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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

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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 Tuesday OP

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

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

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

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

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

Sounds like an AI prompt Simeon Salus Tuesday #6

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

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

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

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

It's unbelievable what moonscape Tuesday #9

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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