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Trump and Vance Are Having a Jacksonian Moment
American Conservative ^ | 7/21/2024 | Collin Pruett

Posted on 07/21/2024 8:03:10 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111

J.D. Vance’s rise to the vice-presidential nomination is a watershed moment in American politics. For young conservatives like myself, the moment feels like a triumph, the culmination of curiosity and organization. For the country, the moment offers the first uncompromising choice for change in a generation. The moment calls for a reflection on how we arrived here and the choice before us. Will middle America forge a new consensus, achieved with echoes of the Jacksonian age? Alternatively, will the great city-states of the Democratic Party stymie the tide of discontent and preserve the neoliberal status quo?

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TOPICS: Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; jdvance; maga; politics
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Thank god for these two! I hope they can win, but you never know, especially if Biden drops out the media has a love affair with Kamala Harris.
1 posted on 07/21/2024 8:03:10 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
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To: whyilovetexas111

Finally, I mean FINALLY, There Are No BUSHES!!


2 posted on 07/21/2024 8:06:10 AM PDT by Racketeer
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I’m positive the media will spend a disproportionate amount of time asking about Vance’s change in personal feelings about Trump,


Trump is an acquired taste like beer and bacon.


3 posted on 07/21/2024 8:08:31 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

BS


4 posted on 07/21/2024 8:12:28 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Racketeer

Or Romneys, McStains, or Ryans


5 posted on 07/21/2024 8:17:49 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: whyilovetexas111

Trump/Vance campaign has energy and resolve, Biden/Harris campaign has dementia and DEI.
When does Vance debate Kamala? That would be a riot.


6 posted on 07/21/2024 8:25:17 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

I thought infants were born wanting to suck bacon like a pacifier.


7 posted on 07/21/2024 8:27:47 AM PDT by mairdie (Trump (I Will Win) - Pavarotti's Nessun Dorma https://youtu.be/MigUKGKr-nQ)
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Thank god for these two! I hope they can win, but you never know, especially if Biden drops out the media has a love affair with Kamala Harris.

We've been here since 1984. It was understandable that Reagan took on GHWB to unify the GOP to defeat Carter, but he didn't need the thug RINO to defeat Mondale.

It was a catastrophic error.

8 posted on 07/21/2024 8:28:08 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: mairdie

I thought infants were born wanting to suck bacon like a pacifier.


Maybe some. I still remember the first taste of beer.

The point is the more people learn about Trump and are exposed to him, the more they like him.


9 posted on 07/21/2024 8:31:24 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Carry_Okie

That election was the high-water mark for Republicans, a record that will probably never be broken. Democrats won a total of 1 state (Minnesota) with 3 electoral votes.


10 posted on 07/21/2024 8:33:11 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: whyilovetexas111

Many believed the media. They believed the media when they said Trump was bad, they believed the media when they told them Biden was fine, sharp as a tack. Most people are smart enough to figure out if the media lied to them about Biden what else did they lie about?


11 posted on 07/21/2024 8:43:27 AM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore…)
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To: Carry_Okie
We've been here since 1984. It was understandable that Reagan took on GHWB to unify the GOP to defeat Carter, but he didn't need the thug RINO to defeat Mondale.

It was a catastrophic error.

No, he didn't need Bush to beat Wally & the Beaver.

12 posted on 07/21/2024 8:49:11 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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This was the context that thousands of young conservatives read Hillbilly Elegy for the first time in.

Or maybe, “This was the context in which thousands of young conservatives read ‘Hillbilly Elegy” for the first time.”

Hey, where do I find competent writers at?

13 posted on 07/21/2024 8:50:57 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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No more leisure suits and white wing tips reeking of cheap country club liquor and buffet beef.

14 posted on 07/21/2024 9:11:51 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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And scotch.


15 posted on 07/21/2024 9:13:45 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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People having been asking if Trump learned his lessons from his first term. I think Vance answers that question. Trump listen to that POS Ryan and took Pence as VP. He needed a pit bull and he got a schnauzer. Vance is a good first step.

If he learned his lesson, and if elected, his next step should be bringing in staffers who have and will fight the entrenched establishment. Someone whom the three letter agencies cannot trick like Flynn. He will need a cadre of young conservatives paired with older experienced Washington hands. No more family members, except maybe Junior. No Misses and Mister Ivanka please!. Those young conservatives will ultimately build a generation of new conservative leaders possibly lead by Vance. Reduce the intelligence agency actors in the White House. Fire every political appointee at Justice, State and CIA. Leave DOD alone except for SecDef. Remind the JCS they were at his will and will be vetted to determine if they keep their appointments. At DOD the standard for senior officers should be apolitical decision makers. Easy way to accomplish that is reducing number of Generals per service by 25% across the board in 2025 and another 25% in 2026. I all the above cases, there are career personnel to step into the void and keep agencies and commands running. In some cases the career people run the show anyway because all political appointees are temporary hires. Colonels are Generals without the stars and bloated staffs. They will step into the spot left by Generals.

Use the power of the purse to force agencies to return to their basic functions. I would give Vance a free hand in much of this, let him be the pit bull.

16 posted on 07/21/2024 9:33:53 AM PDT by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angels will sing for me. )
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I don’t think of Genera Michael Flynn in the way you describe him. The reason they went after him is because Flynn has the goods against them. He’s one of the most powerful weapons against the deep state.


17 posted on 07/21/2024 9:51:09 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: OldGoatCPO

The two major differences between 2024 and 2016:

1. Trump has the party, it’s his party now.
2. Trump has a sizable MAGA team ready to walk into positions throughout government on day 1 and start giving and enforcing the orders.


18 posted on 07/21/2024 9:57:00 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (We have not yet achieved peak crazy)
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To: Sicon; whyilovetexas111

“Hey, where do I find competent writers at?”

Hey, where do I find competent writers?” (heh)


19 posted on 07/21/2024 10:29:20 AM PDT by dodger
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To: whyilovetexas111

Bookmark


20 posted on 07/21/2024 10:30:04 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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