You'd think it would be the logical choice, but so many of them have bought into their own narrative that the American republic (obviously the only bastion of democracy and civilization in the entire world!) will collapse if a "liberal " is elected and western civilization will collapse and we'll all be doomed! (just like they keep predicting before every single election since forever.)
The real conundrum is this: either way, the fringe whackos and Tea Party maniacs will blame the inevitable November GOP loss on the party being "too moderate" and full of "RINOs" and not ideologically pure enough with regards to conservative principles. If Trump gets the nomination, but loses, they'll point to Trump not being a "true" conservative, and move even more to horrifying extremists like Cruz next time. If Trump is passed over for the nomination, then when whoever replaced Trump loses, they'll just say, again, that the GOP is out of touch and "too moderate" for being afraid to run a "real conservative" like Trump. And once again, they'll race to the most extreme fringes to find their next surrogate.
The GOP is living under the thumb of a monster they created (one they started building when they made the deal with the "devil" by making puritanical religiosity a part of their platform.) They are reaping what they sowed, and I'd be loving the schadenfreude if there weren't horrible people, previously too embarrassed to speak or act out in public, so emboldened by the monster currently in the lead. Trump's supporters are literally the brownshirts, and while I have confidence that he will lose any fair election (and lose it badly,) I also have confidence that these thugs will do everything in their power to sow chaos and fear if they think it will help their Dear Leader.
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Date: 12/5/16 16:53 (UTC)The real conundrum is this: either way, the fringe whackos and Tea Party maniacs will blame the inevitable November GOP loss on the party being "too moderate" and full of "RINOs" and not ideologically pure enough with regards to conservative principles. If Trump gets the nomination, but loses, they'll point to Trump not being a "true" conservative, and move even more to horrifying extremists like Cruz next time. If Trump is passed over for the nomination, then when whoever replaced Trump loses, they'll just say, again, that the GOP is out of touch and "too moderate" for being afraid to run a "real conservative" like Trump. And once again, they'll race to the most extreme fringes to find their next surrogate.
The GOP is living under the thumb of a monster they created (one they started building when they made the deal with the "devil" by making puritanical religiosity a part of their platform.) They are reaping what they sowed, and I'd be loving the schadenfreude if there weren't horrible people, previously too embarrassed to speak or act out in public, so emboldened by the monster currently in the lead. Trump's supporters are literally the brownshirts, and while I have confidence that he will lose any fair election (and lose it badly,) I also have confidence that these thugs will do everything in their power to sow chaos and fear if they think it will help their Dear Leader.