In the midterms, what is the GOP going to run on?

[Champakian]

They used to be sane.
I remember that; my family was FDR Democrats.

Then the 60s Generation turned everything into That 70s Show
and took the party from the Joe Manchin types and
gave it over to the children of the radicals...

 

[Champakian]

PS - Yes, I think the President is senile. I think he's barely functional
and I worry about who (unelected) is actually calling the shots for him.

 

[pecksniff]

They used to be sane.
I remember that; my family was FDR Democrats.

Then the 60s Generation turned everything into That 70s Show
and took the party from the Joe Manchin types and
gave it over to the children of the radicals...

There was a time when the Republicans were sane, but that started to change with Goldwater in '64, and finally ended with Reagan in '80. In The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan, by Rick Perlstein, there's an account of how the Reaganites tried to wrest the nomination from Ford at the 1976 RNC -- it was ugly.

 

[pecksniff]

There probably will be a feudal period in the dark age between civilizations. The next civilization will do something else that may not have a label yet.

So now we're looking at the fall of civilization in its present form?

The only other person I know predicting that is James Howard Kunstler -- he doesn't think industrial civilization can survive Peak Oil. That's the point at which all-time global production of petroleum peaks, and it's coming in 10-15 years.

 

[Chernosoth]

So now we're looking at the fall of civilization in its present form?

The only other person I know predicting that is James Howard Kunstler -- he doesn't think industrial civilization can survive Peak Oil. That's the point at which all-time global production of petroleum peaks, and it's coming in 10-15 years.

The peak was roughly 2005. Oil producers are in the low margin stuff now, the fields that were left untouched until the oil price rose high enough for more expensive operations that use more energy. Deepwater Horizon drilling was a desperation move because the US can't control other nations that have more oil.

Kunstler can be amusing, but he's long past his prime as a journalist. He may want to see trends happen faster than they will because he doesn't have much time left.

 

[pecksniff]

The peak was roughly 2005. Oil producers are in the low margin stuff now, the fields that were left untouched until the oil price rose high enough for more expensive operations that use more energy. Deepwater Horizon drilling was a desperation move because the US can't control other nations that have more oil.

Kunstler can be amusing, but he's long past his prime as a journalist. He may want to see trends happen faster than they will because he doesn't have much time left.

Past few years, Kunstler has morphed into a real Trumptard, judging by his "Clusterfuck Nation" blog. It's depressing.

 

[The_Trouvere]

They used to be sane.
I remember that; my family was FDR Democrats.

Then the 60s Generation turned everything into That 70s Show
and took the party from the Joe Manchin types and
gave it over to the children of the radicals...

When blacks were given equal rights from the civil rights legislation passed between 1964 to 1968, and when the War in Poverty made welfare benefits more generous and easier to qualify for, white racial moderates thought they were buying racial peace.When they got instead were five years of black ghetto rioting, and more enduring increases in black social pathology, they felt betrayed, and began voting Republican.

 

[Dribble]

It just hit me....

The GOP platform:

1) it is ok to kill a black man if you feel threatened.

2) It is OK to kill a child if you feel threatened.

3) It is OK to overthrow an election if you feel threatened.

Did I miss any?

 

[butters]

It just hit me....

The GOP platform:

1) it is ok to kill a black man if you feel threatened.

2) It is OK to kill a child if you feel threatened.

3) It is OK to overthrow an election if you feel threatened.

Did I miss any?

yeah

4) But but but Hilllllllarrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee'

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

It just hit me....

The GOP platform:

1) it is ok to kill a black man if you feel threatened.

2) It is OK to kill a child if you feel threatened.

3) It is OK to overthrow an election if you feel threatened.

Did I miss any?

Nope. You did a terrific job of explaining why your party will be defeated by the GOP in 265 days. You guys are out of touch with your own party, the party you oppose, and most importantly the voters who will be sending your elected representatives home.

 

[ll74]

The right has been running on the party policy of "not them" for over a decade now.

Not going to change.

 

[ll74]

When blacks were given equal rights from the civil rights legislation passed between 1964 to 1968, and when the War in Poverty made welfare benefits more generous and easier to qualify for, white racial moderates thought they were buying racial peace.When they got instead were five years of black ghetto rioting, and more enduring increases in black social pathology, they felt betrayed, and began voting Republican.

Look, racism.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

The right has been running on the party policy of "not them" for over a decade now.

Not going to change.

In recent years, border control, domestic petroleum & natural gas production, individual and corporate tax reform, defense spending, and federal judiciary appointments have been winning issues for the GOP. In the current cycle, parental voice in schools, lifting Covid restrictions, slowing inflation, domestic petroleum and natural gas production, border control, defense, and yes, snuffing out any remaining remnants of the Biden agenda will be in play.

 

[Misshotndeep]

My answer is all fours!

 

[ishtat]

The GOP will run on "not being the D's." Their major problem will be getting their Trumpster voters to vote at all. Turnout will be way down - for D's as well.

 

[JohnnySavage]

We have some heated local races. There aren't any Democrats here, so the primary is the important election.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

The GOP will run on "not being the D's." Their major problem will be getting their Trumpster voters to vote at all. Turnout will be way down - for D's as well.

Check the polls. Americans are not happy with the Democrat party or the Democrat president. Inflation, Covid restrictions, crime, the border, gas prices, parental rights, supply chain…Dems are losing on a litany of issues. The GOP enjoys a significant favorability advantage. Of course the GOP will hammer Dems. They already are.

 

[Paul_Chance]

The party that is out of power always has a certain advantage in that national attention is focused on the short-comings of the party in power. A certain percentage of voters are "immediate" voters and don't have any long term memory. There is also a smaller percentage of voters that are "vote against whose ever in power". Swing both of them and you can swing enough of an election, given that the difference between the two major parties is only in the single digits.