Why Kanye West will be Trump’s Successor in the White House
Posted on 03/02/2020 9:21:50 AM PST by EyesOfTX
Indeed. Strange as it may sound, the Kardashians & Kanye have gone to church throughout their marriage.
As long as he chooses Vanilla Ice for SoS.
That’s not a great link, unfortunately, because it’s an excerpt of an old (2002) OpinionJournal article. But in the article, Michael Medved made the point that no bald man had been POTUS since Eisenhower - that is, since the advent of TV as a big-time influence.
And that since so many mature men are bald (I resemble that remark), TV has biased our politics against, presumptively, about half of the set of people who should be considered for the presidency.
Recall John Kerry and his running mate John Edwards, cheerfully boasting of how wonderful their hair was . . .
The point is that the Republic has been blessed with Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump, but there is no necessary correlation between attractiveness and executive ability.
Sorry, not reading anything by Medved, the amnesty apologist Bush League Republican propagandist.
Jon Edwards was called "the silky pony" for a reason.
Trump looks at least as good as he did when he took office. :-)
You expect Trump to win, based on personality and performance, and I agree. But it is also true that historically, senators (and/or VPs, same difference) don’t defeat sitting presidents’ reelection bids and don’t even defeat governors in a race for an open seat (sole exception: Warren G. Harding, in a wave election). And since Trump's November opponent won’t be a governor, a Trump victory in November seems likely indeed. I worry about Bloomberg’s hostile billions, but . . .I wouldn’t be too quick to assume that Mike Pence won’t win the ’24 nomination. Sitting VP’s do tend to win presidential nominations. But it is true that in the modern era only Andrew Jackson and Ronald Reagan have seen their sitting VPs win election to POTUS.
So a Pence victory in ’24 would hardly be a sure thing, unless people are wishing for a third Trump term by then. But assuming continued Trump effectiveness - and given that Mr. Pence is a former governor who attained national office within 5 years of attaining statewide office - I would assume that he would run very strongly against any Democrat in ’24.
In addition, as a former talk show host Pence is qualified to handle TV well.
Why Kanye West will be Trump’s Successor in the White House
I think people are getting thrown off a bit by the fact that Ronald Reagan was an actor and Donald Trump was a media celebrity. That’s NOT why they won, nor is it why they were (are) both successful conservative leaders.
Anyone old enough to have been an adult conservative during Ronald Reagan’s ascendency knows that it was his detractors who focused on the acting part of his background, and that it was his detractors who created the “great communicator” meme, which was a backhanded complement intended to suggest that he was all polish, no substance.
Ronald Reagan was a deeply rooted conservative thinker whose success had little if any to do with his having been in show biz.
Although less obvious, I have been convinced for several years now that the same can be said about Donald Trump. There’s a lot more substance there than meets the eye. He hides it on purpose, because he wants to connect with rural America, and he knows talking like William Buckley about conservative philosophy isn’t going to get the job done.
But if you look at old Trump videos from the 1980s - he exhibits a completely different persona. Quiet, thoughtful, articulate and well versed in history.
Here’s the thing. There is no way on Earth Donald Trump could possibly accomplish what he has accomplished, withstand what he has withstood, and remain such a straight and true arrow for the conservative movement, unless his governing philosophy was deeply rooted in conservative principles. He doesn’t show it, but I guarantee it’s there.
It has been a real eye-opener to watch people like Mark Levin and others transform from being virtual #neverTrumpers, all the way to comparing him to Ronald Reagan.
Maybe there is more to Kayne West than I am seeing, but if he is to be Trump’s successor, it will require more than his mass appeal as a celebrity - it will require a deep and unshakable foundation in conservative thought.
I don’t base any of this on history. I think we’re way beyond that. I base everything on Breitbart’s notion that politics is downstream of culture.
Pence isn’t even remotely plugged into the culture.
So what are you saying about Plugs Biden?
Also, surveys have shown that the right kind of bald man appearance (think Vin Diesel) gets points for virility. And I don’t think we’ve generally had that kind of appearance in bald men running for president.
Pence was a *radio* talk show host.
And there is something off about Pence, where his look and sound is just too ingratiating somehow to seem real and authentic.
At best he might squeak in on Trump’s coattails for one term, but he’d never make it on his own (putting him in the Poppy Bush bucket).
Unfortunately I think the ambitions of Trump’s Manhattan liberal daughter and SIL, who just now (I mean just now: https://www.google.com/search?q=ivanka+trump&oq=ivanka+trump&aqs=chrome..69i57.2645j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) registered as Republicans, will enter Trump’s calculus.
I just don’t know how deluded and impatient Ivanka might be about her own apparent presidential ambitions.
I really dislike “royal families”. I will only tolerate it if the opposition is so bad I am forced to!
Agreed. The whole family dynasties thing shouldn’t touch politics—and the presidency especially.
Yuck—just listen to Ivanka brag about her fundraising capabilities. She really thinks it is her and not her father.
I think I could mentally make a case for Donald Jr. I still would not be happy about it. Ivanka almost impossible to do unless the Rat nominee is Occasional-Cortex, Warren, Butt-Giggily, or some other Rat sociopath.
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