The Aftermath

[Nosmo King]

The Republicans have been engaged in a civil war since 2009. The Tea party types started purging the ideologically impure from the Republican ranks by 'primarying' them out. Any incumbent with an (R) behind their name who did not fall into ridged lockstep with the rock ribbed Conservative Tea Party got a viable and excitable challenger in the primary and by November 2010, they were off the ballot and playing celebrity golf.

But the Tea Party types were not organized enough to sustain an effective takeover after the purge. They had candidates all lined up for the Presidency in 2016. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Li'l Ricky Santorum. But the Tea Party types let an interloper suck all the oxygen from the room. Donald Trump. Newcomer to the GOP, lacking in true Conservative bona fides. A man who should have run as a prank, not a Republican.

And now those ideologically pure, rock ribbed Tea Partiers are out in the cold, victims of their own political ineptitude and narrow ideological template by which they measured each and every other candidate.

The Republican Party is left smoldering in the ditch, the Tea Party types are picking the thorns from between their toes and wondering how it all went so terribly wrong. The havoc Trump has caused this party will be three or four election cycles from some semblance of healing.

Trump has set his coat tails ablaze with down ballot candidates doing a curious high wire dance. Should they push up next to Trump and suffer the slings and arrows he regularly shoots into his own feet, or should they distance themselves from him and run the risk of the wrath of his rabid supporters? And can his rabid supporters gain real power in the aftermath of the Republican civil war? The Tea Party types thought they would be pulling the strings too.

The real problem is: Trump's whole campaign is a cult of personality. Unless there is another megalomaniac in the Republican ranks willing to pick up the mantle of Angry Loose Cannon White Guy, after Trump there will be no one around to worship and equivocate for.

 

[the_human_being]

The Republicans have been engaged in a civil war since 2009. The Tea party types started purging the ideologically impure from the Republican ranks by 'primarying' them out. Any incumbent with an (R) behind their name who did not fall into ridged lockstep with the rock ribbed Conservative Tea Party got a viable and excitable challenger in the primary and by November 2010, they were off the ballot and playing celebrity golf.

But the Tea Party types were not organized enough to sustain an effective takeover after the purge. They had candidates all lined up for the Presidency in 2016. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Li'l Ricky Santorum. But the Tea Party types let an interloper suck all the oxygen from the room. Donald Trump. Newcomer to the GOP, lacking in true Conservative bona fides. A man who should have run as a prank, not a Republican.

And now those ideologically pure, rock ribbed Tea Partiers are out in the cold, victims of their own political ineptitude and narrow ideological template by which they measured each and every other candidate.

The Republican Party is left smoldering in the ditch, the Tea Party types are picking the thorns from between their toes and wondering how it all went so terribly wrong. The havoc Trump has caused this party will be three or four election cycles from some semblance of healing.

Trump has set his coat tails ablaze with down ballot candidates doing a curious high wire dance. Should they push up next to Trump and suffer the slings and arrows he regularly shoots into his own feet, or should they distance themselves from him and run the risk of the wrath of his rabid supporters? And can his rabid supporters gain real power in the aftermath of the Republican civil war? The Tea Party types thought they would be pulling the strings too.

The real problem is: Trump's whole campaign is a cult of personality. Unless there is another megalomaniac in the Republican ranks willing to pick up the mantle of Angry Loose Cannon White Guy, after Trump there will be no one around to worship and equivocate for.

Trump's still giving your candidate a run for George Soros's money though. She has spent more money than any politician in history and still hardly ahead of Trump even with the media in her pocket.

 

[hunarcy]

The Republicans have been engaged in a civil war since 2009. The Tea party types started purging the ideologically impure from the Republican ranks by 'primarying' them out. Any incumbent with an (R) behind their name who did not fall into ridged lockstep with the rock ribbed Conservative Tea Party got a viable and excitable challenger in the primary and by November 2010, they were off the ballot and playing celebrity golf.

But the Tea Party types were not organized enough to sustain an effective takeover after the purge. They had candidates all lined up for the Presidency in 2016. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Li'l Ricky Santorum. But the Tea Party types let an interloper suck all the oxygen from the room. Donald Trump. Newcomer to the GOP, lacking in true Conservative bona fides. A man who should have run as a prank, not a Republican.

And now those ideologically pure, rock ribbed Tea Partiers are out in the cold, victims of their own political ineptitude and narrow ideological template by which they measured each and every other candidate.

The Republican Party is left smoldering in the ditch, the Tea Party types are picking the thorns from between their toes and wondering how it all went so terribly wrong. The havoc Trump has caused this party will be three or four election cycles from some semblance of healing.

Trump has set his coat tails ablaze with down ballot candidates doing a curious high wire dance. Should they push up next to Trump and suffer the slings and arrows he regularly shoots into his own feet, or should they distance themselves from him and run the risk of the wrath of his rabid supporters? And can his rabid supporters gain real power in the aftermath of the Republican civil war? The Tea Party types thought they would be pulling the strings too.

The real problem is: Trump's whole campaign is a cult of personality. Unless there is another megalomaniac in the Republican ranks willing to pick up the mantle of Angry Loose Cannon White Guy, after Trump there will be no one around to worship and equivocate for.

I suspect that the Republicans are about 2 years ahead of the Democrats. Even if Hillary wins, she's creating the conditions that will take Democrats down the same path as Republicans.

I think people like me who supported Bernie and Elizabeth Warren won't feel comfortable with a Clinton Presidency.

 

[Nosmo King]

The Republicans have been engaged in a civil war since 2009. The Tea party types started purging the ideologically impure from the Republican ranks by 'primarying' them out. Any incumbent with an (R) behind their name who did not fall into ridged lockstep with the rock ribbed Conservative Tea Party got a viable and excitable challenger in the primary and by November 2010, they were off the ballot and playing celebrity golf.

But the Tea Party types were not organized enough to sustain an effective takeover after the purge. They had candidates all lined up for the Presidency in 2016. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Li'l Ricky Santorum. But the Tea Party types let an interloper suck all the oxygen from the room. Donald Trump. Newcomer to the GOP, lacking in true Conservative bona fides. A man who should have run as a prank, not a Republican.

And now those ideologically pure, rock ribbed Tea Partiers are out in the cold, victims of their own political ineptitude and narrow ideological template by which they measured each and every other candidate.

The Republican Party is left smoldering in the ditch, the Tea Party types are picking the thorns from between their toes and wondering how it all went so terribly wrong. The havoc Trump has caused this party will be three or four election cycles from some semblance of healing.

Trump has set his coat tails ablaze with down ballot candidates doing a curious high wire dance. Should they push up next to Trump and suffer the slings and arrows he regularly shoots into his own feet, or should they distance themselves from him and run the risk of the wrath of his rabid supporters? And can his rabid supporters gain real power in the aftermath of the Republican civil war? The Tea Party types thought they would be pulling the strings too.

The real problem is: Trump's whole campaign is a cult of personality. Unless there is another megalomaniac in the Republican ranks willing to pick up the mantle of Angry Loose Cannon White Guy, after Trump there will be no one around to worship and equivocate for.

Trump's still giving your candidate a run for George Soros's money though. She has spent more money than any politician in history and still hardly ahead of Trump even with the media in her pocket.

That media boogeyman has given Trump more free coverage than expected. But the point is: what will be the aftermath of this election for the Republican Party?

 

[Nosmo King]

The Republicans have been engaged in a civil war since 2009. The Tea party types started purging the ideologically impure from the Republican ranks by 'primarying' them out. Any incumbent with an (R) behind their name who did not fall into ridged lockstep with the rock ribbed Conservative Tea Party got a viable and excitable challenger in the primary and by November 2010, they were off the ballot and playing celebrity golf.

But the Tea Party types were not organized enough to sustain an effective takeover after the purge. They had candidates all lined up for the Presidency in 2016. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Li'l Ricky Santorum. But the Tea Party types let an interloper suck all the oxygen from the room. Donald Trump. Newcomer to the GOP, lacking in true Conservative bona fides. A man who should have run as a prank, not a Republican.

And now those ideologically pure, rock ribbed Tea Partiers are out in the cold, victims of their own political ineptitude and narrow ideological template by which they measured each and every other candidate.

The Republican Party is left smoldering in the ditch, the Tea Party types are picking the thorns from between their toes and wondering how it all went so terribly wrong. The havoc Trump has caused this party will be three or four election cycles from some semblance of healing.

Trump has set his coat tails ablaze with down ballot candidates doing a curious high wire dance. Should they push up next to Trump and suffer the slings and arrows he regularly shoots into his own feet, or should they distance themselves from him and run the risk of the wrath of his rabid supporters? And can his rabid supporters gain real power in the aftermath of the Republican civil war? The Tea Party types thought they would be pulling the strings too.

The real problem is: Trump's whole campaign is a cult of personality. Unless there is another megalomaniac in the Republican ranks willing to pick up the mantle of Angry Loose Cannon White Guy, after Trump there will be no one around to worship and equivocate for.

I suspect that the Republicans are about 2 years ahead of the Democrats. Even if Hillary wins, she's creating the conditions that will take Democrats down the same path as Republicans.

I think people like me who supported Bernie and Elizabeth Warren won't feel comfortable with a Clinton Presidency.

Would you expect a Liberal insurgency to take over the Democrat party? Is there a Liberal Tea Party hiding in the bushes?

 

[the_human_being]

The Republicans have been engaged in a civil war since 2009. The Tea party types started purging the ideologically impure from the Republican ranks by 'primarying' them out. Any incumbent with an (R) behind their name who did not fall into ridged lockstep with the rock ribbed Conservative Tea Party got a viable and excitable challenger in the primary and by November 2010, they were off the ballot and playing celebrity golf.

But the Tea Party types were not organized enough to sustain an effective takeover after the purge. They had candidates all lined up for the Presidency in 2016. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Li'l Ricky Santorum. But the Tea Party types let an interloper suck all the oxygen from the room. Donald Trump. Newcomer to the GOP, lacking in true Conservative bona fides. A man who should have run as a prank, not a Republican.

And now those ideologically pure, rock ribbed Tea Partiers are out in the cold, victims of their own political ineptitude and narrow ideological template by which they measured each and every other candidate.

The Republican Party is left smoldering in the ditch, the Tea Party types are picking the thorns from between their toes and wondering how it all went so terribly wrong. The havoc Trump has caused this party will be three or four election cycles from some semblance of healing.

Trump has set his coat tails ablaze with down ballot candidates doing a curious high wire dance. Should they push up next to Trump and suffer the slings and arrows he regularly shoots into his own feet, or should they distance themselves from him and run the risk of the wrath of his rabid supporters? And can his rabid supporters gain real power in the aftermath of the Republican civil war? The Tea Party types thought they would be pulling the strings too.

The real problem is: Trump's whole campaign is a cult of personality. Unless there is another megalomaniac in the Republican ranks willing to pick up the mantle of Angry Loose Cannon White Guy, after Trump there will be no one around to worship and equivocate for.

Trump's still giving your candidate a run for George Soros's money though. She has spent more money than any politician in history and still hardly ahead of Trump even with the media in her pocket.

That media boogeyman has given Trump more free coverage than expected. But the point is: what will be the aftermath of this election for the Republican Party?

They will control the Presidency, the Senate, and the House. Isn't that enough?

 

[Siete]

The Republicans have been engaged in a civil war since 2009. The Tea party types started purging the ideologically impure from the Republican ranks by 'primarying' them out. Any incumbent with an (R) behind their name who did not fall into ridged lockstep with the rock ribbed Conservative Tea Party got a viable and excitable challenger in the primary and by November 2010, they were off the ballot and playing celebrity golf.

But the Tea Party types were not organized enough to sustain an effective takeover after the purge. They had candidates all lined up for the Presidency in 2016. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Li'l Ricky Santorum. But the Tea Party types let an interloper suck all the oxygen from the room. Donald Trump. Newcomer to the GOP, lacking in true Conservative bona fides. A man who should have run as a prank, not a Republican.

And now those ideologically pure, rock ribbed Tea Partiers are out in the cold, victims of their own political ineptitude and narrow ideological template by which they measured each and every other candidate.

The Republican Party is left smoldering in the ditch, the Tea Party types are picking the thorns from between their toes and wondering how it all went so terribly wrong. The havoc Trump has caused this party will be three or four election cycles from some semblance of healing.

Trump has set his coat tails ablaze with down ballot candidates doing a curious high wire dance. Should they push up next to Trump and suffer the slings and arrows he regularly shoots into his own feet, or should they distance themselves from him and run the risk of the wrath of his rabid supporters? And can his rabid supporters gain real power in the aftermath of the Republican civil war? The Tea Party types thought they would be pulling the strings too.

The real problem is: Trump's whole campaign is a cult of personality. Unless there is another megalomaniac in the Republican ranks willing to pick up the mantle of Angry Loose Cannon White Guy, after Trump there will be no one around to worship and equivocate for.

Trump's still giving your candidate a run for George Soros's money though. She has spent more money than any politician in history and still hardly ahead of Trump even with the media in her pocket.

That media boogeyman has given Trump more free coverage than expected. But the point is: what will be the aftermath of this election for the Republican Party?

if the right insists on keeping the same level of bat shit crazy they've fallen in love with there's always Louie Gohmert to hold status quo ...

 

[Fenton Lum]

The Republicans have been engaged in a civil war since 2009. The Tea party types started purging the ideologically impure from the Republican ranks by 'primarying' them out. Any incumbent with an (R) behind their name who did not fall into ridged lockstep with the rock ribbed Conservative Tea Party got a viable and excitable challenger in the primary and by November 2010, they were off the ballot and playing celebrity golf.

But the Tea Party types were not organized enough to sustain an effective takeover after the purge. They had candidates all lined up for the Presidency in 2016. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Li'l Ricky Santorum. But the Tea Party types let an interloper suck all the oxygen from the room. Donald Trump. Newcomer to the GOP, lacking in true Conservative bona fides. A man who should have run as a prank, not a Republican.

And now those ideologically pure, rock ribbed Tea Partiers are out in the cold, victims of their own political ineptitude and narrow ideological template by which they measured each and every other candidate.

The Republican Party is left smoldering in the ditch, the Tea Party types are picking the thorns from between their toes and wondering how it all went so terribly wrong. The havoc Trump has caused this party will be three or four election cycles from some semblance of healing.

Trump has set his coat tails ablaze with down ballot candidates doing a curious high wire dance. Should they push up next to Trump and suffer the slings and arrows he regularly shoots into his own feet, or should they distance themselves from him and run the risk of the wrath of his rabid supporters? And can his rabid supporters gain real power in the aftermath of the Republican civil war? The Tea Party types thought they would be pulling the strings too.

The real problem is: Trump's whole campaign is a cult of personality. Unless there is another megalomaniac in the Republican ranks willing to pick up the mantle of Angry Loose Cannon White Guy, after Trump there will be no one around to worship and equivocate for.

I suspect that the Republicans are about 2 years ahead of the Democrats. Even if Hillary wins, she's creating the conditions that will take Democrats down the same path as Republicans.

I think people like me who supported Bernie and Elizabeth Warren won't feel comfortable with a Clinton Presidency.

Plenty of americans want nothing to do with either of these "choices", and the fact of the matter is, it doesn't really make that much difference, the power structure chugs along on the same societal trajectory unless some critical mass of the population actually gets up to resist, and clearly, americans just ain't up for the responsibility of that. We've become accustomed to taking no responsibility at all, blaming everyone/anyone else, with the partisanshitheads descending into childish snit fits and hating roughly half of their fellow citizens. Power always does whatever it can get away with, and the American public has no response but consent. We'll vote, return to the couch to bitch, and wonder aloud why nothing gets better for the unsubstantial people.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

The Republicans have been engaged in a civil war since 2009. The Tea party types started purging the ideologically impure from the Republican ranks by 'primarying' them out. Any incumbent with an (R) behind their name who did not fall into ridged lockstep with the rock ribbed Conservative Tea Party got a viable and excitable challenger in the primary and by November 2010, they were off the ballot and playing celebrity golf.

But the Tea Party types were not organized enough to sustain an effective takeover after the purge. They had candidates all lined up for the Presidency in 2016. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Li'l Ricky Santorum. But the Tea Party types let an interloper suck all the oxygen from the room. Donald Trump. Newcomer to the GOP, lacking in true Conservative bona fides. A man who should have run as a prank, not a Republican.

And now those ideologically pure, rock ribbed Tea Partiers are out in the cold, victims of their own political ineptitude and narrow ideological template by which they measured each and every other candidate.

The Republican Party is left smoldering in the ditch, the Tea Party types are picking the thorns from between their toes and wondering how it all went so terribly wrong. The havoc Trump has caused this party will be three or four election cycles from some semblance of healing.

Trump has set his coat tails ablaze with down ballot candidates doing a curious high wire dance. Should they push up next to Trump and suffer the slings and arrows he regularly shoots into his own feet, or should they distance themselves from him and run the risk of the wrath of his rabid supporters? And can his rabid supporters gain real power in the aftermath of the Republican civil war? The Tea Party types thought they would be pulling the strings too.

The real problem is: Trump's whole campaign is a cult of personality. Unless there is another megalomaniac in the Republican ranks willing to pick up the mantle of Angry Loose Cannon White Guy, after Trump there will be no one around to worship and equivocate for.

 

[g5000]

The Tea Party died in 2012.

By November 2014, I don't think there was a single Tea Partier on the ballot.

 

[g5000]

Trump has no coattails.

He compensates for the total lack of House and Senate Republican support by surrounding himself with has-beens and whackadoos. Every politician in DC knows Trump as the privileged clown who moved in their circles for years, trying to get his photo taken with them like a teenaged autograph seeker. They see right through him.

His Chumps whine on command. Trump's Chumps are professional victims under the spell of a professional huckster.

Donald Trump the Deceiver has led the weakminded into becoming everything they used to hate.

 

[bendog]

The Tea Party died in 2012.

By November 2014, I don't think there was a single Tea Partier on the ballot.

Yeah. Trying to figure where they fit today is a mystery to me. Trump says make the rich pay their share, yet his tax plan in a bigger supply side cut that, I believe, W's.