Posted on 08/21/2023 9:10:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Election season is rapidly approaching. The first Republican debate is this week. The Iowa caucus is in January, and the New Hampshire primary is soon thereafter. With over a dozen declared candidates, the marathon placements are starting to take shape.
For now, don't lean too heavily on polls. First, we're too far out, and too much can happen. Second, we all know how we feel about polls. The poll showing our candidate doing well is Gospel. The poll showing our candidate faring poorly is Soros-funded dreck. As the polls change direction, so too change their designations. Rinse. Repeat.
But taking this into consideration, it is undeniable that, if all primary voting were held today, then Trump would win handily, DeSantis would come in a solid second, and both Ramaswamy and Scott will have garnered enough second-tier support to warrant vice presidential consideration. Unfortunately for whichever camp you fall into, the polling so far suggests that Trump can't lose the primary and can't win the general election.
But what should be a civil discussion among rational conservatives is turning personal and nasty — not just among candidates, but among their supporters as well. Trump-supporters are treating DeSantis-supporters like neocon sellouts, and DeSantis-supporters are treating Trump-supporters like cultish conspiracy theorists. Neither charge is merited, and the rabble-rousers on both sides would do well to cut the ad hominem attacks. Such are the tactics of leftists peddling the sexualization of children, not of principled Americans who reasonably disagree about the best path forward.
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I prefer a contested primary.
So far, it’s been one-sided.
It seems doubtful DeSanctus can hurt trump.
He seemingly can’t even run a campaign.
We need a truce right here on Free Republic.......people here are doing the exact same thing.....for the exact same reason.
DeSantis should apologize publicly to Trump and all MAGA supporters for calling them “Listless Vessels”. That’d be a start.
Jeez…if people think it’s bad now…if Trump “under performs” by just a little…the long knives are going to come out and the whole thing turns into a bloodbath.
Isn’t that the way it’s supposed to be?
And just like clock work post #2 proves my point
Biden “skate”…ha! He can’t even ride a bike without falling down! /sarc
President Trump 47/2024 or bust.
We win nothing electing globalist one-world government UniParty hacks, as nothing will change.
To save the USA and essentially the world from the atheistic fascism they have planned, we cannot put support behind them.
I smell the Lincoln Project Lurking. I’ll pass on Ron in any form even if he joins to Trump.
Yes. Originally, I liked DeSantis, but he's pretty much ruined his chances of ever becoming president. He should withdraw and support Trump to have any future chance.
our courageous republicans allowed biden to skate the first time and they will do it again, no matter who the nominee is
The article premise is false.
lol
Why?
The nevertrumpers/desantis supporters want Trump to be in jail or dead, so he’s out of the competition and desanctimonious becomes the republican presidential candidate by default.
so.... %@#^! that truce and kum ba ya stuff
I agree
If Trump called DeSantis supporters Listless Vessels not only would you not have a problem with it, I strongly suspect you would find it humorous.
As the wise Ronald Reagan advised: "Never speak evil of another Republian."
Blaming current circumstances on infighting ignores the 500 pound gorilla in
the room, referencing people you need negatively. Self inflicted wounds would
be a much more appropriate focus.
Biden, Harris, Schumer are the enemy. Some friends in our coalition might be closer friends than others. But they are not the enemy.
Focus on the enemy.
I havent (yet) decided on a favorite. A few have eliminated themselves. That I have not yet decided on my #1 does not make me the enemy. Treating me like the enemy does not make me the enemy, nor does it win me to the side that labels me the enemy.
Aim small, miss small. Don’t shoot at the mosquito when you are out hunting bear.
If Trump becomes president again, DeSantis couldn’t even be trusted to be his attorney general.
Tell TRUMP to stop his nonsense and everyone else will stop. It started with him and it should end with him.
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