He "looked around and said, "What are you doing? Are you crazy?" You can't have a nation without borders, and you can't claim to be a superpower if those borders aren't controlled. You can't possibly have America's national security at heart if all of the nation's hydrocarbon energy and manufactured goods come from overseas powers often hostile to the United States. You can't possibly claim to want all Americans to do well, if you are committed to stealing their jobs and handing them to our geopolitical foes. You can't possibly wish for Americans to prosper if you dumb down their public education and replace it with race-baiting gobbledygook and gender-bending nonsense. You can't possibly defend Americans from harm when you let China and other narco-terrorist States flood our streets with fentanyl. You can't possibly keep innocent Americans safe by releasing criminals and handcuffing police. You can't possibly wish for international peace if you're constantly engaging in endless, questionable wars. You can't possibly expect American success over the next century without energy independence, sound money, and an end to Washington quid pro quo money-laundering and boondoggle spending."
Hard to disagree. But who's he? Who would have said something like this? Who?
Dr. Robert Malone: Unprecedented ‘information and knowledge warfare’ has been ‘deployed on the world’
‘This is not by chance. This is not an organic thing that’s arisen from some local subculture,’ Dr. Robert Malone said. ‘This is something that's being moved into the culture in a coordinated fashion, globally.’
Yikes! In short there is a global cabal. Who knew? Yep those crazy conspiracy theory loonies. Did you ever catch Dr. Stan Monteith? He was on to all this and died at 85 in 2014.
Two things immediately come to mind. One, when Obama speaks, he is signaling to...well, I dunno but someone. He's marxist all the time, forever. Two, according to CTH (yes, I read him everyday) De Santis is lining up run. I'm not sure I believe that but he certainly has the chops.
Obama knows the midterms are going to be a disaster for the Dems. He is just distancing himself from the more looney of the bunch and from responsibility for the disaster to come. Then down the line he can say "yeah, I told you so but NOOO, you wouldn't listen." Seriously, that is all this is.
It seems like we here in Blighty and you guys in U.S of A are all playing this weird game of 'Fantasy Football (the politics version)'. Do you guys have Fantasy Football? We should start a league.
I'm playing that game, Amanda. Problem is, I've lost all my key players and the substitutes are even worse. When's the ref going to step in and hand out some red cards?
Great post! Not mentioned as a possibility is that some of the senior democrats go to Biden and tell him (and the shadow president Dr. Jill) that they have to step down for the sake of the party or that 'they' will invoke the 25th amendment. What they do with/to Harris is the real fly in the ointment for them. I'm not sure how much longer Biden can continue; these past few days have no doubt been exhaustive for his handlers as he gets off his leash and berates and grabs reporters who are finally questioning his policies. It doesn't get any easier for Biden as everything around him (and the country) continues to deteriorate. His response to the mid-term results will require some heavy sedation prior to him opening his pie-hole to the nation. He seems to be too self-obsessed to curl up in a fetal position and quietly cross the bridge into dementia's final throes.
I believe a Trump 2nd term will be met with the same level of crazy by the hard-core daily Leftists of course. But the intensity of deep state opposition will be unprecedented because they know about 'Schedule F' and it is existential for them.
Really interesting read here on Trumps Exec Order that was immediately killed by Biden.
Have you seen this? It was news to me, but I am a little slow...
In this day and age of wall to wall media, you can no longer cover up a Roosevelt in a wheel chair or Edith Wilson acting as president and covering up Woodrow’s stroke. Let’s face it fake Dr Biden is no Edith Wilson. Just as the Wilson presidency led to the 25th Amendment, ice cream boy may be the first casualty. Deservedly so.
Biden’s dementia is getting visibly worse at an accelerating rate. My bet is he doesn’t long outlive his 80th birthday this November. That means the Deep State has to somehow cajole Harris to resign. Unless the move up to straight up assassinations. Your have the House elect a new Speaker to basically become POTUS is an intriguing idea, but if they pulled it off it would only undermine the system. The entire idea behind the modern administrative state is that it governs in secret while pretending to be merely humble servants to the elected officials and their appointees, whose actual job is just to go on television and convince the people they’re actually in charge. Between egomaniacal prima Donna bureaucrats mounting mutinies against Trump and Biden’s inability to form a coherent sentence, people are starting to get wise that maybe their Presidents and Congress critters don’t actually control the government. If they replace the constitutionally provided executive branch officers with an unprecedented method like you suggest would even further tip off voters that they have no say in the government.
Until America First dominates the GOP, all bets are off about Republican behavior in response to a win on Nov 8. The playbook will have to be different than the one Boehner et al ran after 2010 and Ryan and McConnell ran after the 2016 sweep. Both of those situations were still cloaked in cultural and
political normalcy. The USA is a tinder box at this point. In my opinion, the GOPe cannot survive another timid bait and switch con--or a game of kick the can.
Interestingly (and rather scarily), the problem is the same in nearly all Western governments: the current power holders are appallingly bad, but the replacements are no better. The only guy is half way acting like an adult is one Vlad Putin.
I'm often guilty of despair and cynicism, but I brought kids into this world and now have grandchildren, too. I see no alternative to pulling my head out of my arse and vetting and promoting candidates who say and do the right things at one level to the next level.
I'm cynical but am not despairing. I also have kids, so I have a stake in the game. I believe there will be some kind of reckoning and a reshaping of our sorry world, and hopefully for the better. It's just that I don't believe it will come via any of the existing political forces in operation. There is no knight in shining armour out there - no, not even the lovely Tulsi is going to dig us out of this one. In the meantime, I'm buggered if I'm going to keep on voting for the "lesser evil"
I don't know where you live, but in AZ there are many good candidates who are hardly just the lesser of two evils...at least so far. But you know the old saying:
"America First" is staffed and run by open borders globalist Jared Kushner as is Trump's entire political life. Jared's pal Chad Wolf, on Am. 1st Board, in Sept. 2020 said "white supremacists" pose the "most persistent and lethal threat" among domestic extremists. America 1st and MAGA were immediately co-opted by the establishment (as the Tea Party was). Heritage Foundation Pres. will tell you he's an "America Firster." Jared in 2015 accepted a $250 million credit line from Soros.
Ridiculous. Why did you link to obvious grifters and credulously accept their self-declaration as America First? We have been on the ground in AZ for two years working to elect real America First candidates. This is true in every state around the entire country.
Not one of the people listed on that site to which you linked have any relationship to anything that is actually going on at the grassroots level. If you participated where you live you would have known that. You're the first troll I've seen on this site.
Reread that comment. She was exposing - not extolling - that group. She linked to let you read it in their own words. I checked the site, and it is all fluff. Words and pictures, not much substance. I believe you are right that it is an operation designed to raise money for its founders and enablers. Anyway, read her comment one more time. She was revealing and knocking them.
My point is that the 'America First' group to which she refers is an obvious grift and bears no relation to the grassroots America First movement that is attempting to supplant the GOPe. AFPI has been around since 2021 but have had zero impact on anything that is happening. If you are just discovering them, welcome to the party. It's another sinecure for ersatz conservatives. If you want a good gauge of who the real AF movement leaders are, pay attention to who is getting arrested, legally harassed, and censored by the deep state. Duh.
"America 1st and MAGA were immediately co-opted by the establishment (as the Tea Party was)." Only a keyboard warrior could suggest this. It is clueless. Get your butt out into the fray and see just how beautifully distributed and peer-to-peer this movement is. Yes, we're under the umbrella of the GOP, but we are not being led. A multitude of people are popping up offering support, new ideas, and tools.
"My point is that the 'America First' group to which she refers is an obvious grift" is what I see her pointing out, in different words. Look at her first sentence, "'America First' is staffed and run by open borders globalist Jared Kushner." Do you call that an endorsement? I don't. Even if she has some of her ideas that differ from yours, why call her a troll? Point out her errors, see how she responds, and what she writes next. Not everybody can participate at your level on the ground. Where are you at in AZ? Phoenix, Tuscon, up north? I'm visiting Phoenix in a few weeks for my mother's 90th.
That said, I would call Christine, who keeps pointing us to Nesaara/Gesara, clones, Tesla healing beds, executions in Gitmo, secret white hats just about to save us from the globalist deep state etc. a troll. She's pushing fantasy at us: sit back and do nothing, the white hats have it all in control. Any of us who believe that should be embarrassed (and I have friends who are standing on that). It's nothing better than kid's magical wishful thinking. The only Person really in control is God, and we don't know yet what He's going to do about our nation. Keep praying! And yes, stay active! I'm glad you are. I am in my own way. Seek first His Kingdom ...
We're not communicating. Clearly she does not endorse the phony 'America First' grifters--nor did I think she did. Her disgust with them is quite clear. I just found her injecting them into the conversation a total non sequitur. Nobody on the ground is fooled by or taking cues from those bozos. They have nothing to do with America First as an organic political movement. Why bring them up or ascribe any credibility to them? Those that had roles in Trump's administration were either ineffective or actually purposefully obstructive. Kudlow? Ratcliffe? Please.
I stand by my comment that her assertion that "America 1st and MAGA were immediately co-opted by the establishment (as the Tea Party was)" is ridiculous. Perhaps she actually believes that these rebranded RINOs are a legitimate part of the populist-nationalist-whatever you want to call it movement? Perhaps she sees evidence that the rubes are getting Boehner'ed / Ryan'ed / McConnell'ed again? She is welcome to chime in. I don't see it on the ground, but maybe I lack perspective? This thread isn't closed.
I move we open the floor to nominations for Speaker of the House cum President of the United States. (To be clear: I am not proposing a “wish list,” but rather ideas as to who the Powers That Be would find acceptable.)
Milquetoast Mike. I am ashamed to admit his was the first name that came to my mind. He would be pretty inoffensive to the public, except for Trump supporters (who are a large chunk no doubt). The GOPe would love him and the Dems could "work with him." But to Mark's point he is the very definition of "caretaker." He is not someone with gravitas or the strength of character to pull a country that is falling apart together again. And what a setup that would be for the '24 Republican primary when he has to face Trump. I wouldn't put it past the establishment to install him regardless - they are that deluded and desperate.
Run-of-the-mill Democrats may actually have warm feelings for Pence. Afterall, he stood up to Orange Man Bad when the latter demanded he throw a monkey wrench into the certification of electoral college results. Plus, he virtually gave his blessing to the Zhou regime by conspicuously attending the install… er, inauguration.
Maybe ot, but I know you often cite several writers over at the Federalist and John Daniel Davidson put up an interesting piece that might make for an interesting topic for one of your pieces:
While we’re at it, I would propose we look for a new name for Neo-con. There’s nothing new or conservative about them or what those psychopaths are trying to do to get us all killed. So I am open to any suggestions as well.
I agree, lots of pundits and essayists write thought provoking articles, but fail to offers solutions or attempt to formulate what this alternative should look like. Perhaps this might make a good article and engage your regular readers to offer up ideas, but we have to push the GOPe into the domain they deserve........irrelevance. This could take a few election cycles I suspect at time is just as big an obstacle.
I’ve always been fond of “Reactionary.” (He says half-jokingly.) It’s more muscular and activist than Conservative. We’re not merely trying to salvage a little bit of territory, we’re fighting for the whole enchilada! Plus, it would drive the Libs crazy (or, if you prefer, crazi-ER).
Terrifying. Whoever they pick in this scenario will be seen as unacceptable/illegitimate by a sizable portion (at least half?) of the country. I bet they end up satisfying no one. The Left will be pissed. Trump supporters will be pissed. If they try to pull this stunt, they won’t be just playing with fire, they will positively burn the house to the ground.
He won't get it out unless Garland puts it out. His report--if he writes one--goes to the AG. Same as Mueller's went to Bluto. This is just gaslighting.
Nope. I'm not sure about anybody "pursuing it further on the hill" but even readers of the Washington Post and the New York Times are well informed of Russiagate and abuse by the FBI, even as they are being reassured that none of this lead to any convictions. "The real public interest here was being served by exposing the full extent of the corruption." Yep.
Did you know Trump accepted money from Karl Rove for his 2020 campaign? Jared consulted with Rove, Rove visited the White House to consult Trump, they said, since Rove was such an "expert." As to Ryan's superpac money, so far I haven't been able to find mention of it. Perhaps it went to grifter Ed Rollins super PAC supposedly supporting DeSantis, but Ed Rollins also had a superpac supporting Trump. I notice people are lying and saying DeSantis is Ryan's #1 pick when Ryan merely stated his top 3 picks, one of which was DeSantis. I despise Ryan, but Trump did nothing to stop Ryan from deliberately giving the House back to Democrats in 2018 midterms when he left 38 Republican races empty. Only 3 races lacked a democrat. Ryan hates Republican voters much more than he hates Trump. This was done to show Republican voters who's boss.....https://ballotpedia.org/U.S._House_elections_without_a_Democratic_or_Republican_candidate,_2018
One over looked fact of President Trump's first term was McConnell, the Traitor, would not let the Senate go into recess. This handcuffed President Trump and his ability to get qualified people into the right positions.
Unfortunately that didn't prevent Trump from accepting terrible advice and making his own egregious personnel decisions that undermined his presidency.
I'm not sure that can be allowed to apply anymore, Mark. We will probably get the "lesser evil" in November - a useless, complicit GOPe who will do nothing to address the nation's many ills. The "lesser" evil is still evil. We need someone who will actually DO something to sort things out. I don't see anyone who fits that bill.
Yes, and when you have "unusual systemic stress in our body politic" extreme measures are called for. Trump's first term was dedicated to turning the country around, to finally get us out of the recession that Obama did nothing to ameliorate, and to improving our posture in the world. With this as a priority, he had to get along with what was available, including many unsavory characters. Should he get a second term he has already told us in his speech the first week in December 2020 his immediate concern would be to restore credibility to our election system. This would involve taking on his enemies, whatever the cost, confronting all the major players. I fear anyone else would attempt to get along, politics as usual.
If this scenario happens, they need to find somebody that is:
- Rino and won’t rock the boat
- Neocon
- Has no chance of being elected President
- Hates Trump
- Wants the job
- Will do this for the good of the country
- Globalist
- Will clean up economic mess, without finger pointing
Only person that comes to mind is:
- Mitt Romney
He has been a previous Presidential candidate. And he implemented Romneycare when Governor of Ma.
Pence
He "looked around and said, "What are you doing? Are you crazy?" You can't have a nation without borders, and you can't claim to be a superpower if those borders aren't controlled. You can't possibly have America's national security at heart if all of the nation's hydrocarbon energy and manufactured goods come from overseas powers often hostile to the United States. You can't possibly claim to want all Americans to do well, if you are committed to stealing their jobs and handing them to our geopolitical foes. You can't possibly wish for Americans to prosper if you dumb down their public education and replace it with race-baiting gobbledygook and gender-bending nonsense. You can't possibly defend Americans from harm when you let China and other narco-terrorist States flood our streets with fentanyl. You can't possibly keep innocent Americans safe by releasing criminals and handcuffing police. You can't possibly wish for international peace if you're constantly engaging in endless, questionable wars. You can't possibly expect American success over the next century without energy independence, sound money, and an end to Washington quid pro quo money-laundering and boondoggle spending."
Hard to disagree. But who's he? Who would have said something like this? Who?
https://archive.ph/FF8ES
Who else could have said it? And meant it?
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/dr-robert-malone-unprecedented-information-and-knowledge-warfare-has-been-deployed-on-the-world/
Dr. Robert Malone: Unprecedented ‘information and knowledge warfare’ has been ‘deployed on the world’
‘This is not by chance. This is not an organic thing that’s arisen from some local subculture,’ Dr. Robert Malone said. ‘This is something that's being moved into the culture in a coordinated fashion, globally.’
Yikes! In short there is a global cabal. Who knew? Yep those crazy conspiracy theory loonies. Did you ever catch Dr. Stan Monteith? He was on to all this and died at 85 in 2014.
Two things immediately come to mind. One, when Obama speaks, he is signaling to...well, I dunno but someone. He's marxist all the time, forever. Two, according to CTH (yes, I read him everyday) De Santis is lining up run. I'm not sure I believe that but he certainly has the chops.
Obama knows the midterms are going to be a disaster for the Dems. He is just distancing himself from the more looney of the bunch and from responsibility for the disaster to come. Then down the line he can say "yeah, I told you so but NOOO, you wouldn't listen." Seriously, that is all this is.
Yep. The Elder Statesman, the Voice of Reason. There are some idiots who will even believe that.
Absolutely
It seems like we here in Blighty and you guys in U.S of A are all playing this weird game of 'Fantasy Football (the politics version)'. Do you guys have Fantasy Football? We should start a league.
I'm playing that game, Amanda. Problem is, I've lost all my key players and the substitutes are even worse. When's the ref going to step in and hand out some red cards?
Great post! Not mentioned as a possibility is that some of the senior democrats go to Biden and tell him (and the shadow president Dr. Jill) that they have to step down for the sake of the party or that 'they' will invoke the 25th amendment. What they do with/to Harris is the real fly in the ointment for them. I'm not sure how much longer Biden can continue; these past few days have no doubt been exhaustive for his handlers as he gets off his leash and berates and grabs reporters who are finally questioning his policies. It doesn't get any easier for Biden as everything around him (and the country) continues to deteriorate. His response to the mid-term results will require some heavy sedation prior to him opening his pie-hole to the nation. He seems to be too self-obsessed to curl up in a fetal position and quietly cross the bridge into dementia's final throes.
I believe a Trump 2nd term will be met with the same level of crazy by the hard-core daily Leftists of course. But the intensity of deep state opposition will be unprecedented because they know about 'Schedule F' and it is existential for them.
Really interesting read here on Trumps Exec Order that was immediately killed by Biden.
Have you seen this? It was news to me, but I am a little slow...
https://brownstone.org/articles/the-astonishing-implications-of-schedule-f/
In this day and age of wall to wall media, you can no longer cover up a Roosevelt in a wheel chair or Edith Wilson acting as president and covering up Woodrow’s stroke. Let’s face it fake Dr Biden is no Edith Wilson. Just as the Wilson presidency led to the 25th Amendment, ice cream boy may be the first casualty. Deservedly so.
Biden’s dementia is getting visibly worse at an accelerating rate. My bet is he doesn’t long outlive his 80th birthday this November. That means the Deep State has to somehow cajole Harris to resign. Unless the move up to straight up assassinations. Your have the House elect a new Speaker to basically become POTUS is an intriguing idea, but if they pulled it off it would only undermine the system. The entire idea behind the modern administrative state is that it governs in secret while pretending to be merely humble servants to the elected officials and their appointees, whose actual job is just to go on television and convince the people they’re actually in charge. Between egomaniacal prima Donna bureaucrats mounting mutinies against Trump and Biden’s inability to form a coherent sentence, people are starting to get wise that maybe their Presidents and Congress critters don’t actually control the government. If they replace the constitutionally provided executive branch officers with an unprecedented method like you suggest would even further tip off voters that they have no say in the government.
I agree that it would undermine the system.
Until America First dominates the GOP, all bets are off about Republican behavior in response to a win on Nov 8. The playbook will have to be different than the one Boehner et al ran after 2010 and Ryan and McConnell ran after the 2016 sweep. Both of those situations were still cloaked in cultural and
political normalcy. The USA is a tinder box at this point. In my opinion, the GOPe cannot survive another timid bait and switch con--or a game of kick the can.
Interestingly (and rather scarily), the problem is the same in nearly all Western governments: the current power holders are appallingly bad, but the replacements are no better. The only guy is half way acting like an adult is one Vlad Putin.
I'm often guilty of despair and cynicism, but I brought kids into this world and now have grandchildren, too. I see no alternative to pulling my head out of my arse and vetting and promoting candidates who say and do the right things at one level to the next level.
I'm cynical but am not despairing. I also have kids, so I have a stake in the game. I believe there will be some kind of reckoning and a reshaping of our sorry world, and hopefully for the better. It's just that I don't believe it will come via any of the existing political forces in operation. There is no knight in shining armour out there - no, not even the lovely Tulsi is going to dig us out of this one. In the meantime, I'm buggered if I'm going to keep on voting for the "lesser evil"
I don't know where you live, but in AZ there are many good candidates who are hardly just the lesser of two evils...at least so far. But you know the old saying:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/63Vx5Xx7DaI
Exactly. Can't give up.
"America First" is staffed and run by open borders globalist Jared Kushner as is Trump's entire political life. Jared's pal Chad Wolf, on Am. 1st Board, in Sept. 2020 said "white supremacists" pose the "most persistent and lethal threat" among domestic extremists. America 1st and MAGA were immediately co-opted by the establishment (as the Tea Party was). Heritage Foundation Pres. will tell you he's an "America Firster." Jared in 2015 accepted a $250 million credit line from Soros.
https://americafirstpolicy.com/team
Ridiculous. Why did you link to obvious grifters and credulously accept their self-declaration as America First? We have been on the ground in AZ for two years working to elect real America First candidates. This is true in every state around the entire country.
Not one of the people listed on that site to which you linked have any relationship to anything that is actually going on at the grassroots level. If you participated where you live you would have known that. You're the first troll I've seen on this site.
Reread that comment. She was exposing - not extolling - that group. She linked to let you read it in their own words. I checked the site, and it is all fluff. Words and pictures, not much substance. I believe you are right that it is an operation designed to raise money for its founders and enablers. Anyway, read her comment one more time. She was revealing and knocking them.
My point is that the 'America First' group to which she refers is an obvious grift and bears no relation to the grassroots America First movement that is attempting to supplant the GOPe. AFPI has been around since 2021 but have had zero impact on anything that is happening. If you are just discovering them, welcome to the party. It's another sinecure for ersatz conservatives. If you want a good gauge of who the real AF movement leaders are, pay attention to who is getting arrested, legally harassed, and censored by the deep state. Duh.
"America 1st and MAGA were immediately co-opted by the establishment (as the Tea Party was)." Only a keyboard warrior could suggest this. It is clueless. Get your butt out into the fray and see just how beautifully distributed and peer-to-peer this movement is. Yes, we're under the umbrella of the GOP, but we are not being led. A multitude of people are popping up offering support, new ideas, and tools.
'America First' <> America First. Obviously.
"My point is that the 'America First' group to which she refers is an obvious grift" is what I see her pointing out, in different words. Look at her first sentence, "'America First' is staffed and run by open borders globalist Jared Kushner." Do you call that an endorsement? I don't. Even if she has some of her ideas that differ from yours, why call her a troll? Point out her errors, see how she responds, and what she writes next. Not everybody can participate at your level on the ground. Where are you at in AZ? Phoenix, Tuscon, up north? I'm visiting Phoenix in a few weeks for my mother's 90th.
That said, I would call Christine, who keeps pointing us to Nesaara/Gesara, clones, Tesla healing beds, executions in Gitmo, secret white hats just about to save us from the globalist deep state etc. a troll. She's pushing fantasy at us: sit back and do nothing, the white hats have it all in control. Any of us who believe that should be embarrassed (and I have friends who are standing on that). It's nothing better than kid's magical wishful thinking. The only Person really in control is God, and we don't know yet what He's going to do about our nation. Keep praying! And yes, stay active! I'm glad you are. I am in my own way. Seek first His Kingdom ...
We're not communicating. Clearly she does not endorse the phony 'America First' grifters--nor did I think she did. Her disgust with them is quite clear. I just found her injecting them into the conversation a total non sequitur. Nobody on the ground is fooled by or taking cues from those bozos. They have nothing to do with America First as an organic political movement. Why bring them up or ascribe any credibility to them? Those that had roles in Trump's administration were either ineffective or actually purposefully obstructive. Kudlow? Ratcliffe? Please.
I stand by my comment that her assertion that "America 1st and MAGA were immediately co-opted by the establishment (as the Tea Party was)" is ridiculous. Perhaps she actually believes that these rebranded RINOs are a legitimate part of the populist-nationalist-whatever you want to call it movement? Perhaps she sees evidence that the rubes are getting Boehner'ed / Ryan'ed / McConnell'ed again? She is welcome to chime in. I don't see it on the ground, but maybe I lack perspective? This thread isn't closed.
I move we open the floor to nominations for Speaker of the House cum President of the United States. (To be clear: I am not proposing a “wish list,” but rather ideas as to who the Powers That Be would find acceptable.)
I nominate Mike Pence.
Milquetoast Mike. I am ashamed to admit his was the first name that came to my mind. He would be pretty inoffensive to the public, except for Trump supporters (who are a large chunk no doubt). The GOPe would love him and the Dems could "work with him." But to Mark's point he is the very definition of "caretaker." He is not someone with gravitas or the strength of character to pull a country that is falling apart together again. And what a setup that would be for the '24 Republican primary when he has to face Trump. I wouldn't put it past the establishment to install him regardless - they are that deluded and desperate.
Bleech!
Possibly the only person who fits the bill.
Short-Attention-Span Republicans will associate him positively with Trump.
GOPe Republicans will fawn over him because he is their creature.
Democrats can live with him because he is no threat to the progressive-woke agenda. And he would likely be even harder on Trump and the J6 victims.
Run-of-the-mill Democrats may actually have warm feelings for Pence. Afterall, he stood up to Orange Man Bad when the latter demanded he throw a monkey wrench into the certification of electoral college results. Plus, he virtually gave his blessing to the Zhou regime by conspicuously attending the install… er, inauguration.
I sense desperation. But I doubt they're that stupid.
Mark,
Maybe ot, but I know you often cite several writers over at the Federalist and John Daniel Davidson put up an interesting piece that might make for an interesting topic for one of your pieces:
https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/20/we-need-to-stop-calling-ourselves-conservatives/
Counter-revolutionaries indeed.
While we’re at it, I would propose we look for a new name for Neo-con. There’s nothing new or conservative about them or what those psychopaths are trying to do to get us all killed. So I am open to any suggestions as well.
Liberal Warmongers
I agree with him, but he never does get around to suggesting what label to use. I'm open to alternatives, but I'm not sure any would work better.
I agree, lots of pundits and essayists write thought provoking articles, but fail to offers solutions or attempt to formulate what this alternative should look like. Perhaps this might make a good article and engage your regular readers to offer up ideas, but we have to push the GOPe into the domain they deserve........irrelevance. This could take a few election cycles I suspect at time is just as big an obstacle.
I’ve always been fond of “Reactionary.” (He says half-jokingly.) It’s more muscular and activist than Conservative. We’re not merely trying to salvage a little bit of territory, we’re fighting for the whole enchilada! Plus, it would drive the Libs crazy (or, if you prefer, crazi-ER).
Don't underestimate these morons, they are that stupid and spineless.
Terrifying. Whoever they pick in this scenario will be seen as unacceptable/illegitimate by a sizable portion (at least half?) of the country. I bet they end up satisfying no one. The Left will be pissed. Trump supporters will be pissed. If they try to pull this stunt, they won’t be just playing with fire, they will positively burn the house to the ground.
https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2022/10/nyt-red-october-is-here.html
FBI Raids Star ABC News Producer’s Home
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4102070/posts
Getting like Argentina in the 70's under the Junta.
He won't get it out unless Garland puts it out. His report--if he writes one--goes to the AG. Same as Mueller's went to Bluto. This is just gaslighting.
Nope. I'm not sure about anybody "pursuing it further on the hill" but even readers of the Washington Post and the New York Times are well informed of Russiagate and abuse by the FBI, even as they are being reassured that none of this lead to any convictions. "The real public interest here was being served by exposing the full extent of the corruption." Yep.
Did you know Trump accepted money from Karl Rove for his 2020 campaign? Jared consulted with Rove, Rove visited the White House to consult Trump, they said, since Rove was such an "expert." As to Ryan's superpac money, so far I haven't been able to find mention of it. Perhaps it went to grifter Ed Rollins super PAC supposedly supporting DeSantis, but Ed Rollins also had a superpac supporting Trump. I notice people are lying and saying DeSantis is Ryan's #1 pick when Ryan merely stated his top 3 picks, one of which was DeSantis. I despise Ryan, but Trump did nothing to stop Ryan from deliberately giving the House back to Democrats in 2018 midterms when he left 38 Republican races empty. Only 3 races lacked a democrat. Ryan hates Republican voters much more than he hates Trump. This was done to show Republican voters who's boss.....https://ballotpedia.org/U.S._House_elections_without_a_Democratic_or_Republican_candidate,_2018
One over looked fact of President Trump's first term was McConnell, the Traitor, would not let the Senate go into recess. This handcuffed President Trump and his ability to get qualified people into the right positions.
Unfortunately that didn't prevent Trump from accepting terrible advice and making his own egregious personnel decisions that undermined his presidency.
Politics isn't theology. You've got to live with imperfection, with the lesser evil, sometimes.
I'm not sure that can be allowed to apply anymore, Mark. We will probably get the "lesser evil" in November - a useless, complicit GOPe who will do nothing to address the nation's many ills. The "lesser" evil is still evil. We need someone who will actually DO something to sort things out. I don't see anyone who fits that bill.
Yes, and when you have "unusual systemic stress in our body politic" extreme measures are called for. Trump's first term was dedicated to turning the country around, to finally get us out of the recession that Obama did nothing to ameliorate, and to improving our posture in the world. With this as a priority, he had to get along with what was available, including many unsavory characters. Should he get a second term he has already told us in his speech the first week in December 2020 his immediate concern would be to restore credibility to our election system. This would involve taking on his enemies, whatever the cost, confronting all the major players. I fear anyone else would attempt to get along, politics as usual.