Posted on 05/14/2022 3:40:45 PM PDT by wardaddy
Supporters of Donald Trump won’t want to hear this. As a supporter of Donald Trump myself, I don’t want to write it. But there’s a reality that needs to be explained for the sake of understanding why Donald Trump is endorsing certain people. It may be uncomfortable for some to hear, but it needs to be said.
Throughout this primary season, Donald Trump has made a few questionable endorsements. Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is AT BEST a milquetoast centrist and at worst a RINO globalist, is arguably his worst endorsement and the most noteworthy in the upcoming Pennsylvania primary.
But news came in today that he endorsed Doug Mastriano for Governor. Many have cheered as Mastriano has been a MAGA guy all along. He was among the strongest fighters against the 2020 election steal and was leading the Pennsylvania Senate to be the first in the nation to correct the fraud but was stalled by RINOs. His endorsement makes perfect sense.
So why did it happen now? Why has Trump withheld arguably the easiest endorsement possible until four days before the primary? The reason is unfortunate: It wasn’t until this week that Mastriano appeared to have the nomination well in hand.
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I suspect there is some truth to it.
2 of the endorsements in NV suck too. Lombardo for gov and laxalt for senate. WRONG!
Blogger panties in a wad over absolutely nothing. 99.9% of the population doesn’t know or care about what they are soooo concerned about.
Makes sense to me
Part of what Trump is doing is to get different people into office.
Part of what Trump is doing is to establish an endorsement record, which is why he’s endorsed incumbents who weren’t running against anybody or were sure to win anyway.
This irks the Establishment, since Trump can tout his endorsement record (currently 58-1, etc.).
But going forward, it creates a CONSERVATIVE endorsement standard, which the Establishment doesn’t want. They like having their fancy-pants endorsements all to themselves. Remember all the governors and senators and cabinet members etc. ad nauseum that endorsed Jeb! “Why, that’s the ticket, Jeb’s the man! Look at all who’s behind him.
But Jeb! lost. Big. $100 million down the drain. And all those endorsements looked silly in retrospect.
And they proved to be WORTHLESS.
Same with Ohio. Rob Portman endorsed Jane Timken to succeed him. “Why that’s the ticket! Let’s all get behind Jane!” She came in FIFTH!
Bottom line. The Establishment’s endorsements will be worthless while Trump’s endorsements will be seen to be winners. And those that want Trump’s endorsement better toe the line when they’re elected, or they won’t get it again.
This is a long game.
When my husband starts off a statement with, “You might not want to hear this or you are not going to like this,” I tell him to not say it then! I stopped reading after the first two sentences of this blog.
“Part of what Trump is doing is to get different people into office.
Part of what Trump is doing is to establish an endorsement record, which is why he’s endorsed incumbents who weren’t running against anybody or were sure to win anyway.
This irks the Establishment, since Trump can tout his endorsement record (currently 58-1, etc.).
But going forward, it creates a CONSERVATIVE endorsement standard, which the Establishment doesn’t want. They like having their fancy-pants endorsements all to themselves. Remember all the governors and senators and cabinet members etc. ad nauseum that endorsed Jeb! “Why, that’s the ticket, Jeb’s the man! Look at all who’s behind him.
But Jeb! lost. Big. $100 million down the drain. And all those endorsements looked silly in retrospect.
And they proved to be WORTHLESS.
Same with Ohio. Rob Portman endorsed Jane Timken to succeed him. “Why that’s the ticket! Let’s all get behind Jane!” She came in FIFTH!
Bottom line. The Establishment’s endorsements will be worthless while Trump’s endorsements will be seen to be winners. And those that want Trump’s endorsement better toe the line when they’re elected, or they won’t get it again.
This is a long game.”
Agree.
DT isn’t perfect but his record in endorsing candidates so far is very strong.
Ted Cruz also said he endorses the most conservative candidate he feels is most likely to win.
I read a fair rationale for his endorsement of Oz on this board yesterday - i.e., that he picked Oz a way of staying out of messy PA politics.
It’s up to the voters, ultimately, and so far most of the voters seem solidly in tune with Trump’s endorsements.
They want to be heard
Doesn't men they want solution
But when they do
Killer in the house or oldeat soj defiant or man lost directions then man better get on it
Difficult to navigate for us
this guy just endorsed Barnette
“I read a fair rationale for his endorsement of Oz on this board yesterday - i.e., that he picked Oz a way of staying out of messy PA politics.”
Trump’s endorsed candidate, Sean Parnell, had to drop out. So Trump wanted to endorse somebody else. He wanted to stop McCormick so he endorsed Oz. Barnette wasn’t even on the radar then.
Trump could have stayed out of it completely but he wanted to stop McCormick, which is a rational decision.
If Barnette wins on Tuesday, the party should get behind her, as it should for Oz if he is the nominee.
The people will decide on Tuesday.
“this guy just endorsed Barnette”
Just saw that. Now that’s interesting. Should she win on Tuesday, they could campaign together till November.
I’d love to see them both win in November if they’re the nominees, and I don’t buy that they’re not electable.
“This is a long game.”
I think you understand his strategy.
After his 1960 Presidential loss to John Kennedy and his 1962 California gubernatorial loss to Pat Brown, Richard Nixon spent his time endorsing candidates all over the country.
Racking up what were in effect party IOUs.
This paid off for him in 1968 when he was nominated for President a second time.
They can cry all they want. I trust Trump over them. If he builds a big list of winning endorsements, that puts a lot of pressure on people like Rove, the Bushes, etc., particularly when most of their endorsements fail.
Yawn. Some hack having thoughts
“I think you understand his strategy.
After his 1960 Presidential loss to John Kennedy and his 1962 California gubernatorial loss to Pat Brown, Richard Nixon spent his time endorsing candidates all over the country.
Racking up what were in effect party IOUs.
This paid off for him in 1968 when he was nominated for President a second time.”
That’d absolutely right! You know your history, as I do (and as Trump does, since he’s old enough to remember these things, having lived through them, while I only read about them). And they thought Nixon too was finished after he was defeated in ‘60 and then again in ‘62. But he returned triumphantly to power. And Nixon was hated just as much as Trump.
It’s really up to the voters. I’m not an expert on every district in the USA. (Surprise!) As long as the vote is fairly tabulated, we should abide by it.
When people believe he has endorsed the wrong candidate they will vote for whom they believe is the right candidate. I can't blame him for taking a gimme on Doug, because he was the obvious choice from the start, in my opinion.
Others here disagree with me, and I have no problem with that. I personally have no say in the matter, since I do not live in Pa., other than state my preference. 🙂
Like others, I am not crazy about Oz, and McCormick seems like the GOPe choice, and Kathy Barnette is a fighter, albeit an unknown as to who she really is.
Let's just hope if she wins the nomination that she can be a winner in the general election and be a strong Trump ally. The same goes for those Trump endorsed but are not liked by the voters in other states. 🙂
“That’s absolutely right! You know your history, as I do”
I got a recent refresher by reading the late Robert Novak’s memoir “The Prince of Darkness”. I highly recommend it:
Sens. Cornyn,(Trump endorsed) Tillis (Trump endorsed), and Graham (Trump endorsed) are putting their Amnesty Gang back together.
They just need you to re-elect Amnesty Senators Hoeven (Trump endorsed) and Rubio (Trump endorsed).
Amnesty is the opposite of MAGA.
And they want to get it done before we can re-elect Trump.
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