Dear Sistine Chapel,
Once this is all over Trump will go back to working his businesses and being all about himself as usual.
Originally Posted by Sistine Chapel
This is actually a base case or upside scenario. The lowside is if Trump creates his own political party after the election, and splits the Republican vote. If that happens then you may be right, Democrats may dominate America for many years to come.
Trump will lose and go play golf, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, John Kaisich would have lost and kept fighting for causes they've fought for most of their lives.
Originally Posted by Sistine Chapel
I agree about Jeb Bush. John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Carly Fiorina or Ben Carson would have easily beat Hillary. Cruz would have had a better than 50/50 shot. He's smart, devious, and, unlike Clinton, would have pivoted hard to the center after the primaries.
I for one love this. Trump has embarrassed himself, destroyed your party for generations and has given the Dems more leverage to future power....You can now complain for another 16 - 20 yrs because with the Progressive agenda that's what it will be before a Republican ever gets close to the Presidency again.
Originally Posted by Sistine Chapel
Like the hard core Trump supporters, the ones who would withhold their votes from any Republican Congressional candidate who didn't endorse Trump, you better be careful what you wish for, it might come true. As Lusty Lad put it:
Meanwhile, if you had any real insight or understanding of politics you would be alarmed at the far-left demogogues like Bernie Sanders and ELizabeth Warren who are hijacking the Dimotard Party. If they get half a chance, they will happily blow up the economy with their demented and destructive growth-killing schemes....
Originally Posted by lustylad
If your party controls the presidency, the House and Senate, and then the judiciary by virtue of installing federal judges who will disregard the constitution to achieve political ends, then the country is fucked. If they're in power long enough, look for per capita GDP to go down to European levels. Tax rates will go up, to the highest or among the highest in the world. Fundamental rights, like freedom of expression, will be trampled.
If we're lucky, we end up like slow-growth, high-unemployment nations in Europe. If we're unlucky we end up like Venezuela or Argentina.
Will you, Sistine Chapel, be worse off? Probably, but I'm not sure. You have posted that you admire Marx, and have intimated that you work for the Democratic Party:
Hilary has got me working overtime to help pull out a win for her Majesty.
Originally Posted by Sistine Chapel
If you come to occupy a position high up in the Party or the government, then you'd do well in your utopia. And only the rest of us would be fucked.