Where do the Democrats go from here?

Quote: stinkingliberal

But it's inevitable, and it won't be the disaster that the Old White Bigot Party says it will be.

Quote: stinkingliberal

The Democratic party will be ascendant well before 2020 simply by not being Republicans. You KNOW that the Republicans will attempt to solidify their power by making it impossible for them to ever lose control again--their voter suppression efforts and gerrymandering were the first stage of that effort. But like any successful conquerors, they will pause from raping and pillaging to start squabbling among themselves. Trump isn't exactly a unifying force, and his utter lack of ability to be President will manifest itself very quickly. He thinks that a President is like the CEO of a company and can rule by decree. He's in for a rude surprise.

Also, there's a really good possibility that he may be hit by lawsuits and/or charges of criminal fraud. He also won't be able to blithely lie any more--everything he says and does will be under intense scrutiny. I quite frankly think that he's not quite the racist douchebag that he affects to be and a lot of his abrasiveness has been a calculated persona (couldn't have worked better). He's a jerk, certainly, but he's not what even his loyal followers think he is. But one thing he can't tolerate is disagreement or criticism--and hoo boy, is he about to get a lot of that. He also can't break the tweet habit--he just complained that the nationwide protests against his election are "very unfair" and that the protestors are "professionals." If he feels compelled to react to every little thing that way, well...

So the best strategy for the Democrats is to sit back and watch the Republican party implode. They've now got the chance to show the nation exactly what their vision of absolute control of the government will look like. Then, when that goes completely to hell, some new Democratic face or faces will surface, and people will grasp at him/her like a drowning man does a life preserver. The key fact is that the majority of the nation wants the things that Republicans have been trying so very, very hard to stifle. That lid can't be clamped on forever. When Republican policies are implemented and start really hurting people (which is what they're designed to do), then you'll see a wave of protest that won't die out. The horror of a Trump presidency will galvanize the nation, and the mean-spiritedness of the Old White Guy party will be off-putting to the point where they'll start to fade out.

And in the long run, the Old White Guys will die off and be replaced by young liberals and (gasp!) nonwhites. That will actually have started to happen by the next election cycle. Republicans are the party of the past, aside from being the party of hatred, bigotry, and discrimination. And those are ideas that while still strong in America, are gradually fading into irrelevance.

Quote: stinkingliberal

I'll do your imagining for you, though. That old white folks, particularly men, are slowly losing power in this country.

Quote: kenarman

Does the definition intolerance possibly fit anyone that has trouble accepting Trump for who he is Stinky. Your president has different views than you so that gives you the license to hate. hmmm I thought we had moved past that.

Quote: stinkingliberal

Do I hate what he is and what he represents? Absolutely.

Quote: Evenbob

Where have you been, you're like a gift
after the election. I love the bitterness,
the childish whining of the losers. It
makes me writhe in schadenfreude
glory. Keep posting and spewing your
nonsense, there's a good lad.

Quote: stinkingliberal

The facts often hurt.

Quote: stinkingliberal

I retain my ethics and common decency regardless of the result of the election. Trumpers, by contrast, have sold their souls to a carnival barker.

Quote: kenarman

This is the problem with the liberals such as you. You are worse than the religious right in claiming the high moral ground since you have "common decency" and anybody that disagrees with you obviously hasn't.

Quote: kenarman

This is the problem with the liberals such as you. You are worse than the religious right in claiming the high moral ground since you have "common decency" and anybody that disagrees with you obviously hasn't. What is your rationalization for the tens of millions of blacks, Hispanics, Moslems and other minorities that voted for Trump? These aren't the old white men that will die off.