You could say the same thing
by AquinasDomer (2024-01-15 12:35:46)

In reply to: I don't think it can be repeated enough, Trump is NOT the  posted by wearendhockey


About McCartheyism back in the 1950's. He was an avatar for a lot of paranoia back in the 1950s. The establishment R's in the day didn't really jettison him until he and later the birchers started costing them elections.

In some ways, one guy coming to represent the paranoid aspect of American politics is good, because beating him can make that movement recede. Granted the fact that he could win is terrifying.

Policy wise, the GOP will probably end up more isolationist and anti immigrant than it was in the pre Trump era. While I don't like it, that's more in keeping with where the party was pre Cold War.