It’s a well known axiom that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Steve Schmidt has a very interesting forecast for where the Republican party is headed in just a few days.
The party could not survive its factionalism. There could be no more accommodation, compromise and partnership between pro-slavery and anti-slavery Whigs. A new political party was born, the Republican Party. That party will divide into irreconcilable factions on January 6th. 2/
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) January 3, 2021
will follow. Does anybody doubt the outcome of the @IvankaTrump vs. @marcorubio primary in Florida? Anyone willing to make a bet on @robportman? It turns out JFK was right. The problem of trying to ride the tiger is the likelihood of winding up inside the tiger. The poisonous 4/
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) January 3, 2021
The abolitionist with the Slave master. It won’t happen over night but the destination is clear. The Conservative party in America is dead. It may continue to bear the name “Republican” but it will be no such thing. Fascism has indeed come to America and as was once predicted 6
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) January 3, 2021
Entirely. There are only two sides in American politics now. There is the American side and the Autocratic side. May God help us all if we falter, flag or fail in defense of American democracy. 8
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) January 3, 2021
Ulysses S. Grant said, “there are but two parties now, traitors and patriots.” It does seem like we have cycled back to exactly the same posture. What’s new is old and what’s old is new.
hope it does go down. But I have fear thar there will be violence involved.
There, up there
The crazies in the party are pushing the envelope too far. Gohmert and Cruz. Hawley believes he’ll be the “smart Trump.” Maybe he will. Or maybe he won’t and Schmidt’s idea will be what happens. The analogy is apt. The pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions could not hold. Nowadays it’s the pro-fascist and anti-fascist factions.
The money boys made the same mistake with Trump that everyone who does business with him always do: trust him to do exactly what he’s supposed to. THAT’S why they got caught flat-footed on COVID…they mistook him for another Reagan or W. And that’s BEFORE he started actively stealing from them…
The ‘smart’ Trump can’t be. His hallmark is stupidity mixed with crass ineptitude.
Not much can stop it from going that way, no. That said, I expect said violence to remain sporadic, uncoordinated and completely ineffectual. Less Oklahoma City and more Nashville, if you take my meaning.
I can’t wait for the fireworks. Let them shoot each other until there is no answer, especially b/c Pence will be “tried and executed” for not sucking up to the last of the loons. And as we all know, this is just a dog and pony show for the screwballs to line tRump’s coffers. let them have at each other. The worst case scenario is that Pelosi becomes president. their worst nightmare will have come true.
There’s only one thing missing from the history lesson: how this is the logical outgrowth of twenty years of Republican unforced errors.
Yes, the roots go back to Reagan. But from 9/11 on, the collapse has been an ongoing process of active rot in progress. All of it was so avoidable but too many GOP myths had to be nursed and nurtured. And thus we went from the “permanent Republican majority” fever dreams of Karl Rove to the pumped and dumped shell of a political party we’re watching now.
Unfortunately everything Steve said is true. The ones leading will twist and gaslight and all trumpsters will fall in place. Their ignorance cannot be defeated. We’re in more trouble than can be imagined .
No, they are. When the enemy is this obvious, it makes life so much easier.
There’s little I can add to the thread other than a) he’s right about them falling apart, b) I do hope he realizes that this development predates Trump by at least a decade and a half and c) I look for the money guys to be the ones who will truly smash up the GOP in retaliation for Trump stealing donation money from them.
A cult member is like a full glass of water. Nothing can be added. Especially the feedback that they are standing for the wrong god. The wrong messiah. The wrong belief system.
A lot of Republicans split their vote, to dump Trump without giving Biden Congress. The RVAT group suggested it. The LP was focused on dumping Trump. They say they are now going after the Cruzes and Cottons of the world. Keep watch.
They were such a good party back with I was young and my father was a member. I wonder just what happened to it that changed it so badly.
Why are you sending my comment to moderation again? What did I say that is so very wrong? This is totally unfair. It has gotten so bad now that it makes me cry whenever I see that phrase tacked onto my comments.
“She” doesn’t send your comments to moderation. The algorithm does. Then she has to manually permit them. The algorithm seems to ping on numbers and negative terms. It would be nice to have a list of the algorithmic triggers.
Miranda, we’ve ALL had comments moderated, but don’t worry, real comments get ‘unmoderated’ and shown fairly quickly. It appears that it’s either that or mindless spam and trolling. I prefer it this way.
I didn’t say anything wrong. I was complimenting the GOP for what they were long ago.
Would this be the same Steve Schmidt who predicted that Sarah Palin would be a good candidate for VP?
Yes, and so what? He says Palin was a big mistake. Also people are not static. Or do you not allow people to regret, repent and change? He recently registered as a Democrat. https://thehill.com/homenews/news/530393-longtime-gop-strategist-steve-schmidt-announces-hes-registering-democrat
I was a NYS resident and registered Republican when Trump ran four years ago. I saw him as the deathknell of the party. He drove me out and now he will kill the party. And to think they used to talk about the big tent in the R party. Now, like a big circus tent, it has caught fire and is collapsing onto those who didn’t flee. Farewell and good riddance!
He thinks he’s not the autocratic side???? The exfat fuck, baby who’d rather burn it down.
He’s a big part of why trump was elected.