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.
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Hilarious that Fatso re-emerges 2 years after he ducked out from fighting the 2020 fraud.
Now he’s apparently the point man for the Never Trump chattering campaign. Wonder what Ditch promised him: AG again? A new Toyota?
The funny part is that he apparently thinks people give a crap about what he thinks.
We don’t. Traitors and backstabbers are always considered scum.
Some things just need burnin’.
Bill Barr cashes another deep state check.
True, but the GOP has failed over and over so only an outsider has a chance to course correct, but it's looking doubtful.
He has the nerve to say this after retaining McConnell as Senate leader? GTFO!
Burn 🔥 the entire stinking mess down 🇺🇸✌️😂
Barr is just another mediocre lawyer. They are a dime a dozen and are under every rock you kick in DC. They have no creativity and are marginally intelligent.
The GOP needs it.
Nicely said!! Learn to code...priceless.
Oh no! Not the GOP!!! Who will open our borders and start wars now ?!
Trump revived the Reagan coalition. duh The RHINO establishment Republicans sold us out. I want a pugnacious fighter representing me. Not gracious loser perfumed girl men.
No need. Trump does that very well, himself.
Burning down the GOP will bring new leadership, I agree.
Sure the claims he makes against Trump on style issues can be made about pretty much any politician. Trump is not unique in being narcisistic, or petulant, ect
They don’t see who Trump is
He made his fortune tearing down infirm old structures and putting up new ones using the help he was dealt. He always acted honestly surrounded with... In NYC- not always their best
Metaphorically that’s what he’ll do. These ‘not our best’ creeps in DC will continue to detract. It won’t stop him. It’s how his mind wirks
Raze the corrupt, rebuild with what’s left.
Bill Barr is no friend to Truth or America.
The Uniparty, establishment GOP needs burned down…
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/11/21/the-core-battle-within-the-republican-party/
"Before Donald Trump entered politics there was no home for people voting on the issue of a national economic agenda. Both Democrat and Republican candidates had essentially the same worldview on national economic policy because they are all getting money from the same multinational corporate trough. However, President Trump changed that dynamic by presenting an alternative national economic policy called America-First."
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