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Would Tucker Carlson make a good running mate for Donald Trump?
American Thinker ^ | 11/10/2023 | Andrea Widburg

Posted on 11/10/2023 4:54:29 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Donald Trump appeared on the Clay & Buck show, and the host (I don’t know whether Clay or Buck) asked Trump if he’d consider Tucker as a running mate. After waffling along for a while about the number of viewers he got when he talked to Tucker (very high), compared to viewership for the Republican debates (very low), Trump finally said he would consider Tucker because the latter has “great common sense.” That’s true but Tucker has something even more important: He’s a remarkably gifted communicator in ways that Trump is not.

In his own way, Trump is a very gifted communicator, which is why he was one of the most popular entertainers in America. He has the ability to drive points home through vivid language. “Build a wall.” “Sleepy Joe.” “Low energy Jeb.” None of them are clever phrases because they have wit, rhymes, or alliteration.

In other words, Trump will never be Winston Churchill. After all, when Harry Truman said of Clement Attlee, who replaced Churchill at 10 Downing Street, “He seems a modest sort of fellow,” Churchill’s instant response was “He’s got a lot to be modest about.” He also memorably called Ramsay MacDonald “a sheep in sheep’s clothing.” One delights in Churchill’s quips. That’s not Trump.

But in his own way, Trump has a remarkable ability to carry people along with his ideas. What Trump cannot do is defend those ideas with any depth or even coherence. He waffles along, as he did in the video above where, instead of just answering the question, he first boasts about his ratings and attacks his opponents’ ratings. It’s a maddeningly indirect style of speech.

Many feel (I among them) that this rambling style gets in the way of conveying important ideas to Americans during incredibly fraught times.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2024; clownworld; donatefreerepublic; fakenews; nonononooooo; tuckrcarlson; vp
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To: SeekAndFind

No.


21 posted on 11/10/2023 5:33:17 PM PST by madison10 (He watching over Israel slumbers not, nor sleeps.)
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Oh my goodness JUST NO!


22 posted on 11/10/2023 5:33:30 PM PST by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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To: SeekAndFind

The fact that Trump didn’t bring up the idea himself means that he wasn’t thinking about it, and the fact that he “waffled” means that he doesn’t really want to do it.

As Jesse Kelly points out to his audience, the right running mate is going to be somebody you don’t like (and he doesn’t like either). It’s not going to be somebody who’s a copy of Trump and doesn’t bring in votes that Trump doesn’t already have. It’s going to be somebody different from Trump, somebody who does bring in votes that Trump otherwise wouldn’t have received. Hate Pence all you like, but he was the right running mate for Trump. Kari Lake definitely wouldn’t be.


23 posted on 11/10/2023 5:41:01 PM PST by x (Formerly Twitter.)
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no ... although he would be better than stinky nikki ...


24 posted on 11/10/2023 5:41:24 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Whoever DJT chooses, they must be unabashed and fierce defenders of MAGA.
No more phony conservatives, half-stepping through their term of office, just waiting to deliver the voters back into the hands of the RINOs.
President Reagan was popular and successful, but the poison pill was G H W Bush, a class A, gold plated RINO, who oversaw the destruction of our republic with his New World Order. Much of what Trump tried to achieve was undoing the horrible, anti American path chosen by the Neo Cons.
Choosing the right running mate is the most crucial test of a candidate, as we’ve seen with the hapless Mike Pence.


25 posted on 11/10/2023 5:42:21 PM PST by Thapsus_epiphany (Socialism is a prison, Communism is a death camp )
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To: SeekAndFind

He’d take a ~~$7 million wage cut?


26 posted on 11/10/2023 5:43:40 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (The Democrat breadlines will be gluten-free. )
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27 posted on 11/10/2023 5:45:46 PM PST by Allegra (Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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To: SeekAndFind

I agree with Tucker about a lot of things but he’s vulnerable to attacks as a privileged bow tie boy. He may also go off the reservation or lose focus as much as Trump does. In any case, he’s not going to win over suburban moms and young women. He’s seems like one of the guys they are bound to hate.


28 posted on 11/10/2023 5:50:52 PM PST by x (Formerly Twitter.)
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suburban moms and young women.

mental cases ...
29 posted on 11/10/2023 5:57:28 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Trump/Gaetz


30 posted on 11/10/2023 6:02:22 PM PST by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder
He’d take a ~~$7 million wage cut?

He's no longer employed by Fox. Does Elon pay him for his current Twitter/X content?

I'm definitely a Tucker fan, and want for him to keep doing what he does so well. I'd be happy if Fox hired him back with a big apology and a raise.

31 posted on 11/10/2023 6:04:17 PM PST by TChad (Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
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To: BJ1

What cares he’s white? Divide and pander is the Democrats game. What hope do Republicans have of out-duelling them on their home ground?


32 posted on 11/10/2023 6:04:36 PM PST by Dr.Deth
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To: SeekAndFind

No


33 posted on 11/10/2023 6:05:25 PM PST by BlackAdderess (I might as well be a cat, for all my congressman listens to me. Meow!)
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To: x
The fact that Trump didn’t bring up the idea himself means that he wasn’t thinking about it, and the fact that he “waffled” means that he doesn’t really want to do it.

That's quite an assumption.

The president may not have a list at this point, and even if he did he most certainly wouldn't want to comment on it at this time.

Pretty standard approach.

34 posted on 11/10/2023 6:05:39 PM PST by FreeReign
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I think Trump will pick Mike Pompeo ...


35 posted on 11/10/2023 6:10:14 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Sounds more like the job for a press secretary


36 posted on 11/10/2023 6:14:24 PM PST by gas_dr (Conditions of Socratic debate: Intelligence, Candor, and Good Will)
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To: SeekAndFind
Tucker would do fine. He has guts. He doesn't care if people don't like him. He is reality-based. He does not delude himself. He has a small ego. He speaks the stone truth. He would have decertified on J6.

The only problem is nobody with any virtue or good sense should want the job. But we would be very lucky if he did.

37 posted on 11/10/2023 6:22:59 PM PST by caddie
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>>>What cares he’s white? Divide and pander is the Democrats game. What hope do Republicans have of out-duelling them on their home ground?<<<

That is sort of my point. I can’t think of a super talented conservative running mate for Donald that is a minority. And for that matter, the list of white candidates isn’t that long either. I would really enjoy someone like Rand Paul, but that might be like oil and water.


38 posted on 11/10/2023 6:28:26 PM PST by BJ1
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To: SeekAndFind

NO!


39 posted on 11/10/2023 6:32:01 PM PST by Old Grumpy
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To: SeekAndFind

Tucker once again needs his own wide exposure mega media show where he controls the agenda and exposes corrupt çols.

Put him in a political uniform and he is automatically tainted.


40 posted on 11/10/2023 6:40:53 PM PST by apoliticalone (We need real justice not fictitious SOCIAL JUSTICE & DEI that is politics & propaganda, not justice.)
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