Posted on 05/24/2023 12:09:38 PM PDT by Reno89519
If by that you mean endless flame wars and name calling, you are correct.
And DeSantis won his reelection.
Ultimately I’m a Trump guy but I like Ron a lot. May the best man win!
Yep, first Fordham University in NYC and then he transferred to the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania.
If Trump wins the Nomination, than DeSantis will support him, would Trump do the same?
I'll remember that you said that.
BTW, what happened to your ol' Kremlin buddy kirilandyl?
“I have never in my lifetime seen a politician run against the base of the party, but here comes Meatball.”
So....you’ve never in your life seen a Republican primary race play out? You must live a very sheltered life.
I remember 2016 quite well as Trump personally attacked and demonized Ted Cruz AND his wife. He hasn’t changed since then. Probably only gotten worse. But we’ll see, won’t we.
Lol - right, there’s no “hate” for DeSantis here...and I’m Elon Musk’s richer uncle.
I know, it’s amazing. smh
You must have hated it when President Trump sanctioned Nordstream2 and campaigned for American energy to replace corrupt Russian energy in Europe.
Sorry, no GOPe, no Goldman Sacks. They've ruined MY country!
DeSantis is romney, McCain and dole with a touch of Jeb! Thrown in. Did someone order deep state? Because that seeing that man I wanted to listen to him not listen to all you guys what the gop is trying to sell you. We voted for DeSantis but we are done. Mr. DeSantis....you just lost 5 Florida voters. And that is a simple fact.
You don’t know this. And anything he says about it is pointless.
In an early debate during the 2016 primary season, Trump was the only candidate on stage who didn’t promise to support the eventual Republican nominee. All the other candidates insisted they were loyal to the party and would support the eventual nominee. People in the GOP leadership called Trump a disloyal traitor for this.
By the time the primary season ended, many of those candidates were falling all over themselves to make public statements opposing Trump. Jeb Bush and John Kasich were the two most prominent ones, as I remember it.
We shouldn’t forget that kind of duplicitous sh!t from career political hacks in the Republican Party.
I would hope I am. I’m registered to vote in my home state! :-O
"If you knew your US history, you would know that’s a stupid idea. Go back and see how well that turned out for Teddy Roosevelt and the Bull Moose party."
You're in good company. No less VDH whinged about this exactly when he was busy cooking up a turkey of a setpiece -- the fear that Trump will go Bull Moose -- and it is appropriate that I re-deliver that smackdown:
VDH has actually forgotten history, and how the Election of 1912 actuallytranspiredconspired:In November 1911, a group of Ohio Republicans endorsed Roosevelt for the party's nomination for president; the endorsers included James R. Garfield and Dan Hanna. This endorsement was made by leaders of President Taft's home state. Roosevelt conspicuously declined to make a statement—requested by Garfield—that he would flatly refuse a nomination. Soon thereafter, Roosevelt said, "I am really sorry for Taft... I am sure he means well, but he means well feebly, and he does not know how! He is utterly unfit for leadership and this is a time when we need leadership." In January 1912, Roosevelt declared "if the people make a draft on me I shall not decline to serve". Later that year, Roosevelt spoke before the Constitutional Convention in Ohio, openly identifying as a progressive and endorsing progressive reforms—even endorsing popular review of state judicial decisions.
Roosevelt began to envision himself as the savior of the Republican Party from defeat in the upcoming presidential election.
In February 1912, Roosevelt announced in Boston, "I will accept the nomination for president if it is tendered to me. I hope that so far as possible the people may be given the chance through direct primaries to express who shall be the nominee.
Elihu Root and Henry Cabot Lodge thought that division of the party would lead to its defeat in the next election, while Taft believed that he [Roosevelt] would be defeated either in the Republican primary or in the general election.
The 1912 primaries represented the first extensive use of the presidential primary, a reform achievement of the progressive movement...The greatest primary fight came in Ohio, Taft's base. Both the Taft and Roosevelt campaigns worked furiously, and La Follette joined in. Each team sent in big name speakers. Roosevelt's train went 1800 miles back and forth in the one state, where he made 75 speeches. Taft's train went 3000 miles criss-crossing Ohio and he made over 100 speeches.
Roosevelt swept the state, convincing Roosevelt that he should intensify his campaigning, and letting Taft know he should work from the White House not the stump. Only a third of the states held primaries; elsewhere the state organization chose the delegations to the national convention and they favored Taft. The final credentials of the state delegates at the national convention were determined by the national committee, which was controlled by Taft men. - wikipedia
What do you mean it was great? Jeff Sessions was a great AG? Bill Barr was a great AG? Why wouldn’t Lindsey Graham be high on Trump’s list for AG?
Lindsay was the main guest of honor at Trump’s,2024 campaign kickoff.
Lindsey is the current Minority Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Lindsey would like to position himself to run for President in 2028.
And Lindsey is probably gay and Trump already broke the glass ceiling by appointing the first openly gay cabinet member while he was President.
Once Jim makes a decision regarding who to vote for, any debate against that person will get you zotted.
I'm aware. I saw a few zots already.
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