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BumRushDaShow

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17. Americans are fickle and eventually want change (in some cases, radical)

Reply to cab67 (Reply #16)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 05:27 PM

Yesterday

They went from Shrub as a 9/11 "hero" in 2001, to Shrub as an economic disaster in 2008, managing to trigger the election of the first black President, Barack Obama, basically waking up millions of previous non-voters.

This in turn generated a backlash and another demand for "change", waking up a different group of previous non-voters.

After a tumultuous first 4 years of 45, the drumbeat for change erupted once more, now with parts of both previous groups of non-voters engaged, with just enough who stuck around to elect Biden.

But the Wash. Rinse. Repeat. happened for change once more, and thanks to billions of dollars, 45 was reinstalled.

It's like a pendulum, now with a shorter and shorter swing period, and who knows... it could get shorter still.

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GOP Senate campaigns in crisis as candidates 'nailed' to unpopular Trump: reporter [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

Coat tails? TOFU TACO is political poison! AZLD4Candidate Yesterday #1

Trmp has become the GOP's "tar baby". Everyone who plays with him gets tarred. eppur_se_muova Yesterday #2

He has become a millstone for foreign reich-wing parties Strelnikov_ Yesterday #4

Pretty sure they nailed themselves to that loser. travelingthrulife Yesterday #3

That $300 million for the super pac is only designed to pay for events at trump owned facilities or to kick back JT45242 Yesterday #5

Sounds like an AI prompt Simeon Salus Yesterday #6

Perhaps a better way to say it is that the GOP is being crucified on a cross of Trump...LOL n/t PatrickforB Yesterday #11

Wouldn't it be something if 2026 is a blowout win for Democrats kimbutgar Yesterday #7

Yeah it would! Look at Orban's downfall in a landslide, and according to Russell Vought, Orban's regime was THE PatrickforB Yesterday #12

Sounds as though the decimation of the economy is getting through not fooled Yesterday #8

It's unbelievable what moonscape Yesterday #9

Dems must reach all the young gamers who never vote, and... Justice matters. Yesterday #10

Yep. They will go from VR to actually being ON the battlefield where you only get one life. n/t PatrickforB Yesterday #13

Yep. Up to 42-years-old. Justice matters. Yesterday #14

We usually win when we go knocking on doors, explaining voter issues face to face FakeNoose Yesterday #20

What to do? What to do? Sky is falling!! Scalded Nun Yesterday #15

I've been saying this will happen for a while - it has a parallel in evolutionary biology. cab67 Yesterday #16

Americans are fickle and eventually want change (in some cases, radical) BumRushDaShow Yesterday #17

We know what will happen to the GOP. The same thing that always happens. They'll pretend to "rebrand", then ultimately Karasu Yesterday #19

Rather than "nailed to unpopular Trump," how about "smeared with Trump's shit" instead? Orrex Yesterday #18

Here's a link to the hill article which gives more info on the Cook report fujiyamasan 17 hrs ago #21