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  Which faction of the Dem party will win the inevitable civil war? (search mode)
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« on: November 26, 2016, 01:38:53 AM »

We are NOT the GOP.

There won't be a civil war.


And establishment-types like Schumer are already getting behind progressives, like Keith Ellison for DNC.

I must have missed the GOP Civil War.  It went out with a fizzle.  I actually wish there had been one.  In my dreams, I guess.

You're watching it. Currently, some tithe of the Republicans have fled the party, for the Dems, the Libertarians, or some other exile. The much larger remainder have gathered into factions around the dim-witted but cunning and charismatic President-elect Pussygrabber. All the factions are eyeing the others and measuring backs for daggers. Pussygrabber's unexpected victory has kept the blades in their sheathes for now but do not think he brings more than a veneer of unity to his courtiers. Right now, the theocrats seem ascendant.
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« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2016, 11:46:16 AM »

We are NOT the GOP.

There won't be a civil war.


And establishment-types like Schumer are already getting behind progressives, like Keith Ellison for DNC.

I must have missed the GOP Civil War.  It went out with a fizzle.  I actually wish there had been one.  In my dreams, I guess.

You're watching it. Currently, some tithe of the Republicans have fled the party, for the Dems, the Libertarians, or some other exile. The much larger remainder have gathered into factions around the dim-witted but cunning and charismatic President-elect Pussygrabber. All the factions are eyeing the others and measuring backs for daggers. Pussygrabber's unexpected victory has kept the blades in their sheathes for now but do not think he brings more than a veneer of unity to his courtiers. Right now, the theocrats seem ascendant.


Yeah. Just look at this huge tension around Romney vs Giuliani.

I'd bet that neither of them will end up with the job, and instead some acceptable-to-theocrats third option will be the nominee. But, I don't know how much the fake-religious right wingnuts really care about foreign policy.
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« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2016, 07:51:34 PM »

As we saw in the Republican Party, two establishment v. base fights(McCain v. Huckabee, Paul; Romney v. Santorum, Gingrich, Paul) lead to the rise of someone despised by both the establishment and the base. I suspect the Democrats may have their own Trump arise. Maybe Roseanne Barr?

Alternatively, we'll end up with someone more like FDR, who is acceptable to both the establishment and the base, but leans anti-establishment.

For the record, I think the winner will be a sort of mild anti-establishment figure or platform. Trump is becoming the establishment, and I think he'll do a lot to discredit it. Running as anti-DC, anti-capitalism, and probably as anti-foreign intervention (I think Trump will get involved in at least one stupid and unpopular war) will be pretty popular after 4-8 years of President Pussygrabber in charge of the military, the government, and deregulation.
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