"Et tu, TRUMP?" - Republican Party

[Philly]

[John Galt]

[Saz]

haha, you guys don't see it yet. Why do you think the reptiles feel they need to run third party to take down TRUMP? Because they are legitimately scared that unless they do, he will beat Hillary! The easiest route out of this situation is to let TRUMP be the nominee, do nothing to support him, watch him lose, and hope he goes away for a while. But if you aren't confident he will lose, now you have to take extraordinary steps that will fracture the party. If they broker the convention and kick TRUMP out of the nomination, how many voters does he take with him? What effect will this have on house and senate races across the ticket? Maybe the reptiles can afford to throw the presidency but they can't have half the party now showing up for the senate and house races. Maybe they leave TRUMP and run a candidate of their own as a third party, a risky move thats akin to leaving a bear in your house and hoping the problem has solved itself by the time you get back. The bear may be gone but your house will be ruined. TRUMP has punched the reptiles right in the balls and they have no good options at this point, they have set themselves back at least 4 years, maybe longer.

Hillary better watch out, TRUMP will start a revolt in her party too if she isn't careful.

[Indy]

The thing that Trump's done that's so brilliant is he threw away the dog whistle and instead used a bullhorn.

Everything he's about: the xenophobia, the racism, the bigotry, the use of violence and aggression to solve everything--has been a mainstay of the Party for years now which bubbled over with the tea party, where those people could barely contain it. It's just always been hidden behind a happy-faced facade, whether it be the "Aw, shucks!" Howdy Doody faux-friendliness of Dubya or the oily, completely transparent "Christianity" of people like Huckabee and the lizard Ted Cruz.

Trump stopped hinting (although he did pimp the birther thing forever, which was code) and just start shouting it out. And look at the support he got.

That's where we're at as a country.

[Philly]

But Trump isn't really a republican anyway. He's much more like a Dixiecrat.

[Indy]

I don't know if I'd even call him that--Trump is Mayor of Trumpland, where his ideology is simply whatever Trump Believes. As we've seen that can change over the years, or daily.

But in a sense I really am glad he came along because he really did rip the curtain away from what's driving all these people, and The Party, and yes things like FOX. He didn't even bother pretending.

Normally I would say this would be the time the GOP finally reboots as they realize what they have become. But that's not going to happen. I think the only outcome here down the road is the Party just turns into a fringe party, replaced by a new one, whatever that may be.

[Philly]

Republican voters' support for FOX News has plummeted since Trump entered the race. Hes taking their base and they don't like it one bit. To conflate him with the rest of the GOP is a mistake. The media, the political establishment, the big money donors...they all hate him. But they can't stop him cause the mouth breathers are woke now, apparently.

[Indy]

I don't know--I'm pretty sure they know who butters their bread so if they're behind Trump (Megyn Kelly notwithstanding), I'm not sure how they're "establishment."

But here's the thing: what is the difference between "the establishment" and him? That's what I'm saying: he just vocalizes everything that they hide. Do you think for one minute that the lizard Ted Cruz considers Muslims Americans? That he embraces diversity? He's already stated as well that his solution to terrorism is to "carpet bomb" the shit out of... somewhere, civilian casualties be damned. All, of course, cloaked (most hilariously by Trump) in this glaze of "Christianity."

FOX has been front and center when it comes to non-stop race-baiting, Muslim-baiting and of course advocating war as the solution to everything, all while wearing their flag pins and instituting patriotic correctness at every turn.

The only difference between Trump and The Establishment is he doesn't hide the agenda and he goes off-script on some things like Planned Parenthood. And that's why they hate him: because he probably would go off-script on whatever he wants, and they need a loyal plutocratic soldier like the lizard Ted Cruz.

[fstarcstar]

Trump somehow managed to capture the unintelligent vote and keep it despite what he says. Just this week he even stated that the healthcare mandate isn't a bad idea, and nobody from the Republican side is bashing him for it. So either the peasants don't know or don't care and continue to believe he will do some good despite his back and forth flops.

He has become a messiah to these people. Just like Obama was in his first election to democrats.

[Indy]