No fan of republican politics
but Kasich has often been on the right side of things
If folks want to fault him for not being on the correct side often enough that is their prerogative
Puts me in mind of when McCain help save the ACA
My progressive friends sneered and listed a litany of his right wing nonsense
My take was
You’re right but TODAY he did the right thing and I’m glad for it
I think you are confusing Trumpers with Trump enablers. Trumpers are in way too deep in the cult of personality, while the enablers are what you describe, fear of anyone not a white Christian and preferably male.
It’s time for the enablers to wake up and hear the death knell, it tolls for our country.
If you aren’t calling out your entire party for participating in this attempted coup, then your blood is only lukewarm.
Me too
Well isn’t that his job?
I know she’s carrying out the wishes of the Trump regime, but how does our system allow the General Services Administration chief the sole power to hold up a transition?
All of that YES, but epitomized by one leader who has captured, dare I say it, the hearts and minds of whatever a Republican is today. And that singular person is Donald John Trump. And the reason it is a cult is simple: the party is collectively afraid of him and the base believes his every word. Every. Word.
There was a Reuters poll out this week on Trump Republicans…
50% now believe Biden won bcos of electoral fraud. And why is this if not due to a cult.
Not a fan of this guy and only a small clap for what he’s said. He isn’t going to suffer after this. Some republicans and their donors have had this game plan in the works for a while. Some got out while the gettin’ was good. A few lost their seats.
Thanks for nothing.
I still want to know how anyone (you refer to them as “Trumpers”) think he has any possible components of charismatic authority. I wrote a college thesis on Max Weber’s “Charismatic Authority” and I just don’t get how Donald fits in. He has never provided a single thing that he promised: no wall, no incredible job growth, no booming stock market or economy, no end to COVID-19, no International respect or leadership, no national infrastructure. And don’t even get me started on his Effing Space Force…
This guy was telling us a few weeks ago that us Dems need to start listening to tRumpers. Fuck you! Fix your own party before telling us what to do.
I agree. It is all about the racism. That’s it. Everything else they say is demonstrably false, except the racism. Sure, they vehemently deny the accusation, but that’s what they wanted from Trump. He delivered, and they love him for it.
That goes for supporters, the party and members of his misadministration.
I left the GOP long, long ago because they had changed underneath me. The Democratic party supported Civil Rights; Nixon then took the Southern Strategy and the segregationist Strom Thurmond became a Republican. I became an Independent. I recently became a member of the Democratic party because they aligned pretty closely with my views.
I think Kasich now finds himself about where I found myself those many years ago when I left the GOP…he just doesn’t know it yet. He’s hoping the GOP he knew still exists. He’s effectively become a seed for the party that replaces the GOP.
I’m betting you are not a fan of the WWF?
I heard someone say this week that people that make up his base think that he is preserving “America”, an America where white and male are large and in charge. Everyone else beneath the white males/ What they don’t get is the myth of the 1950s America, the myth of the founding fathers, and the myth that Trump is a leader.
Kasich — … added that he doesn’t know what Trump administration officials and Republicans who are loyal to the sitting president are “afraid of.”
They’re afraid of his militia, who threaten government officials every day with their assault rifles. Some literally plotting kidnap and murder, some by showing up outside their offices with guns in hand, some by email and tweet threats, and the president does it stochastically.
Why aren’t we saying it out loud? Why aren’t even writers at TPM saying it? We are afraid of his supporters killing us with their so-called second amendment “rights.”
Somebody please ask Kasich if he is afraid of the guns. Please?
Has Kasich ever said anything about Mitch and his underhanded dealing? Trump couldn’t be Trump if Mitch wasn’t Mitch. Trump needs Mitch, but Mitch doesn’t need him as President.
Ya think? If ihad a dollar for every creep who pretended economic anxiety, not racism, was a reason for anti-Hillary support in 2016, I would be rich beyond words. And not necessarily in dollars.
To take this further they are afraid of having to “put down” their base in a very real sense and be seen doing so.
But I still ask “why?” Why would any one be afraid of stupid Donald. He’s always been a failure and a joke. And a pervert. And he talks like an old farce of a stand-up comedian, like Jackie Gleason, Don Rickles, or Rodney Dangerfield. And a huckster. I think the only thing they like is he is the kind of bully who would protect them. And how stupid is that??
Thanks for that. Bookmarked.
It was 70% a while back, IIRC. That’s an improvement
I thought the headline suggested an interesting article, but then I clicked and saw it was Kasich.