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MAGA Protestors: "Destroy the GOP"

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The Republican Party has an opportunity here to do some real soul searching and reform itself by totally distancing itself from the MAGAs. But will they clean house? Will they better themselves? I'm not much of a gambler, but if I had to place a bet, I'd bet on no. Yet, that opportunity does exist.

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As far as I'm concerned, Trump can go down with the ship, along with all of his Yes-man sycophants. If that's what it takes to save the Republican Party from the clutches of Trumpism, then so be it.
A lot of Trump people really dont want conservative politics at all.

Theyre kind of radicals, and not in a good way.
 
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So when is a better time ?

You now have Trump. You now have disgraced, sold out and divided Republicans. You have large percentage of population that has been made to feel victimized.

Just about what Germany had after the humiliating peace after WWI.

Now is the time to blame deep state, traitors, computers, Krakens, immigrants, atheists, democrats and whatever the pollsters can figure out gets someone excited and create a new party devoted to totalitarian ideals that makes Nazis look like amateurs.

Why wouldn’t Trump and his loyal fan base make a huge effort ?

That might actually be something he would be remembered for.
Ah no! The Kraken are the "good" guys according to MAGAistas.
 
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Ah no! The Kraken are the "good" guys according to MAGAistas.

Not if they are not delivering. Then they are obviously fake and traitor Krakens that need to be purged.
 
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Join the club, then. Apparently, there are plenty of people who imagine wrongs on one side but are completely unaware of anything happening with the opposite one.

And then there's people like you who like to make far fetched claims about the other side, yet never offer evidence supporting those claims.

Trying to claim that Obama supporters were more fervent than Trump supporters is absurd - and par for the course for you.
 
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The Republican Party has an opportunity here to do some real soul searching and reform itself by totally distancing itself from the MAGAs. But will they clean house? Will they better themselves? I'm not much of a gambler, but if I had to place a bet, I'd bet on no. Yet, that opportunity does exist.

-CryptoLutheran

As a lifelong Republican, I'd like to see the Republican Party eventually redeem itself and find its moral compass again. I want it to regain its integrity. I don't want it to be sacrificed and die on the altar of Trumpism. I want it to be completely free from the clutches of Trump and his Yes-man followers.
 
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The Republican Party has an opportunity here to do some real soul searching and reform itself by totally distancing itself from the MAGAs. But will they clean house? Will they better themselves? I'm not much of a gambler, but if I had to place a bet, I'd bet on no. Yet, that opportunity does exist.

-CryptoLutheran

I’m skeptical that any serious shift will happen inside a generation. Even a lot of what passes for “mainstream” conservative thought is built on kooky ideas that have been discarded by professionals: their tax cut ideas don’t work; their small government mantra is mindlessly dogmatic; they deny climate change; they don’t know how to push forward towards a future economy; their austere attitudes towards public education and social services just make inequality worse; they perpetually drag their heels and bury their heads in the sand regarding issues of bigotry and discrimination, as well as gun violence. I could go on, but there’s a reason that the technocratic center skews Democrat these days. Republicans just gave up on the idea of basing their ideas in facts and evidence (assuming they ever did so in the first place). The sort of wholesale shift in ideology that Republicans would need to experience to get back to the real world is not something that happens quickly.
 
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And yet you still haven't linked to these findings.

It was your claim, it's your job to back up.
Creationist Playbook, Page 4

Never, ever present evidence (that can be debunked). Always demand that the evilutionists do your work and research for you to prove that creationism is correct.
 
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But they still have a ways to go to equal Obama's.

You know--the one who was called the "messiah." :doh:
I never heard Obama being called the messiah by Democrats. It's a lie started by the Right.
 
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I should report you. I loved Calamari....... until just now.
Not to worry. I think that the author of that story conflated "rectum" with "intestine". And hog intestine is something that I and probably you have enjoyed many many times. Higher end sausages are packed in real intestines. I am not a fan of cheap hot dogs. Give me the real thing baby!
 
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I never heard Obama being called the messiah by Democrats. It's a lie started by the Right.
YOU may not have heard it, but your contention has otherwise been found to be incorrect. There are numerous examples of it happening and anyone can find them online in minutes.
 
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I never heard Obama being called the messiah by Democrats. It's a lie started by the Right.

Fun fact: I got a warning for calling Trump someone else's messiah.
 
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YOU may not have heard it, but your contention has otherwise been found to be incorrect. There are numerous examples of it happening and anyone can find them online in minutes.

No it hasn't. You never provided a single source.
 
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No it hasn't. You never provided a single source.
He doesn't have to. Don't you know? It's YOUR job to prove him right.

Weird and idiotic, I know, but that's how "debate" boards work sometimes.
 
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YOU may not have heard it, but your contention has otherwise been found to be incorrect. There are numerous examples of it happening and anyone can find them online in minutes.

In order to prove something, you have to actually provide proof.

You've been on these boards long enough to know this.
 
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Not to worry. I think that the author of that story conflated "rectum" with "intestine". And hog intestine is something that I and probably you have enjoyed many many times. Higher end sausages are packed in real intestines. I am not a fan of cheap hot dogs. Give me the real thing baby!
I’m trying to eat, here.
 
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