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You think the Republican party is done?

They aren't done. They are actively working to pass voter suppression bills, including in states like Iowa and Georgia. These bills make it more difficult for ALL Americans to vote, regardless of political affiliation. The GOP has realized that their views don't represent most Americans, but if they can limit the number of Americans who vote, they can still eek out victories. They're basically telling Americans to get fucked.
 
I believe in democracy, and at least two viable parties are necessary for it to thrive, but it's my mission to destroy the Republican Party. Doesn't exactly make sense but what I've seen for some years is Republicans are nothing but reactionaries, the last thing we need these days.
 
dank69 said:
A lot of people are getting, or are going to get complacent. A lot of people think Trump was the problem and everything is sunshine and rainbows now that he has been removed.
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Trump is A problem not THE problem. Republicans are the problem and the conservative media ecosystem that drives them into ever deeper lunacy because it is wildly profitable.

I also say "is" because Trump isn't gone.
 
K1052 said:
Trump is A problem not THE problem. Republicans are the problem and the conservative media ecosystem that drives them into ever deeper lunacy because it is wildly profitable.

I also say "is" because Trump isn't gone.
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You know that, and I know that, and even a lot of people here know that, but we need to continue making sure everyone knows that.
 
I do agree things are far from over and that Democrats will have to fight like hell to preserve, well, democracy. With that said, I do see signs of a possible implosion for Republicans in years ahead.

First, of course, is that they're still chaining their fate to Trump. That's a big gamble. It'll rally Trumpists, but it also risks envigorating Democrats... and of course, it assumes Trump's star doesn't fade further. If Trump is imprisoned or passes away, for example, what does the party do next? No one else in the party has that kind of power.

And of course, there's the country's demographic shift. Yes, the GOP is trying voter suppression on an even larger scale, but it seems like just a matter of time before no amount of vaguely legal suppression can prevent key red states from turning blue. The party doesn't seem to have a backup plan should that happen.

We should worry about 2022 and 2024, to be sure. But I can't help but imagine the party facing a major crisis down the road where it's forced to either modernize (among other things, to acknowledge people beyond straight white Christian men) or risk losing all federal elections beyond a certain point.
 
With rural areas only being 17% of the US population I thought the demographics would put the Democrats in the lead and force the GOP more to the center but they have awoken something reactionary in the suburbs that gives them an edge.
 
Dems should form a psyops section cause the R demographic has a vulnerability that is not as pronounced in the D demo. Conspiracy crap. How to inject shit into the Crapo-Sphere and to make it go viral. The solution to Q is .... MORE Q.

Freebie : Fake Trumps 23andme results, make him a quarter jew. Related to Soros.
 
Commodus said:
I do agree things are far from over and that Democrats will have to fight like hell to preserve, well, democracy. With that said, I do see signs of a possible implosion for Republicans in years ahead.

First, of course, is that they're still chaining their fate to Trump. That's a big gamble. It'll rally Trumpists, but it also risks envigorating Democrats... and of course, it assumes Trump's star doesn't fade further. If Trump is imprisoned or passes away, for example, what does the party do next? No one else in the party has that kind of power.
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The Republican Party gave up the ghost the minute they grabbed onto Donald Trump's coattails. Donald is a pile of rocks that clumped together, was held together by a glue that was nothing but the office he held, statuarily 4 years of constitutional glue. That clump of stones has fallen apart, the glue expired. The man is a hand grenade now, and if the GOP persists on hugging him they will be blown apart, suffer the fate of Humpty Dumpty. If nothing else, he'll suffer declining health and energy, he doesn't have 20 years in him, he very likely doesn't have 10 years in him before he's a shell of the mess he is already. The GOP is teetering, tipping, delirious, unhinged, a cardboard caricature of itself. In the last general election they didn't even bother to work up a platform. Stick a fork in them already.
 
I don't think they're done yet. They would be if not for 1) gerrymandering, 2) voter suppression, and 3) the electoral college. HR1 should take care of 1 and 2. The third requires a Constitutional amendment so that isn't happening.

This is why I said HR1 has to pass.
 
Point of clarification. The reason I think they'd be done, at least for a long while, if their structural advantages get removed, is because they can't do what political parties have traditionally done when coming up short in elections: adapt. In the past, the parties have moved rightward/leftward either in general or on certain issues in order to capture a larger bloc of voters.

The problem for the GOP is that their voters have been and are being radicalized by conservative media. Since conservative media makes a lot of money doing this, they aren't going to stop any time soon, if ever. So if the GOP tried to shift to center-right, their voters would either glom on to some far right third party, or else just fail to show up at the polls. They'd pick up some moderates and independents, but lose a huge portion of their base.

Considering that this is the situation, I think a loss of structural advantages could put the GOP into the political wilderness for at least a generation.
 
dank69 said:

This is FAR from over. Democrats needed an extreme motivation to eek out wins in 2020. With Trump out, that motivation is gone. Americans have short memories, and no matter how much Republicans shit on Americans, millions of them love them for it. Millions more are desperately seeking any excuse to abandon Democrats.
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Do the names Cruz, Hawley and Moscow Mitch ring any bells?
 
Greenman said:
Democracy, DPRK style.
There is something to be said for a one party system and centralized control over the population. Getting them to ask for it is the key to making it work.
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Hmm, wasn’t aware that DPRK had fair elections and a fairness doctrine.
 
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