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Old 12-12-2015, 01:53 PM
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...mepage%2Fstory

'What social science tells us about racism in the Republican party' WaPo
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Old 12-21-2015, 08:27 AM
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Desparation in the GOP

http://news.yahoo.com/looking-idea-t...115611627.html

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This weekend, veteran political journalist Jeff Greenfield said that some GOP insiders are theorizing about a third-party candidate to oppose Donald Trump, if he wins the Republican nomination. By any means, that scenario is complicated but with some precedent.

Greenfield has covered politics for three TV networks and written 13 books. Writing for Politico magazine, Greenfield talked about his discussions with GOP operatives about how some party leaders would react to a potential Trump nomination in Cleveland this summer, which would potentially deeply divide the Republican Party.

“It would be a fissure so deep that, if the operatives I talked with are right, a Donald Trump running as a Republican could well face a third-party run—from the Republicans themselves,”

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Old 12-21-2015, 09:29 AM
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It would be interesting to see the GOP establishment relegated to a fringe party.
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Old 12-21-2015, 09:30 AM
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As a make-sure-Trump-gets-clobbered move, it would likely be effective! As well as fun-to-watch....
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Old 12-21-2015, 10:04 AM
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This seems to be that the Republican establishment is acknowledging that a Clinton presidency is better than a Trump presidency. Hilarious!
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Old 12-21-2015, 11:31 AM
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Imagine a Jeb third-party run. All you guys and gals who miss W come on out!

Yeah right. He might get the KBR and Black Water vote....
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Old 12-21-2015, 12:19 PM
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Washington Post On Trump and White Supremacy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...cist-movement/


when I started this thread last year I could not believe it would take us here...or the right-wing base of the GOP would take America there.
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Old 12-21-2015, 12:28 PM
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...cist-movement/

when I started this thread last year I could not believe it would take us here...or the right-wing base of the GOP would take America there.
Trump is doing with plain language what the GOP has been doing with dog whistles for decades.
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Old 12-21-2015, 01:11 PM
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Trump is doing with plain language what the GOP has been doing with dog whistles for decades.
Yes, the genie is out of the bottle in plain sight. Any backtracking now by the GOP will sound hollow.
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