Posted on 06/05/2023 6:15:32 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
In American politics, there's Donald Trump—and then there's everyone else.
No other figure, including the sitting President, comes close to Trump's outsized political influence. This is doubly true in the Republican Party, which Trump has single-handedly redefined with his America First populism. Since 2016, Trump has dominated the party like a colossus, despite endless uni-party attempts to stop him. The fact that he's still standing has bestowed a certain sense of invincibility upon him, which will be nearly impossible for any Republican challenger to overcome.
The GOP primary battle has now been joined by Governor Ron DeSantis, who followed Senator Tim Scott, former Governor Nikki Haley, and star investor Vivek Ramaswamy. All are highly accomplished, talented leaders. But there is a big difference between being a successful governor, legislator, or entrepreneur, and running for President. And it's something else entirely to run for President against Donald Trump. In the political ring, he is unlike any other combatant, as the graveyard of his previous GOP opponents attests.
To try to beat him, the current candidates will argue two main points: First, they will argue that unlike Trump, they could win a general election. Second, they will claim that if elected, they could advance his America First policies without being weighed down by his distracting baggage.
But neither of those claims holds water. When it comes to electability, a big portion of Republican voters believe there were significant enough shenanigans in the 2020 election to render its outcome problematic at best; we now know for example that former acting CIA Director Mike Morell was prompted by then-candidate Joe Biden's presidential campaign to rally 50 colleagues to sign a letter they knew was false alleging that Hunter Biden's actual laptop
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I agree. However, he will never be elected unless he gets his act together and starts acting like a president of United States, Instead of an imbecile. All he has to do is pretend to be Ronald Reagan. Landslide.
He was elected twice with the same personality he has now. Besides changing to act like Reagan, or like anyone else, for that matter is not his style. That’s what professional politicians do. They reinvent themselves. Trump is who is and that’s his greatest asset.
Exactly.
P. S. I read somewhere today that a USPS truck driver admitted to shipping thousands of ballots from New York State to Pennsylvania in late October 2020.
One small step in the direction of uncovering the fraud. I wonder what excuses the Rats and Fox-RINOs will concoct…
“Sadly, Trump is the only Republican who can lose in 2024.”
ROTFLOL!
you made my day with that one!
Yes, I saw that too. I remember when it happened but had forgotten about it. I’ll have to add it to my file of 2020 voter fraud evidence, that I like to share with people who are still dismissive of the fraud claims.
It’s somewhat encouraging that we’re starting to see more and more of these stories that vindicate what we’ve been saying all along. How much of a real effect they will have on actually changing things, who knows? But I’m starting to feel guardedly optimistic that we may be turning a corner of some kind.
He already beat Biden last time. Do you fools honestly believe it will be harder to do, this time?
Unless we desire to MAGA, we will desist.
If history repeats itself, we’re all fu’d.
Bkmk
True, they would enjoy cheating him (us) again and giving us four more years of weekend at Bernies. PDJT will forever be remembered for allowing the facist hordes to stampede us into mail-in ballot stuffing oblivion.
True, they would enjoy cheating him (us) again and giving us four more years of weekend at Bernies. PDJT will forever be remembered for allowing the facist hordes to stampede us into mail-in ballot stuffing oblivion.
Everyone eles needs to report to their polling place.
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