BTW what does a 'recovered' conservative party look like?
Remember this dude? VERY easy answer: What would John McCain do?
Voted NOT to end Obamacare. Stood against Putin. Stood for decency. Worked on an immigration compromise
Yes, a conservative. But sane. A 'never Trumper'
The easy answer to when we know that the conservative movement has been cured of its magadisease is, that we can imagine John McCain fully supporting that party
A cured GOP will not fight war against women (abortion, codify Roe vs Wade) ie no longer hostage to religious nutters
A cured conservative party will kick out the Nazis, condemn all white supremacists and LEAD the fight to race equality. Try to become the party of choice for all minorities (so yes, 180 degree turn from today)
That means yes, banning red magahats & the confederate flag
The Republican party has become the party of stupid (in words of former GOP Governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal)
They CANNOT get the youth vote back, until they start to respect SCIENCE - most of all - climate science. They HAVE to kick out science-deniers & the Anti-Fauci squad
The demographic shifts against the OLD GOP were brutal. Mitt Romney election loss autopsy of 2012 told us this. Told the WORLD that the GOP knew it
They had to get women, minorities & youth to accept GOP as a viable option
Trump turned GOP into white uneducated man's pity party
There is NO OTHER WAY
This GOP is dead. It cannot win national elections. It will do ever worse in local elections until it is no more
I don't CARE how long it takes for conservatives to figure this out. I don't
GOP has not yet had its 'Mondale Moment' (Mondale lost with 40% against Reagan in 1984: only won his home state)
When they do, they will change
After Mondale, DEMs rejected socialist agenda (like that of Bernie Sanders) & embraced middle political ground of Bill Clinton - & won
PS
One more test. Only when EVERY nominee for President takes pledge they will not pardon Trump - is this party on the mend. If even one of their candidates refuses that pledge: GOP is still sick with magamadness
Easy test. I don't mind their sickness lingering #LetTrumpBeTrump
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Thank you for these 4 years. We knew this election cycle was tough, and we still made it close. It is a great shame your term as Speaker will come to an end
Most of all, in America's nightmare, you were the adult who kept Trump in check...
Trump and the Republicans were out of control by the time you received the gavel after 2018 Midterms. You put an end to all legislative nonsense, and not once did you ever lose to Trump (or Mitch) in any Congressional negotiations
Then at America's Hour of Need, you stood strong
You offered the Republicans a chance to rid their party of Trump, with the Impeachment 2, that got a bipartisan vote to Impeach in Congress but Mitch made his catastrophic mistake in not using the Senate Trial to end the politcal career of Trump. Trump will now hound the GOP
The leadership and most Senators, some Congressmen want someone (else) to take out Trump. They want 'anyone' to go against Trump for the 2024 nomination
Most serious candidates know that is a suicide mission unless were 'Never Trumpers' like John Kasich
Because of what happened to Liz Cheney, no sitting Senator, Congressman or Governor DARES to take on Trump. Trump has too much power with base Maga, with VERY few exceptions (=Romney) Trump can crush almost anyone on GOP side if Trump decides to do so (he can't harm DEMs)
So Death Santis, Abbott, Ted Cruz? Will not go against Trump. Only very WEAK candidates can attempt the move - out of desperation (= Mike Pence) or if they're so old, they have no more time (=Chris Christie)
So, first, obviously... after my total conviction on Giuliani, and DOJ decision to not press any criminal charges on Giuliani (so far) - I have really no credibility on anything relating to prison time BUT
BUT. I am (again) sure that Trump will be tried & convicted of Jan 6 and
..and of Espionage-a-Lago. I am not anticipating Trump to be the FIRST to be arrested or indicted because he is the Mafia boss, he will be LAST to be indicted
That said, on Mar-A-Lagogate, it is plausible Trump is tried and even sentences before Nov 2024 election. He COULD be..
..Trump COULD be in prison by the time they count the votes. And that scenario Palmer said, where Trump is 'campaigning' from prison and negotiating with GOP etc - that is PLAUSIBLE, and yes, now in less than 2 years
Absurd historically unique event. We'd witness it, front row
Do not think like a Democrat! Do NOT bring sanity into this discussion
Trump lost the popular vote in 2016 and 2020. By 2020, 7 million people voted against Trump
Trump lost GOP the House in 2018, White House in 2020, Senate in 2021
Trump 2024 Thread 3/
When Trump was voted out in 2020, he got 47% of the vote. After that he launched January 6th against America in 2021. Then he was caught in massive espionage in 2022
In the midterms, of Americans who voted, Trump approval was 39%
So I'll become
Some background noise
I'll stay away
From girls and boys
They all do know
They laugh and stare
My Magahat
I used to wear
It was too plain
I did not care
We wore his hat
It gave no power
The stench remains
Our lowest hour