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No, I was just riffing on the dream of a Ricochet without you.
Who cares? What’s with packs of flag waiving protesters beating capitol police officers on the front steps of the capitol? Or fighting with polic and overwhelming the police at (albeit insignificant) barriers outside the capitol. Some police letting through unruly and aggressive protestors to de-escalate a situation and prevent further violence at the spot doesn’t make this not a riot.
Even after “the riot” started, most people weren’t actively participating in violence. Perhaps those closest to the BLM/Antifa agitators were more easily influenced. But remember, the cops let them in and they even stay within the “ropes” etc… where was this simmering violence just waiting to explode?
Yeah, I peaked at Jonah’s Twitter timeline, and though, wow did that guy snap.
I’m not too worried about that honestly. A week is a long time in politics. The idea that 2024 will be about Trump seems like a stretch to me. The stuff of 2024 should be more interesting than Trump.
I get that. I have 2 serious problems with this:
This claim is a complete fabrication and has been debunked by numerous organizations on both the left and the right.
McCain’s worst moment in a history of political mediocrity.
I can’t believe some are trying to go with “mostly peaceful”.
He had the dumbest reason, too. Something about how much upheaval it was going to cause made him want it to be bipartisan. The damn thing was passed on a party line with a parliamentary trick. It is one of the most sickening things that is ever happened in my lifetime. There was no reason for any of this.
I can. That’s what they heard from nearly every source for six months of rioting, unrest, and upheavel. That’s what they headlines blare after near nightly riots with explosives, fireworks, shields and clubs every night in a major American city. And more importantly, we’ve all seen that it works. It is an accepted excuse in almost every quarter except our small little slice of the pie. So why wouldn’t people go with it? I wish we woudln’t. We don’t have a media machine to cover over the unpleasant facts like they do, and we need to better then them to win. But I can absolutely believe out of sheer frustration, exhaustion, and loss of heart – that is a very tempting road to go down.
There was a reason. The reason was that McCain hated Trump. The man really was that petty. It’s hard to imagine how a legit war hero could sink so low but there you have it.
That road leads to hell. The left has no standards except for whatever if politically convenient at the time. If we become the left, there is nothing to sustain the best of America’s classically liberal traditions.
Frankly because people that do it are not frustrated, exhausted or suffering from loss of heart. They are just awful people. And it only works for the left because the left has the media, the schools, etc. It won’t work for this except with Trump besotted fools. They beat up and killed cops. Not the media, not Congress, cops.
I thought Bill Cunningham had really good analysis last night. He is a lawyer.
The big problem is Trump does not think about civics issues enough. I always thought this was going to be a problem. He obviously is not intellectually curious and he didn’t do any homework on this type of thing. You can get away with that in some political positions but it’s really hard as POTUS.
Trump and all of those guys should have at some point just said that Zuckerberg and Perkins Coui outfoxed the state legislatures before the election and it was just too hard to do anything about it afterwards. This should have happened before Christmas.
I really recommend that you listen to this. He is a very good broadcaster.
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/bill-cunningham-20785499/#
Well, she does make a few good points…
Is that the big problem? I think the big problem is that our enemies are legion and they control all institutions and all forms of communication.
Please, gentleman, get Thomas Sowell on, and please—LISTEN to him.
I recommend that you take ten minutes and start at the 64 minute point to first listen to James, then Rob’s rant in context, and then James’ and Peter’s responses. Peter remarked about how Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton represents the new Republican Party, which Rob agreed with. Rob then praised Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Peter agreed with that. By the end of the Podcast, they agreed to disagree as what to do and say about Trump going forward.
If you have an additional four minutes, listen to Johnny Cash’s incredible song “Hurt.”
After “Hurt” there is a bit of light-hearted banter that shows that Peter and Rob admire and respect each other, despite their exasperation’s with each other.
Agreed. We already know going in that most of the media is dishonest and will not report anything accurately – that’s baseline, nothing new. We must be disciplined, not like the apologetic snowflakes that we abhor (many in the GOP). When the Left tries to “campaign against Trump”, do NOT beg forgiveness for a bunch of idiots from one day in January. You will not get sympathy until you are dead. We need to be prepared to recount, immediately, the substantial conservative accomplishments from those 4 years, and talk about how we will build on those for the benefit of all Americans. Do not bother to engage in a discussion about Trump’s failings – we are all sinners and fall short (even the person you are talking to) – and that’s not pertinent to a discussion of policy.
A lot of good points. Check out her YouTube channel for many excellent videos.
This a thousand times. Trump effectively expanded the base to homosexuals, the working class and non-white Americans. This against the constant barrage of misinformation from the mainstream media. To be fair, Trump’s conduct was unpleasant and I can understand how people more interested in optics and feelings than policy could vote against him.
To disagree with the common wisdom. Trump is great at building coalitions. He is just a little bit better at building coalitions against him.
How do you know this?