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Bill Barr: Trump Will Burn Down the GOP. Time for New Leadership.
Common Sense ^ | 11/21/2022 | William P. Barr

Posted on 11/21/2022 1:03:23 PM PST by Grandpa Drudge

The Republican Party has a historic opportunity to revive the old Reagan coalition. The person standing in the way is the 45th president, writes the former attorney general.

During the Republican primaries in 2016, I supported, in succession, every alternative to Donald Trump. I did not see him as our party’s standard-bearer. He was not my idea of a president. I could see that he was grossly self-centered, lacked self-control, and almost always took his natural pugnacity too far. While he could be compelling, I found myself cringing at his frequently juvenile, bombastic, and petulant style.

I also saw Trump’s strengths. I liked the clear and direct way he staked out a position and his willingness to state unpleasant truths that many were afraid to say. I appreciated that he was willing to confront head-on difficult issues—like unfair trade deals, or our allies’ paltry defense spending—that other politicians dodged. Above all, Trump had accurately diagnosed, and given voice to, the deep frustration of many middle-class and working-class Americans who were fed up with the excesses of progressive Democrats; the shameless partisanship of the mainstream media; and the smug condescension of elites who had mismanaged the country, sold them out, and appeared content to preside over the decline of America.

But it is now clear he lacks the qualities essential to achieving the kind of unity and broad election victory in 2024 so necessary if we are to right our listing republic. It is time for new leadership.

(Excerpt) Read more at commonsense.news ...


TOPICS: AMERICA - The Right Way!!; Conspiracy; History; Society
KEYWORDS: bagpipes; billbarr; dogdukie; dukiedoo; dukieduke; election; gasbag; politics; propaganda; rino; stayoutdabushes
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To: 1Old Pro

WOW, just WOW.

Dave from Wendy’s needs a Burger!


121 posted on 11/21/2022 3:31:06 PM PST by pacificus
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To: ohioman

Pathetic backstabber


122 posted on 11/21/2022 3:34:35 PM PST by stratboy
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To: DugwayDuke

Admit it

You’re just a tool.

A narrative rear guard

A lefty weasel

It’s okay

/-)

You do you ,,

And I’ll do me,
calming you out on it.

IOW
Pinning the tail on the donkey.

/-)

.


123 posted on 11/21/2022 3:41:38 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: cuz1961

And I’ll do me,

calling ( corrected for the 5th time)

you out on it.


124 posted on 11/21/2022 3:43:21 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: All
43-A04-A06-AA84-4-C87-8619-6-C0192-FF6941

125 posted on 11/21/2022 3:44:18 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: cuz1961

I guess both work /-)


126 posted on 11/21/2022 3:44:29 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: DugwayDuke

Well then it is a sad day that voters look to style as being more important on what the candidate actually does.


127 posted on 11/21/2022 3:51:10 PM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: Sam Gamgee

Sam Gamgee wrote: “Well then it is a sad day that voters look to style as being more important on what the candidate actually does.”

It’s been that way for awhile.
BTW, most of those supporting Trump in this forum do so because of his style. How many have posted, ‘I like Trump because he fights’.


128 posted on 11/21/2022 4:00:40 PM PST by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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To: vivenne
No, that’s not the real question, Chin. Nice defection though.

Absolutely no idea to what you are referring here, but keep talking to yourself in the corner if that amuses you.

129 posted on 11/21/2022 4:01:14 PM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: cuz1961

cuz1961 wrote: “Admit it”

I will admit that the ability to win is the most important thing for me in a candidate. If you can’t win, your policies don’t matter because you’ll never get to implement them.


130 posted on 11/21/2022 4:02:04 PM PST by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Guess you can’t comprehend your own posts. Says a lot


131 posted on 11/21/2022 4:03:06 PM PST by vivenne
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To: Sam Gamgee
Well then it is a sad day that voters look to style as being more important on what the candidate actually does.

That's been true to varying degrees among voters since the advent of TV. It's important to enough people that it can be the deciding factor in otherwise close elections.

132 posted on 11/21/2022 4:04:01 PM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: DugwayDuke

So if The Son of Sam could “Win” you’d vote for him regardless of his “policies”? Is that your logic?


133 posted on 11/21/2022 4:04:57 PM PST by vivenne
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To: Grandpa Drudge

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Field+of+Avenry&&view=detail&mid=2911C202D14B0D2444CC2911C202D14B0D2444CC&&FORM=VDRVRV


134 posted on 11/21/2022 4:05:02 PM PST by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite prayer warriors. 10.5.6.5)
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To: Grandpa Drudge

NOTE TO BARR:TRUMP is the new leader you moron. Get with the program or get the hell off the MAGA TRAIN cause its leaving the station an you are on the wrong track! Get on board AMERICA we are going to a great ride!
lex


135 posted on 11/21/2022 4:05:55 PM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: DugwayDuke

Ya, ya, ya. You hate Trump. We get it. We don’t care. But, we get it and it seems obsessive.


136 posted on 11/21/2022 4:08:38 PM PST by vivenne
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To: vivenne
Guess you can’t comprehend your own posts. Says a lot.

No, it's common courtesy - and basic logic - to quote the text of the post to which you're responding. That's particularly true when the person has made more than one post in a thread, and so cannot know to which post your comment is directed. Especially when you comment lacks any specifics.

137 posted on 11/21/2022 4:08:38 PM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: DugwayDuke

A real ends justifies the means kinda guy eh ?

Typical weasel.

You’all the same.


138 posted on 11/21/2022 4:08:43 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Would you please wipe the RINO off your chin

It’s gross.


139 posted on 11/21/2022 4:10:02 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Antoninus

Not really. Sessions and Barr are who Mitch McConnell would allow as attorney general. Their #1 job was to protect the status quo and let the corruption in the FBI and DOJ wear Trump down. The Democrats set up Trump, the Republicans leadership let it happen while pretending their hands were clean.


140 posted on 11/21/2022 4:11:17 PM PST by Widget Jr (Ignore your television, especially CNN.)
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