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To: bitt
After Desert Storm, the Elder Bush bestrode the world like a colossus. He could have gone to Congress, controlled by the Democrats, and gotten everything he asked for. The victory in Kuwait and Iraq gave Bush a massive amount of political capital. The Democrats were so despondent that there was a suggestion that they not put forward a presidential candidate in 1992 and simply give the money to the poor.

But Bush didn’t use the political capital he had generated, perhaps thinking he could reserve it for the 1992 election. The problem with political capital is that it has a use-by date. If not used, it grows moldy and loses its potency.

If I am correct that Trump will cause regime change in both Iran and Cuba, he will bestride the world like a colossus. Unlike Bush, Trump will know what to do with that political capital. If he plays it right, he will splinter and destroy the Democrat Party.

194 posted on 05/01/2026 9:01:14 PM PDT by Publius
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To: Publius

And, unlike Bush, Trump is a good man who wants only what is best for America. He is not owned by the military-industrial complex.


238 posted on 05/02/2026 10:47:11 AM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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To: Publius
***Trump will know what to do with that political capital. If he plays it right, he will splinter and destroy the Democrat Party***

The only thing holding that party afloat now is a completely corrupt media and completely corrupt education system AND the untold $$$ billions that they have stolen from taxpayers. {They bestowed $2 billion on Stacey Abrams, for example... for doing nothing!}

255 posted on 05/02/2026 1:19:56 PM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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