Posted on 04/01/2019 4:21:26 AM PDT by Kaslin
From Rachel ‘Tin-Foil-Hat’ Maddow’s glorious near-tears to Eric ‘Nuke-em’ Swalwell and his pal Adam ‘Pencil-Neck’ Schiff’s stubborn refusal to give up even the most minuscule aspects of the Russian collusion conspiracy theory, it’s more than obvious that Dems were more than just a little upset to watch their carefully orchestrated hoax go down in dumpster fire-style flames.
For going-on two years now, every Trump hater from Bill Kristol to Tom Arnold had pinned their hopes on the Mueller probe to “find” the “crime” and “get Drumpf” for good this time. But, like Wile E. Coyote’s always-futile attempts to catch the Road Runner, “Individual 1” managed to escape their clutches yet again and, at least as far as the Mueller investigation is concerned, likely for good.
Yes, this was a big one, and this time it feels different. Sure, there are ongoing Southern District of New York investigations, and you’ll hear the talking heads bring those up as if using his own money to pay off an extortionist or forgetting to dot an i on a tax form from the 80’s is going to somehow amount to some sort of impeachable offense, but tears and protestations aside there seems to be a sense of resignation, acceptance even, to the fact that Donald J. Trump is going to be president of these United States for at least two more years.
Their goal now, it would seem, is to make sure the bleeding stops at two. So, as the shift finally moves away from “Dump Trump mode” and into “Campaign 2020 mode,” it’s worth mentioning the underlying reasoning behind Democrats’ frantic efforts to thwart the will of voters and undo a valid election. Because understanding this will help us understand why Trump has a better than average shot at winning in 2020.
First of all, let’s start with the obvious. Had they succeeded in somehow impeaching the president or otherwise forcing him to resign, even the less intelligent Trump-haters (OK that’s most of them, but we won’t quibble over details) surely knew they would get Mike Pence as president. I’ve had that discussion multiple times with multiple people on our side who always wondered why his enemies acted like removing Trump was the key to everything. “Surely they know they would get Pence then, right?” they would incredulously ask before noting that if libs didn’t like Trump, they would HATE the social conservative Pence.
But here’s the rub - Trump’s haters didn’t care. Nevermind that Trump is not an ideologue and is actually willing to work with Democrats on a host of issues many staunch Republicans, especially social conservatives, would never consider working with Democrats on. Getting stuff done they agree with doesn’t matter to them if it’s being done under the “wrong” president. If it did, Van Jones wouldn’t get such a hard time for working with Trump on prison reform. They don’t WANT to get stuff done under Trump, and they KNOW they wouldn’t get stuff done under Pence.
What they DO want, however, is to win in 2020, and they know they will have a much tougher time beating Trump than they would any other candidate the Republicans could trot out. Make no mistake, the “deep state,” the Washington establishment, the Democrats and the liberal media are all scared to death of the prospect of facing Donald Trump in 2020. Why? Because, just like in 2016, the man can actually WIN.
It’s not like any of us just figured this out. In an article for TheBlaze, I argued in September 2015 that Trump, unlike any of his competitors, could win the 2016 election because he could “appeal to moderates ... sway independents and even attract a few Democrats.”
“If Trump can get past the GOP field, I’m convinced he can win the general election in one of the last election cycles where Republicans have a snowball’s chance,” I wrote.
Let’s face it, demographic changes have made it all but impossible for traditional Republicans to win national elections. Virginia is gone, maybe forever. We lost Ohio during both Obama victories. Florida is teetering. The path any GOP presidential victor takes from 2016 onward is going to look strikingly similar to the path Trump took in 2016 - the Rust Belt states of Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. The president appeals to working class people in those states not only because he talks about an America first trade policy, as he did while campaigning in 2016, but he backs up his talk with actions - which is why he’s got a good shot at keeping enough of those states to win the electoral college in 2020. Can anyone claim with a straight face that Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, or Marco Rubio could have won any of those states?
A CNN piece titled “Inside Trump's re-election machine” should cheer up any Trump supporter who is doubting our chances in two years. It’s an inside look at the already churning Trump campaign under the brilliant Brad Parscale, a “more organized and better-structured” campaign than “its 2016 predecessor ever was,” already with a “formidable ground game across the country.”
Finally, there’s this well-done piece by Townhall’s Kevin McCullough. I don’t know about a “landslide,” but there’s certainly enough reasons to be optimistic if you’re a Trump supporter and more than a little worried if you’re a liberal snowflake.
Democrats failed to remove Trump from office, and now they must face their worst nightmare, Donald J. Trump on the ballot in 2020. Let the games begin.
Who in their right mind would think this is all “no harm, no foul” kinds of stuff and that it should be treated as such? Imagine who’s been lied to...Won’t somebody please think of the children?
You think they are going to let 2020 slide? Between the felon and illegal votes and ballot harvesting, they will exchange any vote totals they need. Moreover they have the infrastructure, Soros paid Sec of States and judges set up.
Their attempt to end run the electoral college shows they will stop at nothing. The rust belt ain’t going save America under the new demographics and superior Democrat political base building. They are willing to swing big, miss, and come right back swinging. All we have is Trump and you can count on one hand the national Republicans that support him. Republicans at all levels haven’t a freaking clue. Dumb as dirt.
So when are the arrests? I won’t hold my breath.
“Virginia is gone, maybe forever”
But is good to remember that...
“In times like these it’s helpful to remember that there have always been times like these.’ (Paul Harvey)...
In fact as I recalled just the other day Texas was once a “blue state” back in the early sixties, when JFK and LBJ were ruling the roost and states weren’t color coded. And then Texas had a long period Of being red and now it’s kind of purpley.
But these things ebb and flow just like the tide, I guess you could say everything is cyclic.
This writer thinks the lib worst nightmare is Trump winning in 2020.
No, that’s not their worst nightmare.
Their worst nightmare is spending a long time in prison.
“won’t someone think of the children”
I don’t want to sound mean-spirited but thinking about the children is a progressive trick to rend people’s hearts into going with their flow.
We would be better served if we would think of the Constitution. Because the Constitution covers the children much more adequately than the rended heart promoted hand-wringing and pious liberal leftists who really have ulterior motives and shiftedly lay guilt upon the masses so that they will move towards leftist thought unknowingly.
Yes, the Cheap Labor Express globalist Free Traitor™ party has been exposed. It has little appeal.
McSally will lose in Az. No sense fighting for her given her track record as a loser and RINO.
Democrat’s “worst nightmare” is Donald J. Trump on the ballot in 2020?
I would have thought it would be thirty or forty of the Democrat leaders facing 25 to life for treason.
Trump is not their worst nightmare. He has been far too gentle with those who attempted to sabotage his campaign, tried to prevent him from taking office and harassed him throughout his Presidency. Comey, McCabe, Brennan , Clapper and Lynch would have been arrested Day 1 by a serious man. All would be in brutally cruel prisons for a very long time. Historically if you do not punish quickly and severely those who plotted a coup but failed, it is a sign of weakness and vulnerability. More will try.
Brezhnev had a policy that communists would not let any country leave the communist orbit. In the USA, leftists are pretty much the same: once a state is “Democratic”, it never leaves the plantation. VA, CO, NV, probably AZ all lost. So how can we win?
“Had they succeeded in somehow impeaching the president or otherwise forcing him to resign, even the less intelligent Trump-haters (OK that’s most of them, but we won’t quibble over details) surely knew they would get Mike Pence as president.”
They would have gotten Civil War II.
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Trump has a behavior pattern that I’ve seen in many successful businessmen.
The successful business man assumes that everyone they meet is an honorable and responsible peer. They give others the benefit of the doubt.
If the new acquaintance behaves honorably, the businessman treats them with full respect, whether they be pro or con in any particular deal.
But if the new acquaintance screws the businessman (lies, cheats, etc), then the businessman will take every opportunity to bury them.
Trump once said in an interview that the political arena is nasty beyond anything in his experience. In the world of business, a person will eventually fail if they don’t keep their word. In politics there are no forces to encourage honor or responsible behavior. Vermin succeed there.
All of the business deals Trump has done were long term; Years in the making. He plays the long game.
So I think, when the time is right, Trump will rain h*ll down on those who have declared him a political enemy and acted on it. I think he’ll ruin them, one way or another. For good.
I have reason for patience, and eagerly await retribution.
We’re missing something here. It’s no secret who these people are yet the Lamar Alexanders and the Murkowski’s don’t support the president openly. They act like Democrat behavior is understandable when the the actions call for a fight.
They are plotting now to crash the market with a resulting “Trump Depression”.
The country be damned.
And, I saw Bill Weld on Fox, last night, proclaiming his intentions to primary President Trump because he isn’t a true fiscal conservative.
And, of course, all of the “Principled Conservatives” on this forum, dissatisfied with the pace of progress. After all, President Trump hasn’t waved a wand and poof! An impenetrable wall didn’t appear on the boarder, with millions of illegal alien bodies, rotting in the sun, oozing matter from the bayonet wounds. They will bitch and moan and then “sit on their hands come November 2020, to send a message!”
Hyperbole? Sure, but not that far from the truth. We conservatives are our own worst enemy.
WP - Trump 2020: a reelection machine like we’ve never seen before.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc7BI5HbkvY&t=59s
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