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The Coalition for Regime Change
After the balloons fell at the “Democratic” National Convention, the most consequential moment (to date) of the 2024 presidential campaign happened the following afternoon: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. suspended his presidential campaign and threw his support behind President Trump’s candidacy. That evening, the two appeared on stage in unity for regime change. Kennedy is actively supporting votes for Trump in swing states and soliciting votes for himself in Blue States. The net objective is to do as much electoral damage to the Democrats as possible which accomplishes several things: (1) a possible Trump victory and removal of the Democrats from control of the Executive Branch; (2) a reduction in Democrat popular votes that (a) undermine claims of a mandate (in the event that they do “win”) (b) make a Democrat “steal” more obvious and more broadly concerning to the American people, and (c) clarify for every American how unpopular the regime actually is notwithstanding its support in media; (3) underscore that there is a coalition for regime change and return to political plural thought that can operate in a truly democratic environment rather than the authoritarian environment of the current regime.
The current regime is not happy. The Kennedy family has viciously attacked RFK Jr. The attack reminds us that there have always been two sides to the Kennedy coin: the elevated rhetoric and ideals promoted by Jack and Bobbie, and the bare-knuckled machine politics of “old Joe” Kennedy. The family is opting for the latter whilst RFK Jr is in line with the former. Media cut away from a lot of Kennedy’s speech. Democrat operatives are busy diminishing its meaning and impact. But the blow has landed, and the lines are more clearly drawn than ever before.
Kennedy, in recounting his exploratory meeting with President Trump, made reference to President Lincoln’s “team of rivals.” And thus it is. Then, as now, the destruction of a nation was in progress and a schism between the meaning and import of the Declaration and Constitution was in play. Then it was a physical division; now the flag is one, but the control of that flag is at stake. Will the State be the master or servant of the people? The current regime says it is the Master even as it clothes its maneuverings in “democratic” rhetoric. The coalition says the State is the servant even as coalition members disagree on the detailed tasks to which the servant is to be directed.
Coalitions, because they sometimes exist on a very slim basis of cooperation, are difficult and fragile things. This coalition is built on something so fundamental that I pray it holds and commands the support of the masses. Be wary of those who focus on the problems of a coalition actually administering government if successful. That focus leads to defeat and the maintenance of an unacceptable status quo.
The coalition is going to face unbelievable headwinds. We have seen unimaginable dirty tricks before, we have to expect even more. What is coming should not dishearten nor defeat us; it should strengthen our resolve to redouble our efforts. The people who call us hateful are merely revealing their own hatred. Now is a time for courage, not cowardice. Both President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have shown the personal courage of their convictions. The naysayers say it is “ego,” but it is not. No one pays this price for mere ego. The current regime knows that they have inflicted the kind of pain on each of them that would have deterred mere ego. We are in martyr territory, and this is where courage is most required.
We have a constitutional democratic republic to save. LFG.
Published in Election 2024
You nail it with these statements:
“Both President Trump and Robert F Kennedy Jr have shown the personal courage of their convictions. The naysayers say it is “ego”, but it is not. No one pays this price for mere ego. The current regime knows that they have inflicted the kind of pain on each of them that mere ego would have been deterred. We are in martyr territory, and this is where courage is most required.”
Trump nearly paid for his willingness to campaign for the nation’s highest office with his life. Meanwhile liberal media snarkily retorted that the whole “snafu” was a carefully orchestrated event that allowed Trump to gain sympathy while faking his near assassination.
There were groups in Texas that celebrated JFK’s assassination. But one big difference of that situation 60 years ago was that the mainstream media did not give those groups any platform by which to tell the public that the man had died from an aneurysm.
It is the DemocRAT party. Nothing democratIC about it. Stalin would be a fan.
This has been a most interesting election. :) :)
I would encourage a different… symbol… because to me it looks more like Trump than the other candidates.
I can’t agree with you that this is “the most consequential moment (to date) of the 2024 presidential campaign.” I think that description is better applied to Biden dropping out and Harris taking his place.
I do think RFK’s dropping out could be important. I think he’s a nasty kook, but he had his followers, and if it’s a close election, then it could make a difference.
Kennedy’s going to lose his marriage over this.
Maybe. It could depend on how wealthy he still is. And if she still has any TV wealth of her own.
Reminds me of:
And Trump planned the whole Mar-A-Lago thing because he has the intelligence community in his pocket. Yeah, right.
Done.
Thank you for a most excellent post. There are so many consequential events during this election cycle it is hard to keep track of them all. The changing out of Harris for Biden is likely the top one. The near-assassination of Trump is another. The lawfare campaign is another. They all point to your key concept…the current government does not believe the people should be in charge.
The enlightened class cannot allow the great unwashed a place on the governing council much less control of same. RFK Jr. understands this at a whole new level. His story is one that should be highlighted again and again and again. Right now I am trying to change the mind of certain voters who are anti-Trump. RFK Jr.’s story proves that this isn’t just about Trump. The enlightened class went after George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Governor DeSantis, etc. Anyone who threatens their absolute rule must be eliminated. The elimination does not take place in the arena of reason and ideas as envisioned by the Constitutional framers. The enlightened class refuses to engage both because it “lowers” them but also because they know their position is weak.
Instead the enlightened class uses lawfare, personal attacks, censorship and obfuscation. What kind of educational system produced such a society? That answer is obvious and we know who has controlled the educational system for the past 40 years. I was lucky to be educated by WWII combat veterans, wives of same, and others who were not beholden to the enlightened class. They loved this nation and our democratic ideals which are worth defending. Fight. Fight. Fight. RFK Jr. has joined us in this fight.
Coalitions as you point out are fragile things. History is replete with examples from our own Founding Fathers to the Allies of WWII. With good leadership such coalitions can accomplish amazing things. May God give us the leadership needed to accomplish a continuation of the American experiment.
If we win the election in November, I will be thanking Ron DeSantis. His suspending his campaign and endorsing Donald Trump so firmly in the way he did set an example for everyone else. “Keep your eye on the ball. Go team!” he seemed to be saying.
Confidence is contagious.
By the way, @Rodin and others will appreciate this article from the 2003 Atlantic Monthly: “A Miscarriage of Justice.”
It is especially prescient given what has been done to Donald Trump in the past seven years.
Yes, this is a powerful (if not incontrovertible) brief against the state’s case. And Michael is now free and Dominick Dunne is dead. Michael spent 10 years in prison — which is too long if he was innocent, and too short if he committed the crime.
Justice is a human institution and imperfect. That is why, superficially, everyone is in agreement that “better 99 men go free than 1 innocent man be imprisoned”. In practice, of course, there is pressure to find someone, anyone, guilty of a heinous crime so that society can go forward with a balanced checkbook. And it is damnably difficult to get someone unjustly prosecuted out of jail. Celebrity and notoriety put enormous pressures on even ethical prosecutors. Sadly, there are too many (even if not many) unethical prosecutors. It is a hard sell to a grieving family that doing it “right” is better than doing it “wrong” if they are convinced of who is guilty. That is why one of the most remarkable stories involved a woman whose daughter was murdered but later became convinced that the man convicted of the murder was innocent and worked for his eventual release.
Kamala Harris being a prime example.
I have so much respect RFK, Jr. He’s seventy years old, and his net worth is only about $15 million. That is nowhere near enough to stand up to a full-on Democratic Party assault. And the personal cost–they are going to do to him exactly what they have done Alan Dershowitz.
In Arizona on Friday last week, he gave an impressive five-minute speech about the current state of the Democratic Party:
WATCH: RFK Jr. Rips Into ‘Shadowy DNC Operatives’, Says He And Trump Are Victims Of ‘Legal Warfare’ (youtube.com)
And Ron DeSantis has an estimated net worth below $2 Million. Yet there are people who think he can take on the whole leftist establishment before breakfast.
Then it wasn’t worth keeping.
I’m not sure if I agree. Whether or not Biden would eventually be the nominee has been debated for a while. Either is just the figurehead for the party powerful and those in administrative state jobs actually pulling the strings. They wanted him out … that has been obvious for some time. They had a sorry lot to choose from. In the end, it came down to identity politics, trying the black woman appeal to blacks and women. They have no strategy now but identity politics and hate towards Trump. Sadly, enough women will fall for it as polls show. She got no convention bounce because she got her bounce in the mediagasm that followed the bait and switch.
I also wasn’t surprised by the assassination attempt on Trump. The “plausible deniability” game plan was obvious.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we get a third Kennedy shot by a radical leftie…such would be the anger they foment towards anyone who gets in their way.
Trump needed to pick an insurance policy for VP. Looks like he did.
There is a reason I chose to be deep into the Caribbean on a cruise ship election week. If I were rich, I would have chosen two back to back 14 day cruises to be gone the whole month.
Excellent post.
Or this book:
As I’ve noted previously/elsewhere, black women were going to vote at least 90-95% for the D no matter who it is, probably even David Duke. Black men have been turning some towards Trump, perhaps up to 30% or even more, because of the economy etc, and that isn’t likely to change because of nominating a (supposedly? recently?) “black” woman. Both because it’s still leftist policies, and maybe some extra because they don’t want another woman telling them what to do.
If it’s true that the Ds need at least 90-95% of the total black vote or they lose, it’s a pretty good sign of a Trump win. Except for cheating, of course.
And they have the same respect for Kamala that Willie Brown did.
That brings me a new formulation. My previous one – which oddly got redacted for some reason, last time I used it here – is “Kamala Harris owes her entire career – such as it is – to Willie Brown and his brown willy.”
The new one is, “And now Harris is being treated as a tool by the Democrat Party, same as she was for Willie Brown’s tool.”