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What we've seen in the past is the gentle swing of the pendulum. For a bizarre set of reasons, both parties are weakening rapidly. Effectively, Trump hijacked
by ArkyBeagle 10y ago
What we've seen in the past is the gentle swing of the pendulum. For a bizarre set of reasons, both parties are weakening rapidly.
Effectively, Trump hijacked the Republican Party. That does not sound like a strong mechanism to me.
- RodericDay 10y agoTrump did not hijack the Republican Party. Stop making him into some unexplainable force of nature, and letting this fantasy of "sensible republicans" take hold, letting them off the hook.
- ArkyBeagle 10y agoHe's an extremely explainable phenomenon. Scott Adams has explained it multiple times. I'm just pointing out that the standard party mechanism was not even used in this case. I am sure there is a better term than "hijacked".
- taxicabjesus 10y ago> Effectively, Trump hijacked the Republican Party. The Republican Party was hijacked by globalists a long time ago. G.H.W. Bush probably was very influential after Ronald Reagan was shot (1981?). Bill Clinton continued GHWB's globalization programs. G.W. Bush was mostly a figurehead. Like Clinton before him, Mr. Obama continued the globalization program, and transformed the globalists' boots-on-the-ground imperial war machine into a kinder, gentler aerial bombardment regime-changing machine. Señor Trump wasn't supposed to win. The hysteria exhibited by some in response to Señor Trump's opening moves [1] is certainly engineered by those whose globalization programs are now on the executioners' block. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/30/a-fascinating-theory-from-the-world-of-sports-about-donald-trumps-governing-style https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/30/a-...