Posted on 02/22/2021 11:50:19 AM PST by SeekAndFind
In the film “Wag The Dog,” Robert De Niro plays a political fixer who produces a fake war to save a president from a scandal. In one seminal scene, William H. Macy plays a CIA operative who tells De Niro’s character that there is no war. But the fixer has an answer; he says of course there is a war, because he is watching it on TV. We find ourselves in a similar place on the supposed Republican civil war in the wake of the non-leftist Capitol riot.
Let’s be perfectly clear: there is no civil war in the GOP, no major schism, no two sides battling for control of the party of Lincoln. Poll after poll shows us that Republican voters overwhelmingly see Donald Trump as the leader of the party. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Rep. Liz Cheney’s hopes that voters would abandon Trump have been dashed on the cliffs of reality.
So why is the media pretending that some major battle for the future of the GOP has been joined? One reason is quite simply the desire to keep the profitable Trump story going. After spending five years addicted to easy bait and click stories, the media is loathe to give Trump up. Stories of him, Machiavelli-like, plotting and planning in the glam quarters of Mar a Lago are too tempting to resist.
The right sort have been mocking Republicans like House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Sen. Lindsay Graham for heading to Florida to kiss Trump’s ring. But why wouldn’t they? Trump’s populist, America First presidency was wildly popular among conservatives. His willingness to be the first Republican to fully engage the culture war also gave a new meaning and purpose for the party even in defeat.
Let’s look at what each side is offering and compare. The Trump wing, otherwise known as 90 percent of the GOP, is offering a laser focus on American jobs, a firm hand at the border, and a foreign policy that doesn’t kowtow to China and avoids new wars. Culturally it s a party willing to say that men cannot become women and that America is not a racist country.
The establishment side is offering what, exactly? Calm? Dignity? I don’t know, judges? Judges are great, and they are McConnell’s legacy. But by the time political and cultural issues go before the courts, conservatives have already lost; they are already on defense. What is McConnell’s vision for the Republican Party? What is Cheney’s? What do they want to achieve? Does anyone know?
As conservatives look at the country right now they see schools teaching their kids that America is bad place. They see corporations embracing racism that is eroding the very notion of a society of equals. They see big tech censoring not just opinions but actual news that could hinder the leftist march towards total power.
In short, conservative voters see an existential crisis. It’s a real one, not the political theater of troops and fences in Washington DC awaiting an insurrection that isn’t coming, but the fraying of the basic fabric of America. Voters don’t want to hear McConnell’s complaints about Trump’s behavior. They want to hear how a Republican Party that has been playing defense for 30 years will take the fight forward to restore basic American values.
For those in the media, and former conservatives left homeless by Trump’s success, the myth of this civil war is too much to resist. They are desperate to believe that any moment now GOP voters will come to their senses and reject Trump. It isn’t going to happen. They warn that losses in the suburban white vote will doom Republicans to permanent second place, but as the party becomes more diverse and working class it can afford to leave the Whole Foods set behind.
The Republican Party is Donald Trump’s party. It is today and it will be tomorrow. As the out of touch media drones on about establishment fossils trying to turn the clock back, rest assured they have no idea what they are talking about it. There is no civil war; it’s just a TV show. And we already know how it ends.
Bump
F the swamp, F the GOPe and F GOPe leaders.
“I’m well aware that anyone in government is above the law.”
To me that pertains to Democrats more than Republicans although I believe the Republicans in the DC Swamp are maybe more treacherous than a lot of Democrats.
“We are going to live under one party rule, except those that emigrate.”
If people do not find their gonads and discover their integrity you just may be right.
For some of us, like our forefathers, our personal rights and freedoms are worth fighting for.
I do not have to ask. You are still searching.....
Perhaps, but it matters little. The Dems have institutionalized voter fraud and no amount of grassroots effort can overcome it. Better learn to like democrat policies, as there won't be a republican president or majority for the next two generations.
Sunshine pumper on parade. Until the GOPE is utterly destroyed there will be civil war in the GOP. They go or conservatives go.
We posted a question a few topics ago relating to the ability for an ALREADY Sitting county, state House or Senate member to change their party affiliation, and take up another.
This would, to me, if possible allow PDJT to Build New Party, accept position in said party by those proven to be True by vote Conservatives/constitutionalists to become New Party Members holding those seats under the New Party Leadership.
I do not think it is a silly idea, just asking if our legal minds here know if it can or has been done in the past
Blessings
All eyes have been opened to voter fraud they hasn’t paid of it yet but they will.
Even democrat voters are very ticked off about the democrat corruption.
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