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Lizzy Claiborne's avatar

Very nice, and accurate, analysis of the Trump Crime Family Wrecking Ball.

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Ben - MD, VA, NE Florida.'s avatar

"human-flounder hybrid Charlie Kirk..."

Ahhh, very H.P. Lovecraft. Fitting in this Trump/Kelly-Anne Conway alternative reality we find ourselves facing.

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PATRICIA ROSENBERG's avatar

Such a great insightful argument. Hopefully this will so weaken and burn down the GOP house and Democrats (the good guys) can get a permanent hold.

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JOSEPH SALDARINI's avatar

BRAVO! Brilliant analogy...... enjoyed the read.

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Don Quixote's Reckless Son's avatar

So the question is how is this bad for Biden? I'm sure the NY Times will get right on it.

PS Biden is old.

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David Beemer's avatar

Good luck Joe, if you're actually on the ballot in November you are going to need it. Please don't face plant before then!

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Roberto Munoz's avatar

GOP is dead, they just haven’t inform the relatives yet, and Trump will make sure…

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Elvira's avatar

One Word….. SUCKERs!!! with A BaHaHaHa!

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Stephen M. Hatchett's avatar

The Purity Posse is riding to the RNC, boys! Mount up! Great description...but terrible news for the GQP. Our "national affliction's" (aka tfg's) friends/family of 'vampires' will suck the life out of the party, as it turns even more into a 'mafia mob' that could well drain this country dry. Vote FOR democracy and AGAINST, autocracy & theocracy...don't become a subject, stand tall as a CITIZEN!

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Ivo Steijn's avatar

Maybe it's because I've never been a Republican so I don't have a nostalgic attachment to the name, but I am grinning like an ambulatory heap of teeth at the RNC thing. You don't often see cancer cells take over and destroy the body this quickly. I don't know what the effect on down-ballot races will be, other than Not Good but you're the expert - this is going to cost them races, right? Maybe loosen some of those death grips on state legislatures....

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Bob McKeown's avatar

Ambulatory heap of teeth FTW

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4legsgood's avatar

Can’t say that I feel sorry for them.

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Mark Merritt's avatar

The Trump/mafia bust out of the RNC is an apt analogy for what’s going on, but in the world of organized crime Trump isn’t capo dei capi. He’s an under boss. The gutting of the RNC is a more significant play than rank and file MAGA fascist know. It’s the collapse of the American right flank in the fight against Putinism and its global autocracy project.

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Mike's avatar

In the history of the world ... has there ever been a book title as prescient, as perfect, as durable as ETTD?

I can't think of one.

Catch 22? In the conversation, but no. The Godfather? Same. Jaws? Maybe

My feelings are anxiety, spell bound-ness, and horror

Anxiety because I want to get to the final scene where they're divorced, devoid of personal assets including gold toilets, and signing leases on small, 1 BR apartments in the shittiest part of town. After being let out on parole

Spell bound because their downfall will be no less riveting that watching the third Reich post Stalingrad right up to the gunshot in the bunker. The machinations will be spectacular. Imagine Don Jr's black and blue face after Guilfoyle discovers there's no money left for plastic surgery

Horror, because ... well, there's still a decent chance they walk away unscathed on ALL of it. God knows they've got Merrick Garland doing all he can

ETTD. RNC, we hardly knew ya. GOP, apparently we never did. HAHAHAHAHA

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Joe Kolakowski's avatar

The Constitution, the rule of law, law and order and representative democracy are on the line more than ever. Trump is creating the mold to launch a Fascist Neo-Nazi authoritarian police state with the passing of each day. Everything for Trump and only for Trump. Everything Trump Touches Dies, I hope.

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That Democracy Guy's avatar

The RNC bought the ticket (8 years ago), time to take the ride.

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Dawn Blacker's avatar

Proving yet again ETTD

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