1. @jbouie piece gets closer to the causes of Trumpism than anything else I've seen but it could be augemented:http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/03/how_donald_trump_happened_racism_against_barack_obama.single.html …
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3. Trumpism didn't just need racist backlash (exploited by others like Wallace earlier) but also a weak GOP vulnerable to takeover
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@davidfrum gets at some of what ails the GOP:http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/the-republican-revolt/404365/ …3 replies 14 retweets 31 likes -
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5. But an even richer account of what ails conservative movement & GOP is this
@ToryAnarchist twitter essay: https://storify.com/JeetHeer1/daniel-mccarthy-on-the-conservative-crack-up …2 replies 27 retweets 63 likes -
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6. To rephrase
@davidfrum &@ToryAnarchist in my own terms: conservative movement has been like the con men in The Producers.2 replies 25 retweets 36 likes -
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7. Like the con men in The Producers, the con men in conservativism promised far more than they could deliver & were destroyed by success
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8. To the evangelicals they promised overturning Roe v. Wade & return of 1950s values. To Tea Party they promised repeal of Obamacare.
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9. Kept promises caused as much damage as the promises denied: large parts of base alienated from neo-con foreign policy & tax cuts for rich
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10. Besides policy making cons there's just basic everyday conservatism that is a grift: Beck's shilling gold, Carson campaign.
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11. Disillusioned by con games of conservative movement, base was primed for the biggest con artist of them all: https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/709143096118874113 …
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12. So, a simple formula: racist backlash + disillusionment of GOP base at conservative cons + celebrity liar = Trumpism triumphant
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