Posted on 11/14/2022 9:04:14 AM PST by LRoggy
The midterm clusterfark has drawn plenty of hot takes and instant analyses that range from insightful to self-serving to unbelievably stupid. But now that we have gotten past the initial blasts of the flamethrower, perhaps we should take a breath and sit down, and think about where we are as a movement and what we need to do as a party for 2024. There’s a lot to talk about, from procedural questions like how we intend to cope with the new world of extended mail voting to substantive imperatives like how we must repeal the 19th Amendment as it applies to single, liberal women who vote for their Democrat Daddy in appalling numbers. We need to ask questions about candidate selection, money, issue choices, and a bunch of other stuff. And we need to answer the question of what to do about Donald J. Trump.
My DMs and texts and chats and super-secret Townhall VIP email (Join with promo code KURT for a discount!) exploded – I mean, they went the full Nagasaki – during the 24 hours after the election, and most of it was along the lines of “I am so done with Trump!” It was not just a few people, and it was not only on back channels (Twitter was alive with Trump-roasting). It was a lot of people, and most were pretty damn hardcore. These were not Never Trump sissies or establishment shills – those losers don’t get to talk to me. These were people who, unanimously, were grateful for what Trump did.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Oh, if he can’t say MAGA then he is not MAGA. Would it be that big of a surprise if DeoSanctus turned out to be a milquetoast Youngkin type in the end? I wouldn’t be THAT surprised.
ArtDodger wrote: “Dugway, we will have to respectfully disagree here. My feeling is, many can run but only Trump will fix things.”
Trump won’t fix anything if he isn’t elected. His record of election successes starts and stops with 2016. You see Trump as a fighter. Too many see Trump as a bully. People don’t like bullies.
Election theft is the problem, but let’s pretend it’s Orange Man Bad.
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BINGO!
Good Lord, that is silly loser talk.
What are you going to do when Trump dies someday? Win or not, dead or not, his career is over after the 2024 cycle.
It is entirely normal and beneficial to have primary challenges. Especially with someone divisive like Trump involved.
If The Don is so invincible, then he should win a primary challenge.
The author is correct that Trump has much to answer for before many Rs can trust him again.
And Youngkin WON Virginia; Trump didn’t
You sound like the Left, where WORDS mean more than Policy.
Is MAGA your version of Pronouns?
Trump During Covid:
Rush out vaccines without proper testing
KEPT FAUCI in his position
Supported shut downs and the rest of the suppression that came with it
Did not investigate Cuomo and other Governors who sent ill people to the Nursing Homes
DeSantis during Covid:
Fought against lockdowns
Segregated the Nursing Homes
Fought back PUBLICLY against Fauci
Made vaccines voluntary
Pray tell, which of the two were ‘MAGA’ to use your pronoun of choice!
MAGA is impossible when faced with the power of the elite Marxist oligarchy.
All MAGA can do is attempt to do as much damage as possible to the current governing structure. That is its maximum high point. That structure has to collapse before you can even dream about making America any kind of great.
Youngkin is squishy moderate like you.
If you dont have the BALLs to say MAGA then you are the MSM’s bitch.
For the record, I had this guy pegged as an opportunistic phony years ago. I assume anyone who touts his military experience in "Operation Enduring Freedom" (that would be the U.S. military campaign in Kosovo) in his biographical profile is nothing more than a globalist stooge.
You know NOTHING about me Nina
If you dont have the BALLs to say MAGA then you are the MSM’s bitch.
He/Him . . . that’s what you are stooping to
That’s all you’ve got? Say MAGA or you’re not supportive of what the movement wants to do”
MAGA MAGA MAGA . . . Whooooooooooooo!
Gee, the man who requires MAGA, does not have it in his picture! Who do you support if he has a heart attack from the vaccines he created?
Oh, that’s right, you’ll take your ball and go home!
He d1ckhed,. DeoSanctus is a fraud. I can smell it.
I think we had about 15 reliable conservatives vs 85 globalists before the election and we still do. The outcome didn't change much.
Whatever Potsy.
It’s an excellent article. Kurt’s points are valid. For all the good Trump has done, he is his own worst enemy and love him or hate him, many in the country are tired of him. He’s going to have to answer a lot of questions about what he would do differently this time around. That said, those reflexively pointing to DeSantis as the answer need to gather some perspective. Nobody knows how DS will play on the National stage and there is no evidence he can attract votes in the Midwest like Trump can.
Ultimately, the point is moot until the GOP figures out how to win elections with the current VBM scheme. Does anyone have any confidence that we can win MI, PA, GA or AZ nationally? They all stood around and did nothing. Trump whined for 2 years but continued to back McDaniel. The GOP as a whole stuck their heads in the sand thinking things were so bad nationally that it wouldn’t matter, in addition to those who were just fine looking the other way as a convenient excuse to blame Trump.
Gee Fonz, can I lick your leather jacket? MAGA!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Except DeSantis actually curbed most of the voter fraud in FL. So I don’t buy your narrative that voter fraud is impossible to stop. Not long ago Florida was in danger of turning blue.
Trump is going to announce tomorrow? Where is Ronnie Boy. Here Ron, here boy? Where is he???
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