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Oh, if only. If only.
I agree with the article author at least insofar that I think Trump will indeed most likely be the Republican nominee. Beyond that... well, unless Trump does flame out early, it just remains to be seen if those who were supporting guys like Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio or whoever will still do the typical "we hated this guy's guts and thought he sucked ass during the primaries, but now that the stupid fucker is the nominee, we'll support him and consider him to be the best thing since sliced bread" thing that almost invariably happens during the shift from the primaries to the general election (and which is one of the main reasons that I've long considered politics, in general, to be such a fucking stupid joke in the first place). In other words, will the #NeverTrump guys who currently support one of the other GOP doofuses still stick to their #NeverTrump guns if Trump does beat their guy and become the nominee? Or will they fold like cheap suits and climb on the Trump bandwagon just because they (mistakenly) think that he'll still (somehow) be better than Clintonor Sanders? Honestly, I think that many of them will probably drink the kool-aid and jump on Trump's dick heading into the general election, true enough, but I also think that there will still be enough of them who will either sit out the election or perhaps even jump sides to Clinton or Sanders such that Trump will not win. And if Trump as the nominee ends up meaning that the GOP also loses the House, well, that'd be the icing on the cake. Or, at least, that's what I hope will happen, anyway.
In any case, whether Trump wins or loses, I seriously hope that the Overton window (since that's what the guy in the article seemed to want to talk about the most) doesn't shift toward making Trump's policy ideas more tolerable and that it does indeed shift away from his asinine bullshit. Because Trump has said a lot of really fucking stupid shit during his campaign.
I agree with the article author at least insofar that I think Trump will indeed most likely be the Republican nominee. Beyond that... well, unless Trump does flame out early, it just remains to be seen if those who were supporting guys like Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio or whoever will still do the typical "we hated this guy's guts and thought he sucked ass during the primaries, but now that the stupid fucker is the nominee, we'll support him and consider him to be the best thing since sliced bread" thing that almost invariably happens during the shift from the primaries to the general election (and which is one of the main reasons that I've long considered politics, in general, to be such a fucking stupid joke in the first place). In other words, will the #NeverTrump guys who currently support one of the other GOP doofuses still stick to their #NeverTrump guns if Trump does beat their guy and become the nominee? Or will they fold like cheap suits and climb on the Trump bandwagon just because they (mistakenly) think that he'll still (somehow) be better than Clinton
In any case, whether Trump wins or loses, I seriously hope that the Overton window (since that's what the guy in the article seemed to want to talk about the most) doesn't shift toward making Trump's policy ideas more tolerable and that it does indeed shift away from his asinine bullshit. Because Trump has said a lot of really fucking stupid shit during his campaign.
