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I think if Trump sinks the GOP, this might be a good thing. Perhaps the more intelligent and reasonable conservatives will realize that fascist/populism isn't a winning strategy. Some people don't like Biden, but his ratings are better than a lot of incumbent Presidents. He has a lot of good accomplishments under his belt.

I don't give credence to the Classified documents scandal because, if anything, it make the National Archives look careless with their procedures. I would bet every ex president and VP has a few in a drawer at home. Trump is different since he had so many, knew he had them, lied about it and then refused to return them.

So the best scenario would be Trump splits the vote and tanks the GOP. The crazies lose in the next midterms or quit and start their own party, and the GOP cleans house.

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[I think if Trump sinks the GOP, this might be a good thing. Perhaps the more intelligent and reasonable conservatives will realize that fascist/populism isn't a winning strategy.]

Hell, they might already realize this (both of them!). The problem is, Fox / Tucker, Bannon, et. al aren't going to give up on the Two Minute Hate grievance money train they've found.

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You are certainly correct about t**** document thing being very different and IMHO very much worse. I don't believe you can put the Biden/Pence documents on the Archives, because the National Archives is NOT responsible for tracking classified documents. Using the archives as the conduit to retrieve these documents meant it was not revealed which agencies these documents actually came from.

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