Posted on 04/15/2023 3:49:46 AM PDT by cotton1706
Recently, I’ve come to terms with the likelihood that Donald Trump will (gulp!) be the Republican presidential nominee, again. That’s right, it may only be April, but I’ve entered the “Jesus Take The Wheel” stage for the 2024 campaign.
Call it naive wishcasting, but until recently, I thought that Ron DeSantis might help us avoid this very situation. But the last month or so has not gone well. DeSantis’ rocky rollout (technically, he still hasn’t entered the race), coupled with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment, have elevated Trump to clear frontrunner status.
Trump Wants to Turn His Most Toxic Baggage Into Primary Gold
While there are a million reasons to fear Trump winning the Republican nomination, I am comforting myself by the fact that there could be a silver lining: If the goal is to truly eradicate Trumpism, the most obvious method is for Trump to win the Republican nomination, and then (this part is important) he must be decisively defeated.
It has been observed that political parties do not change until they have endured multiple losses. If that is true of normal parties, it is doubly true of a MAGA movement headed by Donald Trump.
As a Never Trump conservative, I never wanted to have to come to grips with this scenario. I would love for someone to wrest control of the GOP from Trump, but it is looking increasingly unlikely that Republicans are capable of stopping Trump from once again winning their presidential nomination.
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Was it:
That is an incomplete list but please tell us what is not conservative about any of those things?
Hell — I’ve supported Trump all this time because I’m not a Republican, either.
Clown?
President Trump has to be destroyed.
He won the highest office in the land.
Without ever having held political office of any kind.
If he can do it, so can others.
We are their biggest fear.
President Trump put us first.
America first.
He stood behind all of us.
I stand behind him.
President Trump cannot be bought.
We all know the abuse he took. With a smile.
More regular and not so regular Men and women should step up to the plate.
President Trump put fear into their tiny brains.
Strike while the iron is hot.
These bastard on both sides need to fear us, the only way to get your liberty back.
Prayers for President Trump.
The GOP is simply a mixed extension of an opposition uniparty.
“What exactly is a “mainstream” conservative, Matt? “
A “mainstream” conservative is one who never really wanted Obamacare repealed (and was likely happy it passed in the first place), one who never REALLY wanted Roe vs. Wade overturned and delights in John Roberts continually joining the liberals, one who is for “commonsense gun reforms,” one who supported “comprehensive immigration reform,” etc., etc.
Writer must be a Democrat an idiot or both
I know it's late, and I know Trump wants that damn GOP nomination to show up McConnell, Romney, and the rest (It's not YOUR party, It's MINE!), but this is just the vanity of an old man because, bottom line, it IS their party and there is no alternative party organization to get rid of the old one.
The more I study Bonaparte, the more I see Trump's dilemma.
Charismatic, inspirational, enough followers to topple the government and even to wage war - but not enough to defeat, in the end, the Ancien Régime and its international allies.
If Trump were ever to return to power, and were to govern, he would either have to do so behind bayonets, or he would have to form a political movement that could sweep 5000 administrators and generals into power along with him to take out the trash permanently.
His enemies, united in Blue-Red coalition, know this perfectly well, which is why they act the way they do, why they fear him, even though they contained him so well the last time.
Trump as the GOP nominee MAKES NO SENSE. The GOP is made up of his enemies. Forcing them to nominate him DOES constitute "owning" them, showing them for the hollow men they are - but even if the Dem-GOP coalition fails to fix the election (and they won't), it will not bring the government this country needs to power.
A Trump inauguration as a "Republican" in 2025 will start an American Cent jours (Hundred days) which will end with assassination or exile.
Winning, this time, requires running AGAINST both parties (which Americans rightly hate), and Donald Trump has shown us nothing to suggest he can form a cross-party movement to drain the swamp.
There are green shoots (new life, not eco-nut) in both parties, that understand the situation (RFK jr, Tulsi, Tucker Carlson, MTG, Kris Kobach, etc). The two party system exists to suppress change. Time to make its destruction Job #1.
That’s why he was perfectly suited to run as an outsider for political office.
I was referring to the author of this piece, not you...
Friendly fire. I feel like Stonewall Jackson.
LOL...Here is something you’ve probably seen...I’ve posted it a couple of times, but you may want to bookmark it for future...
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/trump-administration-accomplishments/
His ‘husband’ thinks he is cute.
I don't believe this animal exists.
I wonder what makes a write like this so self-righteous and judgmental. At a certain point, they decided to use their positions of influence to shamelessly try to affect elections. The appearance of impartiality is completely out the window. These people are scum.
BTTT
“ It has been observed that political parties do not change until they have endured multiple losses.”
Yet Ronna will still be running the party until the universe dies.
“Trump has a chance if the economy craters or if the Dems run Biden”
80 yo Biden will gracefully retire and young, telegenic CA Gov. Gavin Newsome will arrive to save the Dems day.
Another democrat farts and thinks he’s intelligent
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