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Which Side Is Itching for a Civil War Again?
National Review ^ | 8/29/2022 | Jim Geraghty

Posted on 08/29/2022 12:18:44 PM PDT by whyilovetexas111

On the menu today: Last week brought a pair of odd and troubling comments from New York governor Kathy Hochul and aspiring Florida governor Charlie Crist, both echoing an arrogant decree from former New York governor Andrew Cuomo and suggesting that a governor has the moral authority to decide which political values are acceptable in his or her state. What happens when this arrogant mentality really takes hold? Meanwhile, Chris Stirewalt, the former political editor of Fox News Channel, shares a hard lesson about telling people things they don’t want to hear. And the reader reviews of Gathering Five Storms continue to roll in.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2020election; civilwar; gop
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Sorry, I don't see a civil war coming. Am i wrong?
1 posted on 08/29/2022 12:18:44 PM PDT by whyilovetexas111
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To: whyilovetexas111

What the Nazis did to the Jews, Democrats are doing to us.


2 posted on 08/29/2022 12:20:43 PM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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Sorry, I don't see a civil war coming. Am i wrong?

No. One side just keeps rolling over for the despots.

3 posted on 08/29/2022 12:22:19 PM PDT by fwdude (Racism is not dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians….” — Thomas Sowell)
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Yes. It’s coming.

Just a matter of time, unless we can agree to a peaceful divorce. The left wants communism, and I refuse to be a slave to the goobermint. War is inevitable.


4 posted on 08/29/2022 12:22:24 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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To: whyilovetexas111

You need glasses. Badly.


5 posted on 08/29/2022 12:25:32 PM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm
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You need glasses. Badly.


6 posted on 08/29/2022 12:25:32 PM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm
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I am the biggest peacenick there is. I never felt the need to own a "weapon of war". Having said that, not only do I have pistols, hunting shotguns and a rifle or two I just completed making my own ghost AR. I am now slowly buying 5.56 which I never did before.

I am a heavlily armed highly trained pacifist.

7 posted on 08/29/2022 12:32:38 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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“What happens when this arrogant mentality really takes hold?“

That’s us. Always moving the line of outrage. What if it “REALLY” takes hold!? Well you just watch out then because you know watch it I mean really…look out, shit’ll be in the fan then you betcha’


8 posted on 08/29/2022 12:36:12 PM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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Just a matter of time, unless we can agree to a peaceful divorce.

I do not believe there will be or can be a "peaceful divorce".

And the Left wants a Civil War. They believe they can win one. It will be up to the rest of us to prove they were wrong. That proof will be delivered by actions rather than arguments.

9 posted on 08/29/2022 12:36:49 PM PDT by flamberge (Those who pose the greatest danger to you are living within five miles of you.)
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LOL, Aim Small Miss Small


10 posted on 08/29/2022 12:37:11 PM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: whyilovetexas111
For most of modern history, political candidates denounced other political candidates. “Don’t vote for the other guy. He’s a crook, an extremist, a lunatic, a moron, etc.” But Hillary’s comment was a denunciation of voters who supported the other guy: “If you support my opponent, you’re a crook, extremist, lunatic, moron, etc.” Until then, candidates had typically refrained from denouncing their opponents’ supporters, on the theory that you should never willingly cede potential votes.

This is a very insightful point by Geraghty. The left has taken on a stridency in demonizing people who support Trump, pro-life laws, pro-2nd amendment and denouncing them as sort of 2nd class citizens unworthy to exist in polite society. It is indeed a shift from "my opponent sucks" to "you, the supporters of my opponent, suck."
11 posted on 08/29/2022 12:37:14 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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“Sorry, I don’t see a civil war coming. Am i wrong?”

Not happening. Ask yourself - how many politicians are calling for a CW or secession? There’s your answer.


12 posted on 08/29/2022 12:39:33 PM PDT by plain talk
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This country and this world is headed for a smash and a crash.
Sh*t not seen since the Weimar Republic times and the 1940s. Bet.


13 posted on 08/29/2022 12:40:10 PM PDT by cranked
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This country and this world is headed for a smash and a crash.
Sh*t not seen since the Weimar Republic times and the 1940s. Bet.


14 posted on 08/29/2022 12:40:12 PM PDT by cranked
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From the OP article:

There’s a big step between, “Those who think differently from me are a bunch of idiots,” and, “Those who think differently from me are a bunch of idiots and they shouldn’t be allowed to live here" ... OR ... the governor declaring that people with certain beliefs have no place in his state.

WTF? They're just suddenly realizing that now? That shows how long dedicated Democrats/RINOs have been to their "cause" while Republicans and conservatives have been asleep at the wheel for a very long time.

That kind of communist Democrat/RINO talk has been going on for many, many years ...

Look at public speeches made by all Big Tech & Big Social Media CEOs. For many years, they've regularly been saying things like (paraphrased): "Those who we decide are spreading hate [i.e., disagree with our far-left socialist/communist agenda] have no place on our open platform."

That far-left Democrat/RINO phrase, "have no place in our" is copied everywhere. It's been the Far-Left Democrat/RINO Mantra for a long time. It's in the vast majority of local school district official publications and/or websites across the country (and especially in all liberal areas), it's on all Big Social Media "open platforms," on every far-left-controlled "open platform" you can think of. Throughout the MSM, throughout academia, throughout virtually everything.

So I'm mildly amused that Republican and conservative writers are just now finally figuring it out. Sheesh, it's no wonder the desperate Democrats/RINOs so easily stole the 2020 Election.

15 posted on 08/29/2022 12:49:54 PM PDT by gw-ington (My preferred pronouns: she, him, it, senile, sleepy, puppet, laughing, hyena, stolen, election.)
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It is coming but still in the slow boil phase. If you are not already prepping (food, water, guns, ammmo, first aid, survival skills), I recommend starting right away.


16 posted on 08/29/2022 12:51:54 PM PDT by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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This country and this world is headed for a smash and a crash. Sh*t not seen since the Weimar Republic times and the 1940s.

Good point. If this country goes down the tubes, the whole global system will instantly collapse.

Could Communist China leaders somehow benefit from that potential collapse? (Rhetorical question.) Well, at least Communist China leaders had absolutely nothing to do with starting the beginning of the end ..................................... oh wait a second .......... I almost forgot about Wu-Flu launched into the U.S. in January of the 2020 Election Steal year.

17 posted on 08/29/2022 12:55:33 PM PDT by gw-ington (My preferred pronouns: she, him, it, senile, sleepy, puppet, laughing, hyena, stolen, election.)
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Domestic terrorists, both of them.


18 posted on 08/29/2022 12:58:29 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Seeing more and more of this sign...

Meteor 2024!

19 posted on 08/29/2022 1:00:58 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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The whole system is arguably going down the tubes already.

This is worth a watch if one has the time or inclination to view it and listen to what is said. Might have to go back to beginning tho cause I was already listening to it when I linked it. ;-)

‘End of abundance’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU-NdpMg72I&t=3303s


20 posted on 08/29/2022 1:01:41 PM PDT by cranked
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