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A picture is worth a thousand words.. (Original Post) SummerSnow Aug 2016 OP
Oh my Iliyah Aug 2016 #1
Stick a fork in it SheriffBob Aug 2016 #2
Embalming by Putin Jim Dandy Aug 2016 #3
The once-great? Missn-Hitch Aug 2016 #4
The party's over. lpbk2713 Aug 2016 #5
Once great? mountain grammy Aug 2016 #6
I'm in such mourning Liberalagogo Aug 2016 #7
Great cover Gothmog Aug 2016 #8
Killed by intractable racism, sexism, greed and corruption. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #9
To their credit, they ran the GOP like a business Major Nikon Aug 2016 #10

Major Nikon

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10. To their credit, they ran the GOP like a business
Thu Aug 11, 2016, 09:31 PM
Aug 2016

At least like many businesses in that they only considered the short term gains of demagoguery and pandering to the base emotions of their constituency without any consideration to the long term damage they were doing to their brand. Relying on an increasingly larger share of a shrinking demographic eventually reaches a tipping point from which there's no return.

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