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Like I said in the above comment, John Ziglar’s interview on Whisky Politics just wipes the floor with these guys.
They self-wipe, actually. I mean anyone with half a brain can see right through their charade. Even Democrats mock them. Everyone knows they’re in it for the graft.
I’m really curious what’s going to become of these people who blew up their established conservative reputations (fake as they were) for the short-term graft of rejecting all their previously-claimed conservative views.
Nobody trusts them anymore and nobody should. Nobody’s going to hire them to work on campaigns. Everyone knows they’ll stick a knife in your back as soon as someone flashes more cash at them. Who would hire Steve Schmidt or Rick Wilson to work on any campaign? All they have left now is writing hate-filled books and getting booked on MSNBC to play footsie with Don Lemon while mocking the working class.
Only if Kozak, Drew or Bryan also sits for the cream pie event!
In Arizona, Trump won by 3% in 2016. Historically, Republicans “fall in line” much more than Democrats, and show up and vote for the nominee.
Trump won 94% of Arizona Republicans in 2016. But if that percentage goes down to 85%, Trump loses.
Another word for “git-er-done” . . .
Sorry, but the Democrats completely impoverished me. The Democrats you want to elect. There’s no way I can afford to go on a cruise. Couldn’t find the time anyway, since I have to work two jobs to make ends meet, thanks to the Democrats. The Democrats you want to elect. The Democrats who are destroying our lives.
I like that. More answer than Gary’s ever given.
Biden isn’t running as Biden. Biden is running as “not Trump”. For a lot of voters he doesn’t Have to do anything but be Not Trump.
The pollsters won’t do it, because to ask the question would be to confirm the unspoken truth on the left about Biden’s mental state, but it would be interesting to see what the poll numbers look like if people were asked who they would vote for, if they knew Kamala Harris would take over as president sometime during the first 6-18 months of Biden’s term. My suspicions are the needle would barely move, with the #NeverTrump folks twisting themselves into pretzels to convince themselves and others that Kamala’s just as moderate as Joe.
I don’t participate in polls. But if I did, I would lie. My hope is that polls become so useless that they are no longer worth a headline.
Trump is not the cause of anything with the Republican party. He’s a symptom and a reaction.
We must destroy the country in order to protect it.
I have yet to meet a single person who is voting for Joe Biden. Nobody thinks Biden’s going to be a good President. Most understand that he’s going to be President in name only while Harris et al do the actual work of the executive branch. And certainly no real Republican could endorse the policies he prescribes for this country. Everyone who is voting for Biden is voting against the President. Biden is just a name on the ballot. He’s deteriorated to the point where all that’s left is a mannequin full of angry confusion.
This is exactly right.
I felt better listening to this podcast.
In a 2016, pre-election podcast, Rob Long stated (maybe not word for word, but darn close) with ontological certitude, “Look, it is mathematically impossible for Trump to win the election. All you Trump fans need to get over it.”
Him making such dire predictions in 2020 was a booster. Thanks, Rob!
Although, I must say that I take a little umbrage with calling motivated, dedicated Republicans who will do what they can whatever the polls say as infants “banging the spoon on their high chair.”
Comment made me want to bang on something.
See, Gary, the thing is, nobody but you wants to hit them with a cream pie. All of us would take a shot at you. It’s the law of supply and demand. 😁
I have heard ad nauseum that Trump is somehow a threat to democracy. And I hear it from people that are voting for Biden and know that, if elected, Biden will not be acting as president
Once again, they are guilty of what they accuse others of
If it weren’t for projection, they’d have no thoughts at all.
Remember, last time Trump took them by surprise. Expecting him to lose anyway, the media and the social media did not put on a full court press.
Similarly, in 1988, for example, the media expected the “pendulum” to “swing”, and so covered the election with less bias then they might have. But by 1992 they were loaded for bear and made sure that the Democratic candidate would win.
In Florida 2000, the media actually called the election for Gore while the polls were still open in the Florida Panhandle; probably costing Bush 10,000 votes, but also encouraging Democratic operatives to throw away the fraudulent ballots that, I suspect, they had available if needed. So when the Democrat-controlled Florida Supreme Court kept desperately calling for more recounts, it was too late for the operatives to “miraculously discover“ an uncounted stash of ballots.
Of course, 2020 is not a normal election. The Democrats will be able to manufacture millions of mail ballots if they need them.
They’re already doing it. Ballot harvesting via “early voting” in Madison yesterday even though it’s illegal here. Early voting is not allowed to begin here until two weeks prior to the election. But our Wisconsin Elections Board is Democrat-controlled, so they frowned a little, but that’s it.
That’s why I am voting for Biden, he is the “Not Trump.”
A proposed bumper sticker: “Biden, he’ll do.”
No, we must destroy Trump and Trumpism, to save the country and party.
You know what my price is. Kozak, Drew or Bryan, and I am in.
In fact, Trump has shifted both parties’ position on China.
No one believes the convenient, self-serving fantasy that trading with China will bring civil rights and democracy any more.
Also, Trump has blown up the media’s game of pretending to be impartial, even as they slip the knife into Republicans and conservatives. Republicans know where they stand now, which is a good thing. It helps to know your enemies.
For millions of white, working class voters, Trump has broken the ice, in terms of pulling the lever for Republican candidates for the first time.
This a million times.
Would you be sad if nobody but you throws pies at them?
Bet Yeti would pay to throw one at @kedavis. 😜
If Biden wins you get more statism and everything that supports it.
He also isn’t starting stupid wars.
His creativity in the Middle East is isolating Iran and making peace with Israel. That whole thing seems to be on auto pilot, hopefully.
For the same reason that Gary would like to throw pies at Kozak, Drew, and/or Bryan: people don’t like being shown that they are wrong.