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M. Trosino's avatar

BTW...I *really* liked that Neumann / Communists thing. I'm still chuckling about it. ;-))

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I'm sure they do. And rightfully so. The 'one rotten apple' doesn't in fact spoil the whole barrel. But when it comes to the perception thing, in a lot of people's minds it does. And that's so unfair to others in the barrel.

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TW Falcon's avatar

But I would argue that sometimes one bad apple does spoil the whole barrel. Witness what the disgraced ex-president did to the entire Republican party.

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M. Trosino's avatar

I preceded "one rotten apple" with "The" thinking that would indicate my meaning of *in this case*, which, of course, I realize now that it doesn't. Should have added "in this case" to be clear. But that's ok, because it let you bring up a point that's well taken, and which I see Charlie speaks to below.

Whether the rot came from one putrid piece of fruit, or a whole host of them, the whole of the barrel is now a reeking mess and needs to be dumped out, steam cleaned, disinfected and refilled with a new batch.

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Color Me Skeptical's avatar

I think you may have the causality mistaken. It was the degradation of the Republican Party (since Gingrich/Buchanan) that led to Trump. He is a symptom, not the cause.

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TW Falcon's avatar

Gringich, Limbaugh, et .al., tilled the soil, but it was the emergence of the disgraced ex-president, in my view, that caused the rot to spread throughout the entire party establishment with the notable exception of only two party members.

It's hard to see any of his competitors in the party doing what he has done.

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