• modifier@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    I enjoyed this for what it is: therapeutic fan fiction.

    Moving on, we should not underestimate:

    • How absolutely craven most republican lawmakers are

    • How well, for better or worse, Trump communicates to boomers who we already know are active at the ballot box

    • how deeply bought in the Christian right/Christian nationalists are

    Campaign math doesn’t work like it did. Just because Trump is dismantling seemingly durable elements of the GOP establishment, that doesn’t mean he’s dismantling his capability to win.

    Vote like it’s the last election ever. I’ll leave the rest unsaid.

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      6 months ago

      Vote like it’s the last election ever

      Because the “poorly educated” and deranged vote like this every time - EVERY TIME! You can’t let up.

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      But it does mean also, that the moment he bites the dust (likely, as he is pretty old and under a lot of strain), there is no second chance for the GOP. At least in a long time.

      Young voters have never been more progressive, the GOP is breaking into MAGA or no-MAGA and the republican party is running out of money fast. This is their Hail-Marry and they now it.

      So go vote!

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        6 months ago

        I’m not sure I agree with this. It seems wholly plausible that another politician could easily pick up the mantle and use the Trumpian playbook. I get the cult of personality thing, but I’m not convinced the danger goes away with Trump’s last wretched heartbeat.