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rurallib

(64,283 posts)
14. let me opine a bit - I may be out in left field
Tue Aug 1, 2023, 08:44 PM
Aug 2023

but right now, Trump IS the Republican Party for the most part. If he drops out, where will his followers go? I daresay that none of the current crop of clowns would only pick up a few voters. I get the vibe that for the current sheeples it is Trump or nothing.

So where does the next savior come from? I would guess the current crop of nobodies will do anything and everything to emulate the Trump mystique but will all fall short.

It sure won't be Asa Hutchinson or Mikey and certainly not Chris Christie. Even if the door clangs shut behind old DJT in the next year, the sheeple will probably still vote him as the nominee.

In short the MAGA Party is now damned with him and damned without him.

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Good for Hutchinson. One of few republicans with the cohones to say that. brush Aug 2023 #1
Yes, good on him for saying it--- DemocraticPatriot Aug 2023 #17
You're right. There are a lot of magats packing heat around... brush Aug 2023 #19
Why so many candidates?...waiting for The Hammer to fail...it just did. Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2023 #2
I wonder if anyone else (in the Rethug party) will step up to the place to Farmgirl1961 Aug 2023 #3
Chris Christie probably will. Ocelot II Aug 2023 #5
Nominating a candidate who condemned Trump would be the GOP's smartest play, imho DemocraticPatriot Aug 2023 #18
I'm watching that snake DeSantis.... NM Grins Aug 2023 #20
Ron is too busy planning for the triumphant comeback of slavery, leprosy, and submissive wives. Gore1FL Aug 2023 #22
Bless his heart senseandsensibility Aug 2023 #4
Fat chance it's his only get out of jail free card Fullduplexxx Aug 2023 #6
Every elected GOPer in the US should be doing this. 617Blue Aug 2023 #7
Chris Christie being the first, Asa makes 2 Hekate Aug 2023 #8
Lil nikki BOSSHOG Aug 2023 #12
... roamer65 Aug 2023 #9
That won't happen. Demobrat Aug 2023 #10
This ⬆⬆ Duppers Aug 2023 #24
Trump is running for Trump Roy Rolling Aug 2023 #11
He was Roy Cohn's favorite student BOSSHOG Aug 2023 #13
let me opine a bit - I may be out in left field rurallib Aug 2023 #14
10 October 1789 LiberalFighter Aug 2023 #15
THE OCTOBER MARCH ON VERSAILLES DemocraticPatriot Aug 2023 #21
This will be Asa's high point. nt BootinUp Aug 2023 #16
They should all agree with Asa... kentuck Aug 2023 #23
This is what we call enlightened self-interest Algernon Moncrieff Aug 2023 #25
I agree Mad_Machine76 Aug 2023 #26
Too much $$$ to grift from his minions n/t TexasBushwhacker Aug 2023 #27
Fat chance Turbineguy Aug 2023 #28
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