What is the future of the Republican Party?

BigRedBuster said:
We were told she was not a future leader of the party. And, here we are. Shes a chair of a committee. 
 
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It's almost like a certain someone just talks out their rear and makes stuff up to justify the actions of nefarious and unqualified officials. Wonder if that poster is still trying to convince other posters here or if they do it now to convince themselves their support of those officials is still appropriate? 

 
Moiraine said:
I think we are f#&%ed and it’s only a matter of time, and there is no turning back. I think there’s a 50% chance we will be like Russia (best case) by 2050.
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ding ding ding...we have a winner.    your prediction is looking to be accurate.    except it may not take till 2050

 
Lorewarn said:
I've brought it up before but it bears repeating - back in the day, a huge component of the illegal immigration 'problem' was seasonal - men would come in to the states to work the harvest or some kinds of seasonal jobs to send money back to their families, then they would go back. Clinton's immigration reform really turned this into an actual issue by incentivizing people to stay here permanently rather than risk crossing as they would do frequently in the past.
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I would argue the meat packing industry recruiting illegal immigrants to bust the unions in the 80s and 90s had far more to do with it. There were signs pointing to Schuyler Nebraska from the border all the way up. 

 
I faintly remember a party that claimed they were for state’s rights and thought the federal government needs to stay out of state’s business. 
 


 
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commando said:
ding ding ding...we have a winner.    your prediction is looking to be accurate.    except it may not take till 2050
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I made that prediction after Trump lost the election, and I probably assumed he wouldn't be re-relected, but that didn't mean there weren't still a lot of things going wrong that I didn't see being fixed, e.g. a large portion of the population too stupid to handle the internet and cable news in a way that doesn't lead to them being brainwashed.

I think there's a decent chance we'll be an autocracy by 2029.

 
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BigRedBuster said:
I faintly remember a party that claimed they were for state’s rights and thought the federal government needs to stay out of state’s business. 
 
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We are trying in Illinois, nothing is going to happen. Strike 1.

We are also trying in New York. That will also go nowhere. Strike 2.

Whichever state tries to uphold laws, you’re next!  But I’m sure it will be strike 3.

unfortunately, they won’t be out…

 
Moiraine said:
and only care about himself
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Speaking of:

Trump family continues to enrich themselves after the election.   Of course, Trump fired the head of the Office of Govt Ethics on Monday so he could put his own guy in there  - who will dutifully look the other way. 

https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-family-election-cash-bonanza-2f5f8714

On Monday, Trump fired the head of the Office of Government Ethics, an independent agency that oversees ethics issues across the executive branch and had been working closely with the White House vetting nominees that require Senate confirmation. The director, David Huitema, had been appointed by President Joe Biden and was less than two months into a five-year term.

Huitema said that the president appears to have dispensed with the pretense of guardrails in his second term. “Recognizing that these kinds of questions will come up over the next four years, the president just didn’t want an OGE with the independence and status to raise the importance of these issues and insist on adherence to the law,” he said in an interview. “It seems like he’s a lot more casual and kind of brazen this time around.”
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