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Nikki Haley Announces
. . . her bid for the GOP nom. I suppose it’s time to send some reporters to Mar-A-Lago to await the white puff of smoke that indicates DJT has chosen a derogatory nickname; wonder what it will be. Thought Nikki Fail-y would be good at the UN. Big disappointment! Iran and China still members.
Well, that’s not fair. The story says he approved and welcomes the competition.
She’s more interesting than Pence and more electable than Pompeo. She’d wipe the floor with Harris in debates if Joe fades away. Palin-endorsed. Jan. 6 critic for the moderates. Parents were immigrants. Interesting addition to the mix, no?
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Another globalist neocon. Just what we need. /sarc
If she is one of those globalists who is against sanctions on Russia, we don’t need her.
I suppose I should say that she’d make a decent POTUS, certainly better than the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. But that doesn’t translate into being the nominee, nor the eventual winner. The victor in 2024 is most likely to be Trump, DeSantis, Biden, or (I shudder to think) Harris.
Uh oh. Thelonious, you got me thinking of another song, one by Prince. I doubt that even Trump would use the song title as Haley’s nickname.
I think her and Pompeo will go after each other.
I hope they take each other out in the process.
Oh, now they know what a real woman is??
The globalists are pushing the sanctions on Russia as part of the Great Reset. Or, was that last year’s playbook??
Hmmm. Seems to me that globalists are against restrictions on trade between countries, which is why we got Trump to oppose them. Maybe the globalists and anti-globalists have switched places now. I think we need an up-to-date scorecard.
If Ron Desantis becomes the nominee, great. I’d be happy to vote for him. But Nikki Haley is my favorite among the plausible candidates.
A DeSantis/Haley ticket would be near unstoppable in a general election.
Nikki Haley announces she is running for the (Vice) Presidential nomination of the Republican Party!
I am all for winning, but I agree with Postmodern that the GOP has to be in the game to win in the system.
DeSantis / Haley? I guess it’s one of those half full / half empty things. Are they a couple of regular folks that, coming from modest backgrounds, demonstrate meritocracy in action by becoming WEF young leaders and palling around with Leon Panetta on the one hand, and getting into Harvard and working for the DoJ on the other? Or have they been captured by the establishment? A little of column A and a little of column B?
Apparently they hadn’t yet thought of that, back then.
I’m not a huge believer in the usefulness of presidential debates as they’ve been constructed. Sometimes we get useful nuggets, but I’m not convinced the value is higher than the cost. The 2016 may be a rare exception.
As for Nikki Haley – I feel like the only reason I really know about her is some vague memory of her real-talking at the UN while she served there in the Trump administration. I’ll need to see a lot more before I can make an assessment with any degree of confidence. A Rogan appearance or two would go some way toward that, or some other long-form not-necessarily-friendly format.
I must admit this announcement is only making me more apolitical. I have no enthusiasm for anyone at this point.
DeSantis has proven that he can get around the media. The enemy of Republicans is the media more than the Democrats. Nicki Haley hasn’t demonstrated that yet.
I more and more think, “Don’t vote, it only encourages the bastards.”
Doesn’t matter to them, they’ll just create your votes anyway. Perhaps several times!
You are a better or at least more loyal Republican than I ever was. I didn’t vote for any of those losers and don’t regret the choice not to.
I think she was an incredibly successful governor. Just ask the people in NC who’s businesses went to SC. She did a great job in my opinion (as someone who worked there often)
Also was a really popular governor which is a good thing.
That would be awesome
But those people like Lindsay Graham.
I’m sure there are a lot of Republicans who like Nikki Haley and think Lindsay Graham should retire ASAP.
I voted for some of those losers. I regret having voted for Romney. I still had some hope for the GOP when I voted for Dole. But that was the end of it. Never voted for GWBush and have had no regrets.
No, we don’t. Graham gets re-elected every time because he wins the too populated primary. None of the other six candidates can pull a majority with his name recognition.
Nikki Hailey was a terrific governor. DeSantis is my first choice but she’s alright.
*The SC flag is unusual. The palmetto tree and the crescent moon pay homage to a Revolutionary War battle. Get used to it (and her) being called Islamic.
I don’t doubt what you say, but it always makes me wonder when popular politicians quit their gig without moving “up”. Did she quit* the governorship to run for president and then took the UN ambassadorship when her presidential bid failed?
*I think all politicians should resign their current positions if they’re running for a different one – I would view that as a good sign of integrity.
He is rooting for Kaisch to run again- you know the candidate who basically said all you bigots & knuckle draggers should vote for me…
No. There were oodles of Republicans running for president in 2016. Nikki Haley was not one of them.