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How Paul Ryan lost the GOP to Donald Trump
« on: April 15, 2018, 04:18:12 pm »
How Paul Ryan lost the GOP to Donald Trump
by David M. Drucker
 | April 15, 2018 07:49 AM

The grassroots voters that fueled the extraordinary rise of House Speaker Paul Ryan spurned their erstwhile conservative hero for a new champion, President Trump, marking a generational shift in ownership and attitude of the Republican Party.

A change in the philosophical predilections of the GOP has been blamed for this slow-rolling divorce, made official with Ryan’s announcement that he would step down as speaker and retire from Congress at year’s end after more than two decades in Washington. But irreconcilable ideological differences had little to do with it.

The Republican base in the twilight of the Reagan era was hungering for a street fighter who would play by WWE rules — in other words, no rules. Enter Trump, the brash New York billionaire who would say and do almost anything in pursuit of victory.

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Re: How Paul Ryan lost the GOP to Donald Trump
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2018, 05:09:28 pm »
The Republican base in the twilight of the Reagan era was hungering for a street fighter who would play by WWE rules — in other words, no rules. Enter Trump, the brash New York billionaire who would say and do almost anything in pursuit of victory.


It's easy to understand why. We elected, polite, genteel, play by the rules Pubs and what happened. Culturally the country has fallen off a cliff. We are no longer a Judeo-Christian Republic, but have changed into a pagan republic not all that dissimilar from the Roman Empire near it's end. Pres. Trump represents the core of this country saying "stop", but the Pub party instead of embracing this effort has largely sided with the vocal minority with their hands out crying for more govt in our lives and no rules to live by.

I would be stunned if the Pubs hold the majority in the House after the mid-term elections, but then again the media is so biased and polling is so inaccurate who knows.
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