Posted on 03/10/2022 7:12:38 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
We need a strong and measured president to lead America in these precarious times. One who doesn’t bandy loose threats of annihilation or petty insults against foreign leaders on social media. One who doesn’t necessarily embrace his role as being the most polarizing figure in American politics. One who passionately rebukes the media and demolishes their lies, but remains grounded in logic, reason, and facts.
We need a leader who can’t be tied to leading America into COVID lockdowns or, right or wrong, the mythological January 6 “insurrection.” And most importantly, we need a leader that doesn’t come with the physical and mental impairments that come with 78 years of life on Earth, as Trump will be carrying in 2024.
The frontrunner for that role, it seems clear, should be Ron DeSantis. And while Trump was the right man for the presidency in his time, I hope that he will recognize that his time for that role has passed, and he will pass the torch to his natural successor.
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I am referring to his plan for Trump to renounce the GOP after winning office.
I can’t imagine that he would not have been impeached on the “Russia Collusion” BS and Steele Dossier garbage. That was my thought.
Buts that’s what infiltrated communists do in the Republican party. That is why we call them Republicans in name only, rinos. This is not their party any more. Their political views are more in line with the Democratic-communists.
Remember, silence is consent. These are the very people that chip away at our freedom, at our Constitution! They infiltrate and sow seeds of division. We must be ever more vigilant.
What is the reason for attempting to talk us out of our choice for President? He’s mean. Their fee fees are hurt. He’s too old? They have given Biden their blessing and he has serious cognitive difficulties.
We should scrutinize the people being hypercritical of President Trump. They do not belong in our Republican party.
Three reasons? I only need one.
Trump’s re-election in 2024 will mark him as one of only two presidents to win three presidential elections.
Donald Trump could have retained Michael Flynn, fired Jeff Sessions, fired Rod Rosenstein, fired Christopher Wray, Robert Mueller and Andrew Weissman. When McConnell threatened removal, he could have said, "I dare you".
Yes, of course the Deep State is deep. But to hit those fat, juicy targets pour encourager les autres was well within his competency.
By your “logic” Soros funded CPAC which overwhelmingly voted for Trump in their straw poll.
Ok…….
Yeah, sorry, but Trump already WON re-election and just was not allowed to serve. The man deserves his second term, and I’m not voting for another damn Republican presidential candidate until he gets it.
So stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
“ But Donald Trump was a FAILURE at staffing the Executive Branch…”
Trump didn’t succeed in everything, fair enough.
He DID succeed in more than anyone since Reagan and did it in 3 years (not counting the quarantine year) and with immense obstruction by BOTH parties.
Wait until our Orange Revolution.
Reagan. Sorry but Reagan eliminated European Soviet-style communism, ended inflation, got the job market booming, restored our national pride
Trump: best since January 19, 1989, Reagan’s last full day as POTUS.
And on January 20, 1989, Bush undid it all.
I had thought it was a shoe-in for the Democrats in 2018.
You are certainly right about a Trump/MAGA GOP being dead, now. I think you can count the MAGA GOP in DC on one hand.
Since you are in a predictive mood, what do you see happening this November? Do Trump Republicans do well or get spanked?
That seems key for Trump in 2024. If he cannot shape congressional elections, then all he can do is try to see that America is not destroyed for another four years. I don’t even think I would want the job of fixing what the Democrats have already broken.
And nothing will happen to this evil.....like all the rest they’ll live forever....
“I dare you”
I doubt he would have survived his first term. He had some Republican support (pretend), he would have had none. They likely would have voted for the first impeachment.
No matter the alternate reality, he accomplished the really important things. The country was in great shape, we are on the road to destruction now...
The good far outweighs the bad.
Do you think the press will like DeSantis more than Trump?
It doesn’t work that way. Whoever we pick as flag-bearer will be savaged as the new Hitler. Even guys like Bush and Romney who essentially agree with Democrats on everything. Anyone who gets in their way is Hitler. And the weak sisters on our side wring their hands and think, if only we picked someone with less baggage, instead of resolutely defending the guy we picked.
I like DeSantis. But if they would steal it from Trump they’ll steal it from DeSantis.
You’re fighting last decade’s battle while watching the enemy win the war, bramps.
My House prediction for November is a GOP arithmetical but not working majority (221 max). The Senate will be close, a 51-49 GOP Senate is not impossible but again, the Democrats can run the country with 50 Senators, but the GOP needs AT LEAST 55-56 Senators to have a working majority, which will not happen.
The GOP-Dem coalition has us right where they want us. Each gives one thing the People want, and one thing they hate. If you bother to vote, you cannot (under this duopoly) get what you want - but neither can anyone else, which is why people are restless and angry.
It is possible to form a party that could gain 75% support and form a real government, but it would screw so many swamp dwellers and piss off so many activists it’s hard to see it happening without a leader.
I convinced myself Trump was that leader, but I was wrong.
Trump was really good but made some glaring (but forgivable as he wasn’t a lifelong politician) mistakes
I’d certainly support him again but I think we’d be a lot better off with DeSantis—younger, less baggage (lotsa ppl just wont vote for DJT no matter what) to deal with and DJT will be tied to the vax failures when/if they start getting national attention—that may be bullshit but you can bet it will happen.
Not realistic. Third parties have tremendous odds stacked against them. Better to reform the GOP from within than try to form a third party. It can be done.
Is Anti-Trump Hysteria America's Most Ridiculous Moment? By William SullivanBut here are some fun facts when it comes to Trump's campaign and presidency.
A greater percentage of the Hispanic, black, and Asian racial demographics voted for Trump than Mitt Romney, meaning that Trump is actually more attractive to minority voters than the more traditional Republicans who'd run before him. And where the data exist, they show that minority support is increasing with his presidency.
Trump offered a better economy, fueled by reduced regulation and lower taxes, which would allow more individuals within all communities to thrive. Broadly, he offered a promise that he would seek to cauterize the massive influx of illegal alien trespassers who compete for wages in unskilled labor markets, who, additionally, take advantage of taxpayer-funded education, or social programs like welfare which are designed to uniquely benefit American citizens, not non-citizens.
"Not to put too fine a point on this, but it wasn't Trump's being a right-wing radical that won him the election. It was lower-income, moderate Democrats who ultimately secured his presidency in 2016, not the wealthy or the right-wing fringe, as so many leftists believe.
Consider this. Romney won 54% of the $100K-plus income demographic in 2012, while getting just 38% of the greater than $50K-earners. Trump, on the other hand, won only 47% of the $100K-plus-earners, but 41% of the greater than $50K-earners (hint: there are a lot more of the latter).
Perhaps most importantly, his campaign rhetoric was attractive to Democrat voters in Blue Wall states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan because he campaigned on a desire to protect industry, via tariffs, in these highly unionized states (Trump won 4% more support from union members in 2016 than Romney in 2012 and perhaps even did better than Reagan in courting unions). Entitlement reform, it should be noted, was not on his to-do list. He was adamant that America needs more, not less, spending on infrastructure. These are traditionally Democrat positions, which he employed to win their votes.
In other words, Trump was so balanced a candidate that he not only spoke to much of the traditionally Republican base, but caused a political defection from many moderate Democrats. And not only did he win a greater share of votes among the coveted minority demographics whom Democrats had believed to be perennial Democrat voters for decades to come, but his support among those demographics is increasing."
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