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Please President Trump, Don’t Make Netanyahu’s Mistake
I hope Trump does not make Netanyahu’s mistake.
The reason a leftist government came to power in Israel was due to Netanyahu’s ego. There would have been a conservative government if Netanyahu had been willing to cede leadership of the Likud party to someone else. But his ego prevented him from doing that. And this same scenario is likely to unfold in the upcoming elections in Israel.
Now in the US, we see the same potential disaster in the making. Don’t get me wrong, Israelis love Trump. He moved the US embassy to Jerusalem, tore up the Iran deal, and has grandkids who attend a Jewish day school. But if he would pass the mantle of leadership to DeSantis, there is a much better chance of conservatives retaking the White House in two years and, who knows, maybe both houses of Congress this November, which would be truly beneficial for Israel, to say nothing of the US.
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That you take Nate Silver seriously says it all. How is his track record.? He’s a lefties hack.
As for Mitch McConnell he is an abysmal leader. The sooner he is gone, the better off the GOP will be.
I’m not sure DeSantis, outside of FL, is as well known and popular as some think. The world is changing so fast that it could look different in two years. The challenges we face now seem to be getting more dicey, economically, socially, militarily and even our health. It’s going to take a very tough person to turn the ship around. Trump has what it takes and that’s why so many cheer him and those in the sketchy crowd shout him down the loudest. So you know he’s got the right message.
DeSantis would be good too. No matter who takes the mantle, it’s going to be a tough, dirty job.
I am constantly imploring my family and friends who think that voting Republican is a waste. And I understand their frustration with the party, The Establishment GOP. What I am begging them to consider is that you cannot vote for any Democrat, because that party is infested with Progressive idealism run amok. Do not waste your vote this time, we need every vote that goes against the Democratic Party. Vote GOP across the board. We can reinvent the once Grand Old Party by voting for Grassroots candidates, and infuse the party with new life and new ideas, hence moving it forward into the future, and hopefully changing ours, simultaneously.
Republicans are blowing the 2022 mid-terms by running Mitt Romney’s failed 2012 campaign playbook.
Of course they did. Because they’d rather have Democrats running the country.
They’d also rather have abortion on demand, no borders, high energy prices, jobs going overseas, skyrocketing inflation, people poor and starving, a woke military, and an oppressive dunderhead in the White House.
No matter what happens this is the received truth:
If things go bad, it is Trump’s fault.
If things go well, it is despite Trump, and really could have been even better without him.
In Short: Heads, it is Trump’s Fault; Tails, Blame Trump
The mind-control is spectacular.
And who should he cede it to?
Every vote for Democrats is a vote for those policies. And every vote for a Bush-Republican is a vote adjacent to those policies.
That is going to fail because it isn’t spending that is the only thing causing problems and spending is the one thing Rs haven’t consistently been solid on.
So you’ll lose on people thinking you are lying and also no confidence you’ll do any differently.
This is what makes me a solid Trump supporter. Trump actually accomplished a few good things and avoided a number of progressive agenda items. I have always voted Republican without enthusiasm. Trump revealed why I did that. Republicans are called “decepticons” for a reason. But they are the least bad option.
It would appear that you have never listened to the Commentary Podcast.
Kind of like Mitt Romney running against Obamacare after Obamacare was modeled after the exact system enacted in Massachusetts when he was governor.
Clearly, you haven’t a thought of your own.
Sticks and stones, etc.
I have! I was entertained by J-Pod shrieking about those terrible people who refused to take the COVID jab. He screamed at them, insulted them, called them babies and chickens and he blamed them for keeping his beloved New York locked down. I should have been offended, but he was too much the stereotype of a hysterical little girl, and I was amused instead.
However, it would appear that you have never listened to your beloved RINO/Democrat policy prescriptions. Wanna talk about policy?
Actions speak louder than podcasts.
Is that what you get on there? I’m glad I don’t go there. Why would people who allegedly support individual freedom have such views that support mandatory unproven jabs for a virus like Covid-19 that is fatal only for a narrow range of people.
Just one example. I have only listened a few times. Knowing that they stood in opposition to President Trump was more than enough for me. I hope they are enjoying the Biden years.
They don’t even “allegedly” support individual freedom, do they? They support obedience to the total state.
I steal this.
I guess this is why I’m not a good fit for this current cultural environment.
I wish Republicans would stop saying this. It’s just not true. ObamaCare was a 3,000-page two-part bill that had one thing–the individual mandate–from Romney’s original healthcare insurance reform bill. Obama used that one thing to bludgeon Romney, and the Republicans fell for it. Obama came to Boston to make a speech at Faneuil Hall to nail the coffin shut on Romney’s Republican support. Obama is not a nice guy. Romney was the only Republican he thought was a viable competitor. Obama set out to slay him and succeeded.
And at no time did Romney ever recommend those reforms for the nation. Massachusetts has a unique healthcare financial environment, and his plan, which preserved private-sector healthcare, was a good thing for us at a time when the healthcare system in Massachusetts was on the verge of financial collapse.
I could go on and on here. It’s a pet subject of mine, that Romney’s healthcare plan was not the same as the ACA, and I am really upset with Romney these days, but Republicans really need to be careful about being manipulated by the Democrats. We need to be suspicious of everything they say.
This was not an area of Romney’s record that gave me any particular problems. As a matter of fact, I was very supportive of Romney and very disappointed that he seemed to faltered badly in the latter stages of his campaign along with the weak media coverage of Obama Middle East policy. Any favorable views of Romney went down the tubes with his later performance carpetbagging in Utah and opposing Trump’s Presidency.
Tell it, Marci!
And even *if* Romney’s plan was identical to Obamacare, by some metric, ObamaCare is 100’s of times larger, and works at the federal level, violating the 10th Amendment, instead of the state level, where these things should be handled.
And Romney was too clueless to point that out.
Why give money to a guy with 10x the money of his competitor? Maybe give the money to Mike Lee, who needs the money. Or, is he too conservative for you?
Voters don’t care about reckless spending. They do, however, care about corrupt spending. Voters will understand that Democrats are using policies to make housing, food, gasoline, and energy more expensive.
Wise words, right there.
*That* is the winning strategy.
They didn’t let Mitt. Or McCain.
What in the world is an election skeptic and an election denier. This sounds like more James Carville wordsmithing to obscure the issue and mislead people. The election happened. It was fraudulent. What’s to deny or be skeptical about? It sounds like a reincarnation of the 12 Flavors of Trump Hatred.
Here’s my question for you: Are you a Trump denier?
I’m pretty sure at one point Gary said he preferred Egg McMuffin to Mike Lee. He can correct me if I’m wrong.