One helluva cult

[savannahskol]

Vanquished political dynasties:
The Clintons 
The Obamas 
The Bushes/Cheneys
The Bidens/Harris
Partisan deep-state attorneys, either at the federal DOJ, or at cherry-picked jurisdictions; cases turning our great Republic into a banana-republic.  

And remember, Trump was Hitler & his supporters were Nazis. 
Oh geez.

A billionaire from Queens, silver spoon in mouth, connecting with ordinary working Americans and minorities,like no other Republican, than ever before.

And the cat (Trump) was dead after “Jan 6”  ?

Truly amazing political story. 
Fun to re-read the posts in this section from earlier  this year.

[Zanary]

Oh, definitely a cult...but, his opposition was a cackling nothing-burger who'd never won a delegate on her own steam, so...anyone shocked, simply wasn't paying attention.

He's still the sex-assaulting, felonious, philandering, bankrupting, lying sack-of-Sunkist-suet s**tboi...with more feloy charges ahead. He stands a chance to bring even greater shame to the Oval Office, which would also be unsurprising.

He ended up running against the JV QB this time, after the "starter" managed to say something enormously stupid (and the topic of another thread!) on his way out. Things lined up for him, even as his babble got increasingly alarming.

Let's see if he lives up to the office, or down to his behaviors.

[purplefaithful]

Ive had a couple days to process, listen and reflect:

An impressive political win
Trump is the first Republican Potus candidate to win the popular vote in 20 years

Lots of soul searching for Dems the next few years; how to (authentically) return to a party for middle and working class and for the bros voter too. 
Not happy with Biden for not pushing for someone else two years ago at midterms and for the party to hold a true search for candidate

Harris wasn't the right choice and I would have said that back this summer, not sure our own Waltz was either in retrospect, may not have made a difference in the end. Harris wasn't willing to throw Biden under the bus and separate more from him, cost her a bunch

I honestly dont think we'll ever see a women POTUS in my lifetime - but Hilary and Harris were both weak candidates, so maybe I will be wrong. 

The issues for this race were clear
Economy
Economy
Economy/Inflation
Womens Reproductive Rights
Immigration

Lots of stats out there, this one stuck with me the most:
70% of voters in one poll said the economy was bad or poor
- of those voters, Trump won by 40 pts

I hope he does well for the country's sake. He'll have a window till probably mid-terms. Everything is ALWAYS cyclical.

[Zanary]

The dnc threw it, completely. Joe's decline, Harris was/is a disaster of nothingness, and the border/economy are huge in the minds of the country.

Despite the shrieking stupidity of "Jewish Space Lasers" and "Weather Control" trash like MTG and similar dumpster fires like Boebert, only two states failed to get 'redder':

Washington (all the conservatives are leaving, I'm likely gone by summer)
Utah (that surprised me)

As has been pointed out, the dnc has lost its connection with the common American due to chasing celeb endorsements and keeping their urban s**t zones sealed up...but, when the news shows how badly those cities are run, how bad the crime has gotten, and similar headlines...are NY or LA really "shining examples" of anything, anymore?

SF's mayor just had a massive recall. NY's entire city gov't is facing charges. Chicago is still the crime zone it's been since the Daleys first ran the place.

The gop has rallied around agent orange again, so I guess that's their identity for 4 more years; they've chosen lies, cons, and club whackadoodle as their platforms.

Even that, somehow, is more settled than the dnc, who have...what? The moderates hate the "squad", supposedly, and the all hate the common American, whose votes they covet even if a typical guy isn't nearly DEI or subscribed to CRT enough for their purposes.

Welcome to more "interesting times"...!