But … wouldn't that create a cycle of dependency, a moral hazard of bailouts and assistance that only encourages electoral moochers and political "takers"?
Specifically, it appears some conservatives are asking Democrats to vote in open primary states for Marco Rubio, so as to help Fight Back the Trump and save the GOP. But, for reasons Scalzi notes eloquently, that's not only not going to happen, but it's not even all that rational thing for Dems to do. Especially since the alternatives are, themselves, ghastly and/or creepifying.
The threat of Trump taking the nomination is the finite chance that he'll win against [fill in whomever you think is going to get it on the Dem side]. Of course, the general election is precisely when the Dems should be voting against Trump, and encouraging their GOP compatriots to join them.
The other threat is that another X months of Trump campaigning may tear the GOP apart — but the rhetoric involved could further damage the country even if he doesn't win. And unless there are some major sweeps in Congress, it would make for more zaniness in the next administration, even if a Dem wins the White House.
But, no — plaintive cries for Democratic cross-overs in the primaries are just dumb. Especially since, to use the rhetoric, the GOP needs to take responsibility for its own mistakes and fix them without expecting outside hand-outs.
Dear GOP: We Can’t Save You If You Won’t Save Yourself – Whatever
Art by Chris Piascik, used via Creative Commons. Click picture for original. And now is the part of the election cycle where the pundit class comes forward and begs the rest of the US electorate to help save the GOP from itself. In the Atlantic, Peter Beinart argues that liberals should support …
Oh look, yet another thing Peter Beinart is wrong about. Still trying to figure out how he keeps getting paid, but then again I have that same question about almost all of the pundit class.
Go Trump
Trump=moron…
No way to simply say, "we've made a mistake in allowing him to be a candidate"?
+Gaffer Venar There isn't an official approval process who who gets to be a candidate (at least not in a way that officially lets the list be controlled).
This is what happens when you encourage the anti-educational dumbing-down of your own culture, and rule by fear. And yes, the far Right created this mess, they will have to clean it up — because the other side can’t without risking making it worse.