Trump') is fascinating, but I wonder if their thesis gets it backwards. Instead of Trump killing the GOP, might he actually be a vehicle for modernizing its message, positions, and platform in a way that connects with the wants and needs of an _expanded_ base, and not just a narrow evangelical constituency? I wonder if the GOPe is pissed off more at not having control, rather than on what is going on (a candidate who is connecting in a big way with a wide swath of America).<br />Stanleybostitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00806163739407718704noreply@blogger.com