re: #185 Belafon

All the people who think there was some noble, credible US conservatism that has “fallen,” or been “taken over” by Trumpism, tell me: why was it so weak? Why did it offer so little resistance? Why did it devolve so *easily* into reactionary madness? Doesn’t it make you wonder?

LOL, no, because I know exactly why it ‘fell’: a rich guy saw his opening to take over the GQP by exploiting the racism the party has been encouraging in its adherents for 50 years.

I still encounter these “Trump happened in a vacuum” proponents from time-to-time. It’s equal parts frustrating and pathetic.