I’m somewhat torn on my reaction to recent bouts of Republicans coming out against Trump. Things like the Lincoln Project are encouraging, and I want to say, “Welcome to the party!”
But then my knowledge of history kicks in and I want to say, “Really!?! This is a step too far??? Why are you surprised by this? Are you really that oblivious to all the bright neon signs that have been flashing in your face for decades?” Make no mistake, the Republican party has been on the road to Donald Trump since the mid-sixties. For those of you that forgot, the mid sixties was a period of great social upheaval where Jim Crow was challenged and the Civil Rights bill was passed. Southern Democrats, collectively called Dixiecrats, were not happy with this. So, when Republican Barry Goldwater ran on a platform against the Civil Rights bill and won votes in the south, Republican leadership took note. While Goldwater lost with this view, Richard Nixon took up the mantle of states rights and did eventually end up wining. It was called the Southern Strategy. It was the on ramp to Trump Highway. (It begs the question which is worse; to have a racist people in your club and expel them, or to look at those expelled racist and go after them in the name of power?) Saint Reagan continued the trend by going after all the welfare queens. They just happened to be black. 1988 saw a reinforcement of the idea of the out of control criminal, who just happens to be a black man for some reason, when Republicans attacked the democratic candidate with Willie Horton. Republicans even do it to their own as seen in the attack on John McCain for supposedly having an illegitimate black child. (cue shocked gasps and pearl clutching) And of course we can't forget the ever popular war on drugs. This old chestnut banks on the image of the African American neighborhood overwhelmed by drugs pushed by, purchased by, and taken by black people. (White people do drugs too, but they go to rehab. Non white people go to jail.) But it’s the corruption that is the real problem with Trump! Um, anybody remember Iran Contra? (The principal of which is currently a respected Republican pundit.) How about savings and loan? The Republican party has also gone a long way to normalizing politicians that swing more towards the, shall we say, less than bright side with the likes of Dan Quayle and Sara Palin. The economy! See Reagan, Bush, Bush II... Trickle down, once accurately called Voodoo Economics by Bush Sr. when he ran against Reagan for the 1980 nomination, has never worked, yet Republican presidents and legislatures run to it every time. Which brings us back to Donald Trump and the Republican “rejection” of him. Do not forget that members of the Republican party continue to support him. The Republican party rubber stamped his corruption when they chose to reject impeachment with statements like he’s learned his lesson. This is why I really have a hard time with Republicans that suddenly see Trump as a problem. There is absolutely no sudden when it comes to the actions of Donald Trump. He has a long and documented trail of everything that these enlightened republicans now seem to have an issue with. Where was the Lincoln Project when Trump came out with ridiculous statements like Mexico will pay for the wall? Was George Conway asleep when Trump told a gold star family to shut up? How are you possibly surprised that a person that brags about grabbing them by the pussy ends up having problems relating with and to others? This is why I say spare me your outrage and posturing. As long as Trump is the only part of the Republican platform you are speaking out against, will not change a single thing in the Republican party. It's almost as if the real problem Republicans have with Trump is that he is saying what they are thinking out loud.
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