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1.7 Trillion Reasons to Leave the GOP
As noted elsewhere, this miserable omnibus bill that neutered the incoming GOP House majority was voted for by 18 Senate Republicans. That’s nearly half.
I see more people here on Ricochet and on Twitter who are furious about this, and I am not talking about the usual Damn-the-RINOs brigade. McConnell’s praise for the bill (much misreported, but still praise) is paired with his perverse non-performance going into the recent election — he is seen as one major reason why there is no incoming GOP Senate majority, and now he’s practically dancing on the grave of opposition to Democrats. Senators Ron Johnson and Mike Lee are taking McConnell to the woodshed over it. I hope that lasts into the new session.
This omnibus debacle is “radicalizing” Republicans to oppose the business-as-usual leadership and loser deals that have been the GOP rule for decades. The GOP has been negotiating with the left in order to prosecute a war against its base for too many elections, and the froth on the right has only grown.
Personally, I admit that I’m torn. I’m typically a bit of a bomb-tosser — I do want to win, but I want that win to be valuable. Increasingly, people are seeing diminished value in the GOP.
I don’t think Trump is viable anymore, not even as a stalking horse. We are going to need a new Trump, because there is no way a new Jeb, new Romney, or new McCain will get anywhere in this environment. Meanwhile, people are beginning to appreciate the value of causing pain to change GOP behavior.
How would you like to go broke and become a trivial rump party, GOP? You’ll be threatened by a froth of minor initiatives styling themselves “parties” and “fronts” and “movements.” And you will lose. “Oh, but then the Democrats will ruin this country,” they cry. Newsflash. They’re already doing it, and you’re helping them.
Mitch screwed up big time.
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I have never sent a cent to any politician, so I’m good.
Still laughing. “Go-along to get-along” Larry.
Edit: I lived in Maryland for decades. Hogan was a fire-breathing conservative, head of Red State Maryland for years. Then he ran for governor and succumbed to the left.
Governors have to actually get things done. They can’t just scream from the bleachers at everyone else. So, I agree that we need to look towards governors as we look for presidential candidates.
The phrase that grinds my gears is “move on from Trump”. I’ve heard that from both Hogan and Sununu and it’s why I won’t vote for either. These slugs don’t mean to move on. They mean move back to 2015 and the GOP as it was before Trump came along and exposed the Uniparty.
I was about the make much the same comment. Glad I read on first.
Then you and the GOP have something in common.😛
i wonder why the numbers in The Freedom Caucus aren’t larger than they are – I hate to admit it but judging by the continual capitulation, what I’d consider traditional, ‘small government’ conservatives are a minority in the GOP. The GOP is not the home for Conservatives. They won’t come out and say it, but look what they have been doing for decades.
Then you are effectively voting for the Democrat. Rarely is the Democrat better than the Republican. But every 48 years or so, the Democrat is better than the Republican…
Unlike you who actually voted for a Democrat. Take your hypocrisy and . . . well, I don’t need to spell it out. “Better” doesn’t apply to the slugs you support.
Maybe you think the Democrat is better, but very few people care what you think.
Please don’t start this up here. Thank you.
I will say no more here.
Your favorite ships get mentioned.
Who could ever have predicted:
> But the much-hyped LCS mission modules never materialized, and concerns have emerged about the ships’ survivability in a conventional war with China or Russia.
https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-navy/2022/12/27/could-the-lcs-fleet-be-getting-a-new-mission/
“I see more people here on Ricochet and on Twitter who are furious about this, and I am not talking about the usual Damn-the-RINOs brigade.”
And yet once again we see it here. I’m pretty sure its a majority of votes that wins elections. The angry Kari Lake approach (and I like her as a personality but not as a candidate) will energize “the base” (whatever that still is) but not get a majority of votes.
I left the Republican party several years ago. Its now dominated by loud voices that are far more concerned with ridicule than strategy. As an Independent (and a conservative one at that) I’ve yet to see much outreach for my vote. I have however seen far too many texts and phone calls for my $$.
PS Have we forgotten Trumps signing of the massive COVID bail out bill #1. We’re bitching about fiscal insanity. Both Parties gave up on fiscal sanity a long time ago.
No, it’s a majority of ballots.
Or even the highest COUNT, whether or not those ballots actually existed.
It goes back a lot farther than that. By the time Trump came along no one seriously thought of Republicans as fiscally conservative in any way. That’s why so many of us didn’t blame Trump as some unique fiscal danger – they all are and have been for two decades.
Yeah, that strategy worked so well for Kari Lake. But sure keeps a certain “base” fired up for the next assault on the windmill.
Right. The prospect of fiscal ruin under Trump was more attractive than fiscal ruin under Jeb! or Hillary.
Is the election system on the level and working well, or not? Has there been fascistic collusion between government and media to propagandize for dems and censor conservatives, or not?