Posted on 03/17/2022 12:14:20 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
We humans are wired in such a way as to look out for our best interests. It's how we survive. But sometimes we go off the rails and do things that can cause us more harm than good. And yes, I'm thinking of the love and affection some Republicans still have for Donald Trump, despite all the harm he has done to them and the party.
You'd think that after losing the House during his presidency, and losing the presidency itself.....
Think about it this way: We are humans, after all, not robots. We don't always color inside the lines because coloring outside the lines makes us feel, well, independent. It's a way to be rebellious. Voting for Trump is the political version of coloring outside the lines.
Donald Trump stands for something important to his most loyal followers, the ones who are truly committed to him. They may not believe, as he claims to believe, that he's a "stable genius." They may not even believe that he's stable. But they believe something important about him nonetheless: that he's standing up to all those snooty liberal elites who condescendingly believe they're better than the "hayseeds" who live in flyover country and eat at chain restaurants and fly the flag on the Fourth of July.
Never underestimate the power - or the raw satisfaction - of getting even, of settling the score with smug "sophisticates" who think they're better than "ordinary" Americans. That's why Donald Trump is so popular even now, even after all the harm he has done to his party, even though he, more than anyone else, may be responsible for the progressive agenda that President Biden is pursuing. Trump, after all, is why Biden is president.
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Because he was one of the most effective presidents of my lifetime, despite almost every denizen of the swamp doing everything humanly possible to thwart him.
How a “pundit” who makes a damn good living analyzing and commenting on politics etc his entire life can be so friggen’ wrong.
If anything has been laid bare these past several years its how ignorant and out of touch the entire DC establishment is, from its politicians to its bureaucrats to its media.
Trump listened to us. Its that simple.
They just don’t get it. Most of us who vote for Trump are voting for a capable administrator who shares our values and love of country. To me, and many like me, Trump isn’t a role model, he’s not my buddy, he’s someone I see as an excellent hire.
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We hire Presidents based on their competence, leadership, track record, and so on. The fit of the candidate’s resume to the job.
Liberals hire based on feelings, appearances, and hatreds of people who do not share their radical religious values. The fit of the candidate’s emotional appeal to their feelings of how the job should be done.
Goldberg is in reality describing himself and the rest of the spineless Rhinos.
So if you had a choice between twelve gold bars and 8 gold bars you’d choose 8, right?
Recall the 40* of Republican congressmen who retired prior to the 2018 mid terms opening up suburban seats. Recall the vicious 7x24 negative press Trump got before the mid terms. Its not surprising the Dems flipped the house.
Every day it becomes clearer that there was massive cheating during the 2020 election. Zuckerberg basically bribed the vote counters with his 400 million contributions in swing states. There was a massive ballot harvesting effort. Illegal votes were manufactured. Election laws were illegally set aside to allow fake mail in ballots to be counted. Without cheating Trump would have handily won reelection. Republicans picked up seats in 2020. How does that happen if cheating did not occur?
Well said!
It is not that difficult to understand.
If you had more maturity you would not think that.
Your definition of Trump is one of the best I have seen.
I’m definitely voting for him again, if he’s the nominee.
Bernie wrote: You'd think that after losing the House during his presidency, and losing the presidency itself.....
Bernard Goldberg has written actual political books that people bought and read.
Let that sink in.
This guy hasn't got the political brains God gave to gophers.
He doesn't understand:
1. That Paul Ryan DELIBERATELY handed the House to the Democrats in 2018. and
2. That the 2020 "election" was so blatantly stolen that it's beyond question.
Correct. Ryan did it deliberately.
A more apt question. Why do dumbass democrats still vote democrat?
They’re just all scared stiff about the possibility of PDJT becoming POTUS again. They’ve all outed themselves, they’re exposed for all to see.
If PDJT becomes POTUS again he’ll have no need to have any restraint, he’ll be a wrecking ball to all the dirty deeds that go on and they all know it.
...all the more reason to vote for him.
I’ll happily vote for Trump again but it’s a day dream to think his second term would be any different than his first. Nobody in the swamp is afraid of him. They will do what they want again. The power of POTUS is greatly reduced without the support of a political party
Which is why those who like Trump, vote for Trump. And it is why those who wish to control us are so freaked out about Trump. He is not one of Them.
Republicans were always afraid of winning and having to do what their supporters wanted. Hopefully this won’t happen during the mid terms but we shall see.
They’re thinking this is about Trump. It isn’t.
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