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Aussie105

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36. Cognitive dissonance . . .

Sun Sep 29, 2024, 05:31 PM

Sep 29

The GOP desperately wants a strong leader, one with clear vision, strength, and mental stamina, someone who appeals to mainstream America, a leader who can lead them to victory in any election.

They have been looking for such a leader for a very long time.

But the GOP being the party that attracts freeloaders, con artists, 'I am here for ME!' types, Trump is the best they can do.

If you squint real hard, you will see that Trump is the leader the GOP has been hoping for.
But the GOP is feeling uneasy, cognitive dissonance at work. Things don't feel quite right.

If your vision isn't clouded, you will see Trump for what he is. A sad old man, delusional, incoherent, showing the signs of mental decay and paranoia more and more each day.

I recognise the signs . . . when I was 15, decades ago, I had a weight problem.
Doctor prescribed the currently popular drug, now known collectively as speed, ie amphetamines.
I got heavily into the paranoia, word salad, developing new ideas by joining unrelated information together and thought it was a sign of intelligence, things common to long term speed addicts.

But I did lose weight. Along with my mind.

Anyhow . . .
Trump isn't the problem, he is the tip of the iceberg, a symptom of the GOP disease - his enablers and the whole GOP mindset are the problem.

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Trump has always been crazy but... [View all] kentuck Sep 29 OP

It hasn't kept him from going insane lame54 Sep 29 #1

I see the Waylon connection... kentuck Sep 29 #2

He's already insane. That's the whole problem from the beginning. The gop is too cowardly to police their own SWBTATTReg Sep 29 #17

The R party does have an identity, it is Authoritarian Christo-Facism Clouds Passing Sep 29 #20

But with idiot supporters who display Kalifornia9 Sep 30 #44

Or embarrassment Clouds Passing Sep 30 #52

Yet, the media continues to sane wash his appearances... getagrip_already Sep 29 #3

I think you are right. kentuck Sep 29 #9

So...has the corporate media explained Farmer-Rick Sep 29 #23

Entomology Cirsium Sep 29 #29

Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist JoseBalow Sep 29 #38

All of that Cirsium Sep 29 #40

I love the term sane washing. It's perfect. Funtatlaguy Sep 29 #27

The Fear Is That if One Network Starts Covering Him Accurately, NonPC Sep 29 #35

Sanewashing Kalifornia9 Sep 30 #46

At the rate he's going he will implode on live tv kimbutgar Sep 29 #4

Was expecting him to implode into a drooling mass right about now bedazzled Sep 29 #16

The sooner, the better! ShazzieB Sep 29 #30

Here's a scenario that might convince more undecideds. llmart Sep 29 #32

It might work. ShazzieB Sep 29 #37

I fear the opposite efcect. PikaBlue Sep 30 #51

Hey, let them do it. llmart Sep 30 #57

They can fact check him all they want, but no one has the courage to go THERE. Boomerproud Sep 29 #41

We don't want him out of the race--- lastlib Sep 30 #45

Agree 1000000%! ShazzieB Sep 30 #53

Not sure. That seems to increase his appeal in some perverse way Evolve Dammit Sep 30 #55

and that's why his minions, shoot, shouldn't say minions, I love them....so his followers a kennedy Sep 29 #5

they'll still sane-wash him Skittles Sep 29 #6

Trump should wear his jammies for press conferences & prep the insanity defense bucolic_frolic Sep 29 #7

Ala 'Mob Boss' Vincent Gigante, attempting to avoid prosecution. Siwsan Sep 29 #13

How'd That Work Out For The Chin? ProfessorGAC Sep 29 #19

No matter how aberrant he behaves, his cult will never abandon him Siwsan Sep 29 #8

Yes, they will continue to support him... kentuck Sep 29 #11

X 1000 Evolve Dammit Sep 30 #56

Tick tock motherfu*ker... EarthFirst Sep 29 #10

Judge Chutkan is definitely on his mind...(what she might decide to release of Smith's revised charge document) hlthe2b Sep 29 #12

I'm sure that there is evidence he doesn't want in the public domain. kentuck Sep 29 #15

Its already been revealed generally ScratchCat Sep 30 #49

He's spiraling down the drain. Good riddance! surfered Sep 29 #14

I'm tuning in bdamomma Sep 29 #18

I'd love to see her hired by the Harris campaign Funtatlaguy Sep 29 #28

They're rewriting psychology books because of him. And not in a nice way. usonian Sep 29 #21

The felon is also bdamomma Sep 29 #31

Let's hope that the screamingly obvious starts to sink in the "collective unconscious" usonian Sep 29 #33

Take a number. calimary Sep 30 #42

You think he's nuts now? Wait until after the first reports on mail-in and early voting ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 29 #22

He often talks of HIS Vietnam...... DENVERPOPS Sep 29 #25

Just a note about the election DENVERPOPS Sep 29 #24

AG Holder-"I think it's both projection on his part, but also an indication of again that cognitive decline" LetMyPeopleVote Sep 29 #26

I saw this post headline and thought it was gonna be something like... Montauk6 Sep 29 #34

Cognitive dissonance . . . Aussie105 Sep 29 #36

He knows getting elected is his only chance to stay out of jail Mysterian Sep 29 #39

and most except his cult Roc2020 Sep 30 #47

Forty, fifty years ago, Trump would have been an involuntary hold in a mental hospital. He wouldn't be celebrated. mucholderthandirt Sep 30 #43

true, and I suspect he knows there is something about to come out... Trueblue Texan Sep 30 #48

They have sworn statements from every aide ScratchCat Sep 30 #50

Agent Orange is in meltdown mode peggysue2 Sep 30 #54