(February 7, 2017 at 3:23 am)CapnAwesome Wrote: Before this election I heard over and over again that this would be the year the Republican party collapsed. Now it's vice versa. Democrats used to be the peace party, then they nominated a war hawk who kept insulting the worlds other nuclear super power during the campaign. I agree with dyresand, they need to clean house. The average age of the Democratic party leadership is 75 years old. You can't be the party of young people and minorities when your party leadership is a bunch of old white people.
I agree, for the most part (not so sure I'd characterize the Dems as the 'peace party' though). I'd just be careful about assuming this isn't also indicative of the GOP's collapse, as well -- at least the GOP as it's existed for the past few decades. There's no telling what beast will emerge from the unholy mingling of nationalist populism, religious pandering, and traditionally conservative economic policies.
Basically, Trump has head-fucked both parties and has cast them into a period of uncertainty. Yes, the Democrats have a lot of problems, but one of them won't be owning the Trump Presidency if everything goes to hell. That will fall to Republican lawmakers who cravenly placed power and party over principles.
It's an interesting time to be a political junkie.
