Erick Erickson, a Georgia Republican insider, said bluntly on Friday that former President Donald Trump is in real trouble after his frantic efforts to make himself more palatable to voters who believe in reproductive rights and other key issues. Writing on X, Erickson claimed to have had "privat...
  • @GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
    14•3 months ago

    Yup. I’m no republican, but the country would be better if they jettison the rightmost christiofascist wing of the party to the fringe that they are.

    Again not that I’m seeking it, but a more centrist “sane, sober” republican party would be a real challenge for centrist democrats to contend with.

    It’s like they’re currently in a ketamine induced fugue state. Some day, maybe still a few years from now, the record is gonna stop and they’ll realize the palin-jones-trump arc has run it’s course.

        • AmidFuror
          2•3 months ago

          Thanks. He did cross my mind but didn’t fit as a politician.

          I ruled out Paula Jones pretty quickly.

          • Lost_My_Mind
            3•3 months ago

            Is it weird that my mind went to Jim Jones? The cult leader who poisoned everyone with kool-aid?

          • @GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
            3•3 months ago

            For.sure. I just kinda made it up ya know?

            I feel like this wacky shit started when McCain brought on palin to fire up the base.

            Jones aligned the crazy conspiracy theorists with a political group

            Trump refined brand and method into a singular figure