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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 04:05 AM

Star Member NanceGreggs (27,595 posts)

An unpopular opinion

If you think that all Republicans are MAGAts, you just might be as delusional as the MAGAts who are telling that tale. Not all Republican voters are MAGAts who support Trump.

If you think that there are NO Republican voters paying attention to the Jan-6 Committee hearings, you just be as delusional as the FOX-News people who insist this is the case.

If you believe that Trump will run in 2024 and win, you just might be as delusional as his ever-dwindling base who think they have enough votes to elect him in 2024 when they didn't have enough votes to re-elect him in 2020.

If you believe that the PTB in the GOP are going to back a known loser in the next election, you might be as delusional as those who think supporting a candidate who tried to overthrow democracy is a sure winner next time around.

It's time to STOP being delusional - and start being realistic. It's time to STOP promoting GOP lies. It's time to STOP pretending that MAGAts represent a majority of voters when they clearly don't - and I am tired of so-called Democrats promoting the idea that they do.

Not a popular opinion - but my opinion nonetheless.

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Reply An unpopular opinion (Original post)
 NanceGreggs Jun 2022 OP
LineReply I agree with this but,,,,,
 SouthernDem4ever Jun 2022 #1
LineReply I agree with the point in each paragraph. Popular with this one reader at least. . . . nt
 Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2022 #2
LineReply I agree
 Red Mountain Jun 2022 #3
LineLineReply DeSantis is running whether Trump runs or not
 Rstrstx Jun 2022 #11
LineLineNew Reply Primary him?
 inthewind21 Jun 2022 #28
LineReply Maybe not all, but 147 house Republicans voted to overturn the election results.
 Emile Jun 2022 #4
LineLineReply I didn't realize that it was that many - and they are what count.
 patricia92243 Jun 2022 #5
LineLineLineReply I could see them siding with a Trump challenger
 Red Mountain Jun 2022 #6
LineLineLineLineReply Is that a delusion?
 Emile Jun 2022 #7
LineReply I agree completely.
 Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #8
LineReply The problem is, IMO, that even those Republicans who are not MAGAts would still
 Arkansas Granny Jun 2022 #9
LineReply You make some good points. However ...
 Novara Jun 2022 #10
LineLineReply Trump will lose if he runs IMHO...as for losing people lilke Nicolle Wallace...this is why I don't
 Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #12
LineLineLineReply I only watch Nicolle, Chris Hayes, and Rachel,
 gab13by13 Jun 2022 #15
LineReply According to Politifact 70% of Republican voters
 gab13by13 Jun 2022 #13
LineReply Trumpism is a social disease. It surprises many just how virulent and enduring it is.
 jaxexpat Jun 2022 #14
LineReply "All" is a silly standard
 867-5309. Jun 2022 #16
LineReply I have bee taking a look at some 2024 polling and most of it has the Orange Anus leading both Biden,
 CentralMass Jun 2022 #17
LineReply I agree-not all republicans are magats
 randr Jun 2022 #18
LineLineReply I agree, and IMO voting for Trump or his clone makes them all Magats.
 gab13by13 Jun 2022 #20
LineReply I golf with an 89 year old Magat,
 gab13by13 Jun 2022 #19
LineReply Another delusion around here is that
 NJCher Jun 2022 #21
LineLineNew Reply And
 inthewind21 Jun 2022 #29
LineLineLineNew Reply It depends on what promises they are able to extract from the republicans.
 CentralMass Jun 2022 #30
LineReply I do not agree with this. But it's my opinion - or "delusion", if you will.
 NewHendoLib Jun 2022 #22
LineLineNew Reply +1
 Emile Jun 2022 #23
LineNew Reply The Tipping Point
 NJCher Jun 2022 #24
LineNew Reply All Republicans are ...NOT MAGAts.. Some are far smarter then that.
 Stuart G Jun 2022 #25
LineNew Reply You are correct. Popular opinion or not.
 MineralMan Jun 2022 #26
LineNew Reply Totally agree with your opinion. We primarily
 Enoki33 Jun 2022 #27
LineNew Reply Recommended.
 H2O Man Jun 2022 #31
LineNew Reply I pray you're right, Nance
 liberaltrucker Jun 2022 #32

Response to NanceGreggs (Original post)

Thu Jun 16, 2022, 04:47 AM

Star Member SouthernDem4ever (2,101 posts)

1. I agree with this but,,,,,

how do you get them to admit it. They still listen to rightwing whack jobs and vote for them too just because they are on the republican ticket.

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 04:57 AM

Bernardo de La Paz (44,182 posts)

2. I agree with the point in each paragraph. Popular with this one reader at least. . . . nt

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:21 AM

Star Member Red Mountain (1,309 posts)

3. I agree

but wonder if TFG will decide not to run or if someone will have the courage to primary him.

I think they're hoping he will die and save them from themselves.

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Response to Red Mountain (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:54 AM

Rstrstx (1,312 posts)

11. DeSantis is running whether Trump runs or not

He hasn’t been picking fights with Disney to help boost the Florida economy. That he has not committed to saying he won’t run if Trump decides to run speaks volumes.

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 09:30 AM

inthewind21 (2,266 posts)

28. Primary him?

Is he still in some elected office?

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:26 AM

Star Member Emile (10,359 posts)

4. Maybe not all, but 147 house Republicans voted to overturn the election results.

That is no delusion!

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:31 AM

Star Member patricia92243 (12,373 posts)

5. I didn't realize that it was that many - and they are what count.

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:36 AM

Star Member Red Mountain (1,309 posts)

6. I could see them siding with a Trump challenger

and then impeaching Biden to regain their GOP status with the base.

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:39 AM

Star Member Emile (10,359 posts)

7. Is that a delusion?

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:47 AM

Star Member Demsrule86 (65,359 posts)

8. I agree completely.

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:51 AM

Star Member Arkansas Granny (30,946 posts)

9. The problem is, IMO, that even those Republicans who are not MAGAts would still

vote for TFG before they would vote for a Democrat.

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:51 AM

Novara (4,454 posts)

10. You make some good points. However ...

... I do think if he runs, the party apparatus will back him 100%. But that's how I feel today. It may change based on the investigations. He MIGHT be too damaged to run by then. We can hope. But unfortunately his brand of politics is currently winning primaries. Whether they win in the midterms is another question but so far he is not damaged goods. Yet.

I agree with you that there are a lot of republicans who want their party back and who would flock to a "normal" candidate in a heartbeat. They outnumber the deplorables by a mile. It's just that they are not in-your-face like the deplorables are. The FBI estimates that "only" 2000 people attacked the capitol on Jan. 6. That is a tiny fraction of Rs. But they yell and scream and seem a lot more numerous because they're the ones making all the noise and the headlines.

If a "normal" candidate runs, be prepared to lose people like Nicolle Wallace and the like. They are still republicans and they'll abandon the Dem narrative in a heartbeat as soon as the GOP puts forth someone more pedestrian.

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Response to Novara (Reply #10)

Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:59 AM

Star Member Demsrule86 (65,359 posts)

12. Trump will lose if he runs IMHO...as for losing people lilke Nicolle Wallace...this is why I don't

watch cable news anymore. I also don't see DeSantis winning either. And I think Roe is going to hurt them badly.

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Response to Demsrule86 (Reply #12)

Thu Jun 16, 2022, 06:12 AM

Star Member gab13by13 (14,712 posts)

15. I only watch Nicolle, Chris Hayes, and Rachel,

Nicolle Wallace does as good a job as Rachel, if not better. She will never vote for a Magat, will not vote for a Trump clone, attacking her is akin to attacking our democracy, she is standing up for our democracy.

No one has gone after Donald Trump more so than Liz Cheney.

Former Republicans have been the loudest voices going after the Magats, some Democrats need to take a cue from them.

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 06:05 AM

Star Member gab13by13 (14,712 posts)

13. According to Politifact 70% of Republican voters

believe that Trump won the election. With that said, the majority of the remaining 30% will still vote Republican.

The #1 goal of the select committee is to convince Merrick Garland to indict Donald Trump, swaying a couple of Republican/Magat voters is secondary.

I live among them, they absolutely vote against Democrats, they do not vote for Republicans. Whatever Republican evils the committee throws out there the Magats will always believe that Democrats are worse.

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 06:06 AM

Star Member jaxexpat (4,892 posts)

14. Trumpism is a social disease. It surprises many just how virulent and enduring it is.

Most Germans weren't Nazis but when the Nazis took power circumspect Germans remained silent about the horrors they ever-more-clearly knew were coming. They were silent accomplices who had waited too long until they had no other choice but to survive their ride on the whirlwind.

So, here's a viable equation: at any given time, circumspect citizens plus *Trumpist citizens equal 49-51% of citizens. If it requires fear and panic to remain vigilant when the wolves of fascism are at the door, then I embrace fear and panic.

In Pamplona there are two elements, those who run with the bulls and those who do not. The elements, when united, are the bull's horns. Some will dare to deny vigilance, even waving their red flags, flaunting their sense of invulnerability. Some poets call it life when others call it foolishness.

*Trump isn't the only American fascist who derides institutional democratic freedom

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 06:15 AM

867-5309. (1,189 posts)

16. "All" is a silly standard

 

Of course, not all are. But probably a majority.

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 06:23 AM

Star Member CentralMass (14,514 posts)

17. I have bee taking a look at some 2024 polling and most of it has the Orange Anus leading both Biden,

or Harrris.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/national/

From what I can tell from my limited peeks on social media republicans including some people that I .
knew like former classmates and friends that I haven't seen physically in as much as 4 decades are really anti-Biden and they reject any effort to accept reality and would vote for tRump if he runs.

So I really hope that your optimistism and opinions are correct. But I do not share your optomism.




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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 06:44 AM

Star Member randr (12,037 posts)

18. I agree-not all republicans are magats

All magats are republican and all republicans will vote for tfg

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 06:46 AM

Star Member gab13by13 (14,712 posts)

20. I agree, and IMO voting for Trump or his clone makes them all Magats.

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 06:45 AM

Star Member gab13by13 (14,712 posts)

19. I golf with an 89 year old Magat,

he told me the last Democrat he voted for was JFK, this has nothing to do with Trump. My Magat buddy used to ride a Harley so 2 days ago I asked him if he was going to vote for the Muslim guy who lives in N.J. or vote for the Harley riding Fetterman and without hesitation he replied, I'm not voting for Fetterman. I asked why not, and he replied, because he is a Democrat. He never said he was voting "for" Oz, he said he was voting against the Democrat.

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 06:52 AM

Star Member NJCher (31,888 posts)

21. Another delusion around here is that

Republican appointed judges are rubber stamps for their crazy policies. Look at the decisions the judges made when trump took it to the courts after losing the election.

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Response to NJCher (Reply #21)

Thu Jun 16, 2022, 09:34 AM

inthewind21 (2,266 posts)

29. And

That oil companies will instantly lower gas prices if/when republicans take control. Not only is that delusional, it's side splitting funny.

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Response to inthewind21 (Reply #29)

Thu Jun 16, 2022, 09:45 AM

Star Member CentralMass (14,514 posts)

30. It depends on what promises they are able to extract from the republicans.

Like sabotage alternative energy plans and incentives on electric vehicles etc..

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 07:08 AM

Star Member NewHendoLib (57,387 posts)

22. I do not agree with this. But it's my opinion - or "delusion", if you will.

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 07:12 AM

Star Member Emile (10,359 posts)

23. +1

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 07:12 AM

Star Member NJCher (31,888 posts)

24. The Tipping Point

By Malcolm Gladwell is about how massive swings in belief take place.

That is what is going to happen after the hearings and ensuing indictments.

Many, if not most points about how republicans view trump are out of date now and will be even more out of date as we move toward the elections. You can quote all the surveys and opinion polls you want, but they are not relevant to this argument because we do not know how public opinion will shake out.

The same goes for the personal stories above. While interesting to read, 89 year old motorcycling voters are only anecdotal evidence.

Therefore few of the arguments above sway me from the OP’s point about delusion.

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 07:12 AM

Star Member Stuart G (36,320 posts)

25. All Republicans are ...NOT MAGAts.. Some are far smarter then that.

And some will vote for a Democrat, if Trump is the official nominee.

NanceGreggs, your opinion is totally correct.
Some are much too smart to vote for Trump. Why, you ask?................................................
It is simple: Some know that voting for Trump is totally wrong, Trump is.....
............"True threat to our country".....................................................

Yes, there are some that are that smart, and that caring about our country!!
..................And, ...........Thank You for your post

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 08:37 AM

Star Member MineralMan (144,945 posts)

26. You are correct. Popular opinion or not.

Holding an opinion that is not popular, but that is based on real information, is a good thing. Unpopular opinions are important in keeping our feet on the ground and preventing lies from becoming accepted.

Thank you.

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 09:26 AM

Star Member Enoki33 (1,519 posts)

27. Totally agree with your opinion. We primarily

see and hear the loud and less intelligent magats the media seems to gravitate to. There are many conservative voters who put the preservation of a democratic US before any one person, especially a disgraced crime overlord better suited for the 1930s mob enforcers structure. Suspect they also know this one is much dumber, but more manipulative and hungry for power.

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 11:31 AM

Star Member H2O Man (70,596 posts)

31. Recommended.

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 12:11 PM

Star Member liberaltrucker (9,082 posts)

32. I pray you're right, Nance

I'm getting too old for this shit.

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