Party of Trump? This terrifies me

[Iris]

Mr. Straus’s dash for the exits followed the retirement announcements of Mr. Flake, Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee and Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, Pat Tiberi of Ohio and Dave Reichert of Washington State — all members of the Republican establishment.

Many of those who remain will have to accommodate the president to survive primaries from the pro-Trump right. Already, in the high-profile campaigns of 2017 — governor races in Virginia and New Jersey and a special Senate race in Alabama — Republican candidates are mirroring Mr. Trump’s racially tinged campaign tactics. And Republican officials are putting up with the sort of incendiary candidacy that a party more devoted to nurturing a tolerant image might have rejected.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/us/politics/trump-republican-party-critics.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

[thegoose]

1. Me too

The media keeps talking about how there won't be a seachange against this orange bastard, and they'll continue to pledge their allegiance.

In yesterday's lunch, during the alleged standing ovations, did they goosestep? The fact that NO ONE said shit about what Dumpster said afterwards speaks volumes.

Fourth Reich, anybody?

[Iris]

2. At first I was hopeful maybe something was going on behind the scenes

Especially after former Presidents Bush and Obama made those statements at different times on the same day. But this article dispelled that notation altogether.