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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
oh we have a very solid and powerful GOP block, its not the liberal paradise everyone around the country imagine. i work in a very conservative community, in 2012 i saw nothing but Romney signs, even teenagers enthusiastically wearing Romney t-shirts. however in 2016 no Trump ANYTHING. Trump is only doing well in the media, in real life most non-dingbat Republicans can't STAND him. he is the embodiment of the TEA party but TEA party was always a vocal minority of GOP.
sure, but it never really rises above 35-40% and even THAT is a projection. STOP THE FEAR MONGERING.
is that why almost every established GOP leader has come out and dissed Trump? just saw Bob Gates.denounce Trump as "a fool"
so? so Ohio is the entire country now? fuck what a bunch of braindead white people think. if they are dumb enough to think Trump will help them they are already.revealing their level of intelligence. why take such stupid people seriously?
did you forget for most of its history rust belt was Blue Dog pro Union Democrats yes? shouldnt forget that when a clown like trump is the GOP. sure sometimes they voted for centrist Republicans BUT Trump doesn't fit that mold.
Nixon was a total slime ball.BUT he was also a MASTER politician, had been a very popular Vice president, and ran a rather tame campaign in 1968 compared to Trump. now sure, two yeara ago i thought Nixon.was a textbook example of how the Republicans would win 2016 based on all the racism against Obama just like Tricky Dick won on the "silent majority" of resentful white people who were pissed off about the Civil Rights movement.
this is not 1968. Nixon in hindsight seems unelectable, but in the 50s and 60s he was very popular and respected, things that Trump simply is NOT.
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What I'm suggesting is common sense. If that's fear mongering to you, so be it.
There are a lot of Republicans who HAVE endorsed Trump. This is nothing like 1964, when so many GOP types loathed Goldwater that they formed a group called Republicans For Johnson. Don't see that this time, do you? That's because Trump has a lot more support than Goldwater did.
If you had read my post carefully, you will see that I pointed out northeast Ohio as an example of places where workers have felt a sustained economic whammy, not as the "entire country". You're the one who sees everything through a California lens. As for "braindead" and "stupid" blue collar workers who have been suffering a long time, that is exactly the kind of condescending, elitist attitude that Trump plays off of and gets support from. And where have you been the past 35 to 40 years? A lot of rust belt areas have gone GOP. Union power, regrettably, has significantly waned.
Oh, and my Nixon example was based on the 1972 election, NOT 1968. Please read more carefully.