What I think is needful: Punitive anti-GOP voting come November. Aside from those GOP'ers who have consistently opposed Trump (3? fewer?) we should pick the Dem and fire for effect.
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What I think is needful: Punitive anti-GOP voting come November. Aside from those GOP'ers who have consistently opposed Trump (3? fewer?) we should pick the Dem and fire for effect.
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On a related note, would you say that proponents of the Second Amendment as the guarantor of liberty who have also supported Trump's violations of constitutional norms have lost all authority?Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh
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To quote my second favorite Never Trumper, "every last one of them has to go."
Oh absolutely. I really hope that the protesters can take back the Gadsden flag from the gun-toting, beer-bellied idiots its been appropriated by.
Oh and if anyone is wondering why the NRA has been suspiciously quiet, its probably because they are treading water financially and have laid off a huge number of their staff.
Thoughts and prayers.
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They have the same "authority" they had before -- the suffrage.
If you meant, 'do I believe that they have lost the moral high ground to preach about the vital nature of one aspect of the Constitution by championing a fumbling would-be pseudo-autocrat who is at best operating extra-constitutionally and quite possibly in direct contravention of other portions of that document' I would say "yes" -- while noting that they will never recognize much less acknowledge the logical and ethical fallacy in which they are engaged.
I once had a chap on this forum ask me how I, a small government conservative, could oppose abortion -- since any legislation thereupon by government would be intrusive to the individual. As in, how could I keep calling myself a small government somewhat-libertarian and, at least implicitly, call for greater government intervention into people's everyday lives.
It was a darned good question. And one I not only took days to answer for myself, but to which I still review/consider my stance every once in a while.
I would not expect that level of reflexive evaluation from the Trumpian Core.
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"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -- H. L. Mencken
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Joe has picked Kamala Harris to be his VP.
Can't say I didn't see this coming, despite all the cloudiness over the past couple weeks regarding the pick. I figured she would be a very strong VP candidate for whoever won the primaries after she dropped last December. She is a good choice and definitely brings more excitement to the ticket. Would also love to see Karen Bass take over her senate seat if they win in November. Very glad he didnt pick Rice though, she would have dredged up a bunch of stuff like Benghazi and the whole unmasking thing that would be easy red meat for Trump's base.
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At least now the VP debate might be as amusing as the president, pity it wasnt the scientologist, would have been fun watching Mike "Taze the Rainbow" Pence share a stage with Xenu.
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Considering that Jeff Sessions admitted that he got nervous when she questioned him, its going to be a fascinating VP debate.
Edit: the GOP attacks on her are amusing so far. Doesnt seem like they really know what to do with her. Trump didnt really seem to have a good line about her either. Called her phony as I recall from the presser but that seems pretty weak. Meanwhile The Federalist is selling "Kamala is a cop" tshirt which just make me confused who its supposed to appeal to? I thought the GOP liked cops? If its for the people on the left who don't like her, why would they be buying anything from The Federalist in the first place? Meanwhile in GOP talk show land they are claiming she isnt really the pick and its just a smokescreen. And others trying to connect her to Epstein or something? Weird. I'm sure they will figure out a more coherent line of attack later but for now they just seem confused. But in the meantime, Palin has some surprisingly wholesome words for Kamala.
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Harris' problem isnt so much across the aisle, its in-house.
Expect Gabbard's takedown to resume circulating in liberal circles, as the BLM "all cops are bastards" tone of the last two months crashes against the symbol of all that is corrupt in law enforcement being selected VP.
A twist of the knife in the bernie bros, no mistake.
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