Poll: Do you agree with Sen Corker saying the GOP is in a "cult-like situation?"

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Yes, to Trump and a number of other evils the Pumpkin Pestilence epitomizes. I applaud him for speaking out, although it would have been even more accurate to avoid shading the truth with 'cult-like' and just gone with 'cult'.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Trump’s control over his base is quite reminiscent to the control Jim Jones had over his followers at Jonestown. Trump supporters actually would drink the Kool Aid if he told them to.

We are not going to be that fortunate.

Trump and his cult are going to do far, far more harm than Jim Jones and his followers.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

He is just the figurehead of his party at the time. The same as was with Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush.

One thing I notice about liberals is that they constantly want change, to the point of sometimes pushing too hard too fast. Donald Trump is not that politically different from Reagan or Clinton. Bill Clinton stood infront of African American prisoners for a photo opportunity. Bill Clinton said we needed to end illegal immigration. As Tom Brokaw once said, "On race, he (Reagan) was stuck in the late 1930s/early 1940s." Trump really isn't even as "radical" according to what the left believes is radical. But Obama was. That's the key.

Liberals, especially the youngest among us, have no memory of the post Reagan/Bush America of the 1990s, or the gung-ho wartime attitude that permeated following September 11, 2001. They might not realize what an aberration Barack Obama was for the United States. I'm not speaking about the color of his skin, I'm speaking about his relatively negative view of the United States in the grand scheme of things. From his "cling to guns and religion" comments to saying "police acted stupidly" to saying "I don't want to get into a notion of America winning" to telling Christians to "get off your high horse". No American President would have EVER said that stuff, regardless of being a Democrat or Republican. Ever.

He said and did things that, in the context of the 43 other men who occupied the office, was disgraceful and came across "un-American". All Donald Trump did, was steer the wheel back to the middle ground. To young idealistic liberals, that's "extreme". But to millions of other Americans, Trump is more normal than Barack Obama.

If you are right - and I don't think you are - then our country is sick, and has been sick for a very long time. But hey, luckily here is Trump, just in time to 'steer' that brand of brand of bigoted jingoism (new or old, doesn't matter) into a well-deserved grave. (Anyone who can't see that Trump is eviscerating America, body and soul, is willing themselves to foolish ignorance.) The problem is all the destruction he and his RussianRepublican cult are going to inflict getting there.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

"Cult" is too strong of a word.  Many Republicans - including Republican voters - see any compromise or turning on Trump as a forfeit to liberal ideas in these very polarizing times.  This has led to a lot of shameless flip-flopping and seemingly blind following of Trump.  I'm with Mr. Morden that this would be the case with any GOP President.  With that said, Trump IS the GOP President, and that's the only reality we have, so GOPers are certainly following Trump with a scary amount of loyalty.  The reason I shy away from "cult" is because I don't think it's particularly specific to Trump with MOST Republicans ... Trump's nomination and election exposed most Republicans as foot soldiers for the right who would back anyone with the R because they see that as literally their only other binary choice against liberalism.  Sad.

Unquestioning obedience and loyalty to the leader of the group because he's the leader... It sounds like you're saying that the GOP is not a bunch of cultists worshipping Trump as a mango-messiah, but instead are a bunch of cultists worshiping Trump because he's the leader of their cult.

I'm don't see any practical difference.