...I'm confused by this statement...
This will fix that.
...You say that people are obsessed with standing by their principles, while the party is being taken away...
Correct.
...I'm not sure what you mean by any of that...
This will fix that.
...or the idea that it's a party of the common man...
More like it is on the verge of
becoming the Party of the Common Man.
...Are you suggesting people shouldn't be committed to principals?...
Nope.
But when they're so busy manifesting their resolve to stand by their principles that they lose control of their mechanism, that's over-doing it.
...And what does the party of the common man mean?...
If you don't understand that concept, you may be in over your head.
Specifically, in this case, the Party of the Common Man is the Republican Party of the distant past, before it was sold to the Corporatists during and after WWI.
...My view has always been that I would rather not have a party, than have a party that doesn't stand for what I believe. What's the point of having a party that wins, but wins only to do what I don't believe in? I'd rather lose. Losing really isn't all that bad. At least then I can say it wasn't someone I voted for that screwed everything up...
If you will not take a stand while acting out of belief, perhaps you should take a stand while contributing to Damage Control during such a crisis.
...How is being an accomplice in destruction, a positive just because your party won? ...
What destruction are you referring to, here?
...What are you trying to say here?
I am saying that we have been witnessing a Populist Rebellion on both sides of the aisle... Sanders on the Left, Trump on the Right.
Populist Rebellions have a way of getting out of control, as we have seen happen with the Republican Party primaries this year.
Rebellions happen because The Will of the People is ignored for far too long, until a mouthpiece and figurehead shows up, and leads the Timid Sheep back to their voices and courage.
If Trump gains the Presidency, he gains control of the Republican Party, and the present-day rich-bitch Ruling Elites will be at risk of being shoved aside..
That would leave the Common Folk in control of the Party for the first time in a century.
One pleasant and highly desirable outcome which might arise from a highly UNdesirable Trump presidency.
But, it's the Fate of Man, that he does not learn from his failures; consequently, the leadership of the GOP will continue down its age-old path of arrogance and ignoring their constituencies, to their very great political peril.
