I was curious as to where this thread might go.
Growing up as a youth in the Reagan years (I was 7 when he took office), I got to experience 12 years of Republican Presidential Leadership. I saw the end of the USSR and the Berlin Wall. I got to watch the news of the First Iraqi Conflagration in Desert Shield. We weren't wealthy, but I never felt in want of anything as I was growing up....
What Happened? I never thought that I wouldn't be a good Republican Adult as my first election was becoming a reality. What drove me away?
These are the choices, I feel, the Republicans made to kill themselves:
Pro-Life (Ties in to
Social-Conservative / Religious Right
Pro-BIG-Business
Pro 1%
Pro NRA
Pro White
Half of their Hypocracy as the Peoples Party involve them lying through their teeth to convince Blue Collar workers across the Nation that the Republicans stand for them.
Where is this true?
Not in Health Care. Not in Tax Policy. Not in Consumer Protection. Not in Water Quality. Not in Air Quality. Not in Job Creation... Should I continue?
Please don't misunderstand. I get that the Dems are paying lip service to some of these issues, too, but at the same time I see them following through on attempting to actually improve things for the Common American more so than their Red counterparts. (This is a complicated idea, and whether the Dems actually are improving things is a different story... but between the two, now, I would rather cast my lot with them over the Reps. *shrugs)
All I know is that I did not vote once for Clinton, nor for W. I very gladly voted for Obama. And very reluctantly voted for Hilary (Still, why for the love of humanity was she allowed to run?!).
Regardless...
All I see now in the Republican Party is a group of Old White Men and Brainwashed Women leading a charge for a diminishing goal: Rich, White, God-Fearing Americans who love Guns. If you aren't one of them, you do not belong to the club. SMDH
What's next for us/US[A]?
Where does this go, regardless of Trump?
Is Democracy dead?
Do we now have an enshrined ruling class?
Oh well... That asteroid flying at us on 11/2 isn't going to wipe us out, so we'll get to armchair quarterback the next chapter.