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It seems quite clear to me the split in the GOP is not mushy-middle vs. hard right, but Donor Class vs. Primary Voters. It is about following the money.
The Donor Class, by and large, is fine with the way things are. It works for them. It works for their families. It works for everyone they know. They are doing OK. These are the Republicans who have money to put into investments. They have wonderful homes, secure incomes, and look forward to retirement. They are looking to sell their successful businesses, and buy property because prices are just going to go up, up, up as soon as the Fed lowers the interest rates. Their kids go to nice schools and then nice colleges. They know each other and the right people.
They are not, for the most part, the liberal superrich, but still get direct access to the politicians. Let's face it, most of us are not paying $2,500 a head to attend a political fundraiser for our local politician. We don't get to do that sort of thing. Nor are most of us pundits in safe jobs that allow us to rub elbows with the politically powerful.
The Primary Voters are horrified at what they see and horrified at what is happening to their ways of life. And this is given no real voice, anywhere except when a man came along who did not need the Donor Class. He was his own man. You want to know has happened to good ol' Ron? Donor Class getting into his campaign and his ear. Why does National Review, the supposed flagship of Conservatism, do things like jump on the Covington kids and lead the charge against the GOP nominee winning the election? Follow the money. Their Donor Class supporters want that.
The majority of the GOP politicians don't give any more care to their Primary Voters than do the Democrat ones. It is all about keeping their real base happy. That is not you and me, brothers and sisters. It is the near-rich who are going to be just fine no matter what.
That is what this speaker battle is over.
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There is a third group in this, the wannbees. These are the people who support the Donor Class without being in it. They are like the outsider kids trying to suck up to the cool kids.
Consider this my wave for the many of you here at Ricochet.
And the Donor class and wannabes hold primary voters in abject contempt. They are elites, and we are ignorant peasants.
When the TEA Party emerged it was a profound threat to them. Then it metastasized into Trump, an even bigger threat. They then exposed themselves and don’t understand they are walking around in the sun wearing see-though pants and dresses with their asses hanging out. I never thought before they were actually that ugly. But now I’ve seen them.
The lines are drawn. “Republican” is just a word meaning ‘not democrat’. Democrat is a word meaning ‘not republican’.
Once people are bought out, their hands are tied, they are gagged and controlled.
I no longer see DeSantis as a good governor and a possible President. I see him as beholden to the forces who hold ordinary Americans interests in contempt . That’s how it works nowadays.
He can’t defy them. They would destroy him like they are trying to destroy Donald J. Trump. They refuse to come to the defense of an American (and other Americans) who is being unconstitutionally railroaded.
“America First” is a slogan equivalent of cloves of garlic and a crucifix to these vampires. They are corporatists and globalists. America is to be overrun, plundered and pillaged and they will remain unscathed and likely benefit.
Nice try with co-opting DeSantis. Will he run third party after he loses the primary? Will he support Trump? That will be interesting to watch.
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Maybe they can finagle it so that Trump picks a VP they like, and then once elected, they remove him and they have their VP in office.
I've got my bases covered. I just hate everyone.
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The GOPe has been playing the same hand since the Tea Party came on the scene. Pull the rowdy upstarts to one side and promise them a lifetime of political influence and a steady stream of lobbyists so long as they toe the party line. Definitely don't try to follow through on your promises; we all know those were just to get elected.
That ploy worked until a certain businessman ran for President who didn't need their money. That's when they decided he must be stopped.
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