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My Republican Party
This is my Republican Party. Trump and Nixon are missing. Is that Coolidge between Lincoln and TR?
Published in General
Do you have any memory of what pre-Obama America was like. Do you have any understanding of what 8 years of Democrat rule did to this nation? (I don’t think a lot of people really understand just how much damage was wrought by the Democrats in just 8 years.) And they have accelerated. America cannot survive a Democrat Presidency. You will bring about the end of America. A vote for Biden is a vote for America’s destruction. That might sound alarmist. I don’t think it’s alarmist enough.
But what can you say about someone who views eight years, potentially, of this Democratic Party as a “short term loss”? That would seem to be the disconnect here. Well, that and the fact that there is no such thing as “Trumpism.”
As has been pointed out I don’t play nice.
OK, I haven’t looked into this recently.
My impression was that her prior boyfriend, Glover, was the main drug dealer involved. I did think that Kenneth Walker, Taylor’s boyfriend, had been named on the warrant. I haven’t seen the warrant, and I may have been mistaken about this. I stand corrected.
This article, from a local ABC affiliate, says that Kenneth Walker was not named in the warrant, though Glover and someone named Adrian Walker were named in the warrant. Perhaps most notably, it turns out that Brionna Taylor was named in the warrant, according to the same article. Again, I’d like to see the warrant itself, as news reports often turn out to be incorrect.
This article, apparently from a local Louisville radio station, reports the dismissal of charges against Kenneth Walker for shooting one of the cops. It says:
I haven’t yet listened to the audio.
“Put up with” Biden and the Democrats? Your phrasing implies that that will be no big deal. An inconvenience that we should all just power through. Considering the fact that some of us barely survived the Obama Administration (Obamacare alone had a horrible affect on my family, as did over regulation), I’m hard pressed to imagine that another four/eight years of the same – and quite possibly worse – is even survivable.
Who said I did?
So is not voting at all. That point needs to be emphasized too.
Oh but I was going to be much saltier than just quoting that line. I wouldn’t have been able to resist it.
Gary also doesn’t seem to remember that Reagan’s first election was at least almost as much, if not more, of a fluke than Trump’s. And for similar reasons. And he doesn’t seem to realize that his “long-term gain” is rather theoretical and may never happen at all, while his “short-term loss” could easily last for decades or even be permanent.
Next up: government-mandated “Ring” video doorbells with chatting.
Gary is a lawyer. He’ll survive. Unless maybe he gets sent out to mediate those “domestic dispute” calls that the police will no longer be handling.
Or how strongly the establishment (e.g., the Bushies) opposed Reagan.
As usual, @garyrobbins refuses to face challenges and answer them. He cuts and pastes and ignores things he does not want to respond too.
It is not in the spirit of debate, but in fact, just bomb throwing. Bomb Throwing rewarded, it seems, by Ricochet.
But, presume good faith, you must.
This is where Gary and his cohorts are, once again, spectacularly wrong. “Trumpism” is here to stay – at least until certain essential things are resolved. This is beyond one man. This will be more of an issue – not less of one – if Trump loses in 2020 ( as of now I don’t think that will happen).
It’s this kind of analysis and approach that got us here. After 2012 loss, they said we just need to capitulate on immigration to get the Hispanic vote. Idiots all.
Ricochet is in the comment business.
Post of the Week!
I note that a couple of people have chastised me for not responding to them. Three hours ago I took my leave writing in Comment #323:
We have long ago left the purpose and theme of this post and have degenerated into “Anti-Anti-Trump” and “Orange Man Bad Bad.” It is time for me to take my leave.
A cursory glance at the last 24 comments reaffirm that I made the right decision.
But that’s a comment, not a post.
Er . . . I’m confused. Did you flounce or nah?
And then he bails out because it’s too contentious.
It was contentious from the very first post. He posted it for the purposes of riling people up. This is known as trolling.
A troll post was the Post of the Week. So now you know how to get Post of the Week on Ricochet: TROLL
Ricochet is in the destroy the Republic so it can suck up to Conservative Inc. Business.
You never respond to the things that will make you look bad. Never.
It is your way, Gary. I think much less of you because of it.
I Will Not because it is clear it is misplaced. Good Faith debate would mean that @garyrobbins would respond. He does not.
Maybe what Scott and Rob want is lots of comments. Maybe that is what James wants too. I guess we give it to them.
I think that is sick.
People just need to avoid the temptation to respond to him.
Never. His crap cannot stand. Especially if promoted to the main feed. People have to see him for what he is. If he is on the main feed all the more reason to counter him.
Definitely if he’s on the main feed. But otherwise, . . . yeah, best ignored. And I include myself in that call to ignore.
Ricochet really does have a NeverTrump reputation on the right. Every time a Ricochet post ends up on Instapundit, the commenters immediately tag us as NeverTrumpers. No matter what the post is about.
So Ricochet is going to have to do a lot of work to overcome that reputation. Promoting this post is not the way to do it. Highlighting Bill Kristol or Jonah Goldberg is not the way to do it. But it’s quite possible that Ricochet encourages this reputation. Even though the people who keep the comments flowing tend to be supporters of the President.
And especially in the current climate, who wants to be on the side of Democrats, eh?
Meh, ‘boomer’ conservatives may be clueless about certain things compared to younger conservatives (for example, how many saw this coming before it was too late?), but the younger generations are much less conservative overall, so I don’t think we have any particular room to criticize.