Not sure about a primary, but Josh (married w/4 kids and now in his late 20s) was “prepping” for a political career. The position he was fired from (on the Family Research Council) was pretty high up, so he managed to get photographed w/Cruz, Huckabee, Santorum, Palin. I do believe that many of these photo ops are just “ops” (random and part of meet and greets) but I truly believe those photos now are the partial basis for the DDL (DuggarDefenseLeague) here on FR. Rather than question the judgment of a tormented young man placing himself in public eye as a standard barer of conservatism and (for his own political brinksmanship) coozing up to Cruz et al...they attack.
Even Huckabee has walked back from all things Duggar (and he is an Arkansas homie).
Exactly. They were making themselves into a political family. Daddy tried to run for Senate and failed, so Josh was being groomed for it. The deception and attempts to sweep it all under the rug tie in more to Jim Bob’s political aspirations for the family than they do to the show. The show was useful for name recognition and generated some sizable income, but the politics were the most important thing.
My take anyway.
Interesting analysis. You may be onto something there. I had no idea this Josh guy was so entrenched in the conservative end of politics or that he had political aspirations. This may indeed explain why this odd and pathetic story continues to rate here.
If he had pictures taken with various pols this should not be a cause for concern. Guilt by association is a flawed method of reasoning especially in this case, considering how many pictures a given political figure may take with an adoring public. Probably all of those he’s pictured with don’t even remember him.