re: #221 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

If the party had a respected elder statesman, a former president perhaps, who could speak for the moderates of the party, it could happen. There’s the rub. George H.W. Bush no longer has the respect of the party, and his son doesn’t either. Outside of those former presidents, there’s really no one.

And even if there were, the extremists are so extreme that they do not respect any of the elder members of the party leadership, especially the moderates (if any still exist — they’re a bit like Bigfoot, spoken of but rarely seen in the wild). Meanwhile, you’ve got Party First, Nation Second “leaders” like Mitch McConnell, who would rather bring the USA to the brink of collapse before he’d agree to cooperate with a sitting president.

The Republican Party brought this on themselves, by pandering to the extremists, the racists, and the hyper-religious nuts who see compromise as weakness.

We are on the same page. They do not have someone to stop the current insanity, they lost those types of party leaders back some time ago and the current establishment got drunk on cheap Tea served by Rush and Fox. They have no guidance, that is how a Trump came to steal all their thunder as no one is actually in control of the Republican party. It is so clear right now.

I mentioned I would watch Morning Joke today because I wanted to see if he would get all defensive about being caught kissing Trump butt during breaks in the Morning Joke Town Hall with Trump. Instead it seemed the first half hour was about what we are talking about. How do you stop Trump and is it too late?

So, does anyone think there is anything the GOP can do to stop Trump at this late point? It is going to take something gigantic and earth shaking. Or, will they just accept their fate and maybe learn a lesson and change on down the road.

This is where it would be nice to have some comments from conservatives. Any suggestions on how to deal with Trump?