I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by SEC_Chick

The Convention is a *literal* as well as metaphorical shitstorm. (See also the Melania plagiarism evolution 1. She wrote it 2. She didn't 3. It wasn't plagiarism 4. Hillary is jealous 5.Twilight Sparkle of My Little Pony said it too (and I wish that were not actually an official RNC defense) and finally 6. It was plagiarism, but oops.) The GOP is now the Trump party, determined to take over the world by alienating 40% of their most reliable voters. Some of that 40% have determined that Hillary may yet be a greater evil, and suck it up, but I am not one of them. Last night I ceremonially burned my voter registration card (and may have tweeted video of it to @Reince).

I don't consider myself Republican, but I am still watching to see if the party is truly dead, or if a spectacular loss will flush this out. I fear that the damage of Trump's rhetoric is permanent, but I am watching what is being planned in the shadows. This Politico story explains it pretty well. I am definitely banking on a Trump loss.


http://www.politico.com/magazine/sto...d-trump-214065

I don't understand who they think is going to be more likely to vote for this version of the party than for, say, Romney or McCain. It all seems pitched to working-class white men, on the assumption that turning them out will overcome the effects with women, blacks, Hispanics, etc. I just don't see how that can work.

Seems like establishment Republicans are waiting for Trump to lose so that they can try to reassert control, but I think it's that simple.