I lost interest in the Walking Dead after a few episodes. I couldn't get past how slow-moving Zombies could take over the world. Then came Trump. Now I get it.
Unbelievable. This man should be nowhere near the levers of power. I predict he tries to start a dynasty pushing Don Jr next, even though MAGA claims to hate dynasties
The question is: what can be done about it? If America four gets four more years of Biden and the Woke Dems then we are screwed royally. I just don’t understand why Ron DeSantis is not in a better place
This question (and the situation to an extent) reminds me of the parable of the drowning man.
One opportunity after another to rid themselves of Trump presents itself, and Republican leaders never take it: his losing, denying, and trying to overturn the election; January 6; the FBI raid because he wouldn't return stolen documents (that he showed off to randos at his country club); the midterms debacle, the criminal indictments, etc. Rather than collectively standing up, saying enough's enough, and speaking cold, hard truths to the Republican base... they reliably rally around him (out of fear), portray him as a victim, and repeat his preferred lies.
If they never help themselves, they'll remain in this position until they drown.
Desantis should be running away with the nomination. He’s an example of getting done what conservatives care about, still fighting the left, not in a stupid way like Trump. If this was ten years ago after the huge tea party victory he would have it. I don’t understand how we let Trump wreck all that
I don’t understand why people are being so willfully blind. Yes I did like Trump‘s policies. But I don’t like the fact that he keeps losing. The fact that he is neck and neck with Biden and has a sliver of a chance of winning is not a good enough reason to abandon DeSantis or Haley, Especially considering the fact that DeSantis or Hailey could beat Biden in all likelihood.and give us conservatives what we want for America
>>I don’t understand why people are being so willfully blind.
Because the party, as it exists today, is largely a personality cult. Policies and even winning elections are far less important to most Republican voters than Trump just being bombastic.
And because there's job-security in being a Trumpist politician (at least if you're in a red district), and professional advantages in being a Trumpist media personality, there are too few influential voices on the right who are willing and able to wake people up... or just freakin' tell them the truth.
Bernie is a perfect example. He was a right-leaning Fox commentator who was honest about Trump, so he was taken off their network almost entirely, before finally being sidelined for a year until his Fox contract ran out.
We could all write in DeSantis. I mean, is there even the slightest chance that most people that are polled are lying about it to look like they are party loyalists ? I know I know : wishful thinking on my part
If you're talking about the general election, some have pointed out that Trump's lead over Biden is largely attributable to "unlikely voters".
But as far as the GOP primary, it's evident in poll after poll that Trump has a whopping lead. Most Republican voters clearly want him, regardless of his policies, anti-Democratic efforts, or criminality. Those of us righties who don't think he should be the nominee should vote for someone else in the primary, but we're clearly in the minority.
I am voting Desantis in the primary. He’s more conservative than Trump, still takes the fight to the left but without the stupid insults or tweeting. Nikki is my next choice. I think it’s disgusting how the MAGA right have bullied her
I liked some of trump’s policies. I didn’t like his trade policies, which he says he will continue. I didn’t like his law reform policy. There’s no reason the guy should’ve been the nominee in 2016. We had a huge tea party victory in 2014 then this guy comes in says we all suck and the party goes populist
Trump's best policies were the ones he effectively outsourced to the GOP establishment: tax reform, regulation relief (though that should have been done through congress), and conservative judges. These were things any Republican president would have pursued and produced with the 2016 GOP majorities he had.
His trade policies sucked, his abandonment of the Kurds was disgraceful, his Afghanistan policy (which Biden pathetically adopted) was horrific, and if he had been reelected, I'm pretty sure we would have abandoned Ukraine some time ago (or never helped them in the first place). And that's before we even get to how he botched the pandemic.
Of course, his loyalists don't care about any of the above, nor his post-election atrocities.
Oh he was awful on Covid. He handed the country to Fauci. That alone should’ve lost him his support if MAGAites actually held themselves to their own standards. But it’s just as futile talking to them as it is leftwing woke progressives
As I've said before, we owe Trump for one thing: exposing so many so-called committed conservatives for having no principled commitments whatsoever or for at least having principled commitments that are only paper-thin.
I lost interest in the Walking Dead after a few episodes. I couldn't get past how slow-moving Zombies could take over the world. Then came Trump. Now I get it.
“They always bend the knee”
Unbelievable. This man should be nowhere near the levers of power. I predict he tries to start a dynasty pushing Don Jr next, even though MAGA claims to hate dynasties
The question is: what can be done about it? If America four gets four more years of Biden and the Woke Dems then we are screwed royally. I just don’t understand why Ron DeSantis is not in a better place
This question (and the situation to an extent) reminds me of the parable of the drowning man.
One opportunity after another to rid themselves of Trump presents itself, and Republican leaders never take it: his losing, denying, and trying to overturn the election; January 6; the FBI raid because he wouldn't return stolen documents (that he showed off to randos at his country club); the midterms debacle, the criminal indictments, etc. Rather than collectively standing up, saying enough's enough, and speaking cold, hard truths to the Republican base... they reliably rally around him (out of fear), portray him as a victim, and repeat his preferred lies.
If they never help themselves, they'll remain in this position until they drown.
Desantis should be running away with the nomination. He’s an example of getting done what conservatives care about, still fighting the left, not in a stupid way like Trump. If this was ten years ago after the huge tea party victory he would have it. I don’t understand how we let Trump wreck all that
I don’t understand why people are being so willfully blind. Yes I did like Trump‘s policies. But I don’t like the fact that he keeps losing. The fact that he is neck and neck with Biden and has a sliver of a chance of winning is not a good enough reason to abandon DeSantis or Haley, Especially considering the fact that DeSantis or Hailey could beat Biden in all likelihood.and give us conservatives what we want for America
>>I don’t understand why people are being so willfully blind.
Because the party, as it exists today, is largely a personality cult. Policies and even winning elections are far less important to most Republican voters than Trump just being bombastic.
And because there's job-security in being a Trumpist politician (at least if you're in a red district), and professional advantages in being a Trumpist media personality, there are too few influential voices on the right who are willing and able to wake people up... or just freakin' tell them the truth.
Bernie is a perfect example. He was a right-leaning Fox commentator who was honest about Trump, so he was taken off their network almost entirely, before finally being sidelined for a year until his Fox contract ran out.
We could all write in DeSantis. I mean, is there even the slightest chance that most people that are polled are lying about it to look like they are party loyalists ? I know I know : wishful thinking on my part
If you're talking about the general election, some have pointed out that Trump's lead over Biden is largely attributable to "unlikely voters".
But as far as the GOP primary, it's evident in poll after poll that Trump has a whopping lead. Most Republican voters clearly want him, regardless of his policies, anti-Democratic efforts, or criminality. Those of us righties who don't think he should be the nominee should vote for someone else in the primary, but we're clearly in the minority.
Unfortunately I cannot fix the willfully blind
I am voting Desantis in the primary. He’s more conservative than Trump, still takes the fight to the left but without the stupid insults or tweeting. Nikki is my next choice. I think it’s disgusting how the MAGA right have bullied her
I liked some of trump’s policies. I didn’t like his trade policies, which he says he will continue. I didn’t like his law reform policy. There’s no reason the guy should’ve been the nominee in 2016. We had a huge tea party victory in 2014 then this guy comes in says we all suck and the party goes populist
Trump's best policies were the ones he effectively outsourced to the GOP establishment: tax reform, regulation relief (though that should have been done through congress), and conservative judges. These were things any Republican president would have pursued and produced with the 2016 GOP majorities he had.
His trade policies sucked, his abandonment of the Kurds was disgraceful, his Afghanistan policy (which Biden pathetically adopted) was horrific, and if he had been reelected, I'm pretty sure we would have abandoned Ukraine some time ago (or never helped them in the first place). And that's before we even get to how he botched the pandemic.
Of course, his loyalists don't care about any of the above, nor his post-election atrocities.
Oh he was awful on Covid. He handed the country to Fauci. That alone should’ve lost him his support if MAGAites actually held themselves to their own standards. But it’s just as futile talking to them as it is leftwing woke progressives
As I've said before, we owe Trump for one thing: exposing so many so-called committed conservatives for having no principled commitments whatsoever or for at least having principled commitments that are only paper-thin.