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Are we witnessing the death of the Republican Party?

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jimmydean

jimmydean

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jonKranked said:
At a rally in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, introduce Chris Christie as “my very, very good friend, Stuffed Crusty.”

Make Chris Christie eat a bug.
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Enter the RNC riding Chris Christie was also a fav. Reading that link Josh posted is kinda crazy. I mean its kinda stalkerish, too. But to break out the data and be able to pinpoint it like that shows just how crazy he is. Take out the roboposts and his tweets are nuts.
 
mykel

mykel

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His bat-shittery seems to be ramping up huge...
Has he come to the realization that he does not want the job?
Is Trump starting the process to throw the election?
 
AngryMetalsmith

AngryMetalsmith

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mykel said:
His bat-shittery seems to be ramping up huge...
Has he come to the realization that he does not want the job?
Is Trump starting the process to throw the election?
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Don't be silly, he's not that self-aware. He wants to be a dictator who will outsource the job to his kids, Pence, or his hair, who knows, but a lot of people are saying it.

Also if he loses the election he still wins anyway. The Trump brand will only increase in value. And this probably one of the many reasons he won't disclose his tax returns. If he shows that he is not worth as much as he claims then that could devalue his brand.
 
Jim Mac

Jim Mac

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"As we watch the Republican Party tear itself to shreds over Donald Trump, perhaps it’s time to take note of another conservative political phenomenon that the GOP nominee has utterly eclipsed: the Tea Party. The Tea Party movement is pretty much dead now, but it didn’t die a natural death. It was murdered—and it was an inside job. In a half decade, the spontaneous uprising that shook official Washington degenerated into a form of pyramid scheme that transferred tens of millions of dollars from rural, poorer Southerners and Midwesterners to bicoastal political operatives. "

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/08/tea-party-pacs-ideas-death-214164
 
Jim Mac

Jim Mac

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Pesqueeb said:
AKA the Ben Carson Presidential Campaign Fund.
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from the article -
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PACs exploited a reservoir of goodwill toward minority candidates in particular to raise money for themselves. After his razor-thin 2012 congressional defeat, Allen West, an African-American former Florida congressman, filed a complaint with the FEC against PACs raising money off his race but doing nothing to help him. The FEC concluded it lacked authority to police such efforts. “Draft Ben Carson” paid off well for the North Carolinian who took a $236,000 salary and sent gobs more to a company comprised only of him. After Carson’s campaign ended “The 2016 committee”—the successor to Draft Ben Carson—sought to keep the money flowing, stating it would now promote the surgeon for vice president. It finally shuttered after a barrage of scam accusations. (In fairness, Carson’s entire campaign could credibly be explained as just a list-building operation."
 
jimmydean

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
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Portland, OR
Jim Mac said:
"As we watch the Republican Party tear itself to shreds over Donald Trump, perhaps it’s time to take note of another conservative political phenomenon that the GOP nominee has utterly eclipsed: the Tea Party. The Tea Party movement is pretty much dead now, but it didn’t die a natural death. It was murdered—and it was an inside job. In a half decade, the spontaneous uprising that shook official Washington degenerated into a form of pyramid scheme that transferred tens of millions of dollars from rural, poorer Southerners and Midwesterners to bicoastal political operatives. "

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/08/tea-party-pacs-ideas-death-214164
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:twitch:

PACs are not legally obliged to responsibly spend their loot. As former FEC enforcement officer Kenneth Gross stated, “If I have a PAC and want to spend it on a trip to Atlantic City, that’s fine,” provided it’s accurately reported. Unlike nonprofits they are not governed by a board, have no fiduciary duty to their donors and are not subject to IRS audits.
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