1. Last night was a watershed. Imagine if Gillespie had won. Trumpization of GOP would have accelerated rapidly.
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4. Trump might not be Elvis or the Beatles, a transformative figure who remakes the landscape. He might be the "Monster Mash" - a one shot hit.
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5. Gillespie's Trumpism Without Trump failed. That's a hopeful sign for future politics! My thoughts here:https://newrepublic.com/article/145726/trumpism-without-trump-doesnt-work …
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Think about the perfect storm of events that congregated at the same time in 2016 in order for Trump to *barely* win that election by a razor thin electoral margin of 77K votes spread out over 3 key states.
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Trumpism, like Trump's candidacy, has always been inflated and subconsciously propped up by a msm looking for a sensation. Turns out that voters arent as impressed by it.
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We cannot understate just how powerful the propaganda role of "The Apprentice" in building the case for Trump. An entire decade of a top rated TV show fusing money fetish, movie star iconography, and "power" framing. That's what Trump had that no other candidate will have.
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Shark Tank maybe?
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Trump's a catalyst for change--good or bad/progressive or retrograde was and still is the question. Can the left mobilize fast enough to neutralize & reverse the damage his admin is doing?
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Meanwhile he is rolling back legislation with the result of change America fundamentally. He had made hate and bias things of honour!
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he is a protest against politics as usual. Like shooting yourself in the foot because you don't like where you walk. His supporters will learn, but slowly.
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Turnip is a harbinger if the past, and a distillation of GOP and Fox propaganda.
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