6. To rephrase @davidfrum & @ToryAnarchist in my own terms: conservative movement has been like the con men in The Producers.
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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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@bruce_arthur I think education system less at fault than rise of conservative media echo chamber (Fox, Limbaugh), etc.10 replies 4 retweets 6 likes -
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@HeerJeet@bruce_arthur Highly educated people can be propagandized as easily as others. The resistance of HE to Trump is likely classist5 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
@ploeg_ @bruce_arthur Agree with that. One interesting tidbit is that climate denial is more popular among well educated Republicans.
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