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Karl's avatar

I would argue that any conservative who thinks that Don is a one-off is woefully naive. Have we learned nothing over the last 10 years? Watch or attend one of Don’s rallies. Look who dominates local and state R party committees. Look at how congressional campaigns are run and who wins them. Look at who is elected to state legislatures. Don is there because voters knowingly chose him, even after they saw his incompetence, corruption, and violence in Don 1.0. Republican voters have explicitly shown that they want what Don is selling. After all, the one thing he’s been honest about are the lunatic ideas he says he’ll implement. MAGA will control the party until they are defeated decisively and repeatedly. A question. If Pence and JD both run in 2028, which one will be hated by the base? Hint: the one they wanted to hang…

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Howard Skillington's avatar

Well, one of is certainly woefully naive. The Democrats have prevented any younger candidates who actually have anything to offer from ascending through their party ranks. They then showed their contempt for the nation by giving us a "President" who was literally mentally incompetent, preventing us from even being able to know which party imbeciles were making the disastrous decisions. Good luck getting those decisive and repeated victories in the foreseeable future. It's more likely that your party will cease to exist. In the meantime, a rejuvenated Republican Party is dismantling the mess your guys made of things, and none too soon.

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Karl's avatar

I’m not a Democrat, I was a lifelong Republican until Don turned the party into a cult. Now I’d vote for a canned ham over Don. I share the views of JD and Little Marco, at least their original views of Don when they told the truth, before they self-gelded. I also share the views of his highest level appointees from Don 1.0, they were explicit in their warnings of his authoritarian tendencies. I share many of your criticisms of D’s, I also recognize it as a whataboutism tactic. It’s a tactic the leaders of my former party use regularly to justify their support for a person they know is patently unfit. “Well yeah he incited an armed insurrection, pardoned violent felons who beat cops with confederate flagpoles, lies about the election, etc, but doggone it Joepa is a socialist!.” It’s easier than directly justifying Don’s actions. Finally, I also agree Joepa never should have run, that he and his staff lied to the country, and his high command should have spoken out like Don’s did. But I gotta ask, have you actually attended a Don rally? Or listened to an entire speech he made at one? I challenge you to do so, then revisit which of those two aging souls is more lucid. Any honest read of Don’s incoherent ramblings has to make ya wonder, doesn’t it? What will he be like at 81?

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