https://www.dailykos.com/news/AttorneyGeneralBillBarr News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Sun, 26 Jan 2020 12:33:53 +0000 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 12:33:53 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/5/24/1860239/-The-best-explanation-of-Donald-Trump-and-the-Repub-Party-s-obsequiousness-to-him-by-Bandy-Lee <p>The following is from a collection of chapters compiled in a book under author and editor Bandy Lee, M.D. , M. Div. called The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump. This is from the first paragraph of page 32 in a chapter written by Philip Zimbardo and Rosemary Sword entitled Unbridled and Extreme Present Hedonism. </p> <p>“The extreme present hedonist’s impulsive thought leads to impulsive action that can cause him to dig in his heels when confronted with the consequences of that action. If the person is in a position of power, then others scramble either to deny or to find ways to back up the original impulsive action. In normal, day-to-day life, this impulsiveness leads to misunderstandings, lying, and toxic relationships. In the case of Donald Trump, an impulsive thought may unleash a stream of tweets or verbal remarks (the action), which then spur others to try to fulfill, or deny, his thoughtlessness in action.” </p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>The other major factor in the republican response to Donald Trump is the fear of losing their job. They know that the republican primary voters love Donald Trump and will vote the way that he says. So, if they (republicans in Congress) oppose him, then they know that Donald will tell the republican voters to vote for their (the republican congressperson’s)  primary opponent and they (the republican congressperson) will lose their (the republican congressperson’s) job. The republican congresspeople care more about their job than anything else in the world. They could not care less about the damage done to the republican party’s reputation. Until there is a greater danger of losing their job by supporting Donald Trump than by opposing him, they will continue to support him. Right now, they know that most Democrats are going to vote for their opponent in the general election, even if they oppose Donald Trump. Therefore, they are not going to win votes from the Democrats by opposing Donald Trump, or at least not very many of them. They will lose republican votes if they oppose him. So, their only rational choice if they want to keep their job is to support Donald Trump. </p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> <p>These two paragraphs almost completely explain why the Republican Party is so obsequious to Donald Trump despite what they claimed to believe in previously. </p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (Dem) 2020 Arizona AttorneyGeneralBillBarr BillBarrthetraitor Colorado CoryGardner DemocraticParty Democrats DitchMitch DonaldTrump Elections Evil foldlikeacheapsuit ghoul IT MitchMcConnell Polls presidentdonaldtrump Primary primaryvoters RepublicanParty republicanprimaryvoters Republicans SusanCollins thing _1860239 Sat, 25 May 2019 00:35:27 +0000