The point I was trying to make about Trump is that he created a lot of his own chaos. Conservatives have it hard enough with the media stacking the deck again them just because they don’t have a “D” after their names. It’s important to not “poke the bear” and create daily headlines because of crazy Twitter rants.
I voted for Trump and I’ll vote for him again if he’s the nominee. That doesn’t change the fact that he creates a lot of his own problems and he freely feeds the media live ammunition. In my opinion, Desantis is a much more polished version of Trump without the media circus.
They had the "savvy and smarts," but, they didn't have the gonads to do anything about it but flap their gums. You don't have to understand conservatives...they understand themselves and their own motivation. Thankfully, I'm a moderate Independent. I lean more conservative, but, I won't put Trump on a pedestal! He did many good things, yes, but, he didn't do enough, and some of what he did wasn't good. Also, are you a Canadian or an American? I truly can't recall. I know Scott is Canadian....but, I can't remember if you are or not.
I'm an American. I consider myself a conservative. Regan was great and Trump was even better. I have friends who are involved in well-known think tanks and they actually told people they were not voting for Trump last time... Why not? They all knew the alternative was Communism. So, I agree that they lacked the gonads, but how savvy and smart is that?
thank you.....
.. ... .i really appreciate your confidence and kind words.. ..truth is.... and i hate to sound self discounting once again.. .. ..i never know if what i am saying is making sense... if it was my own thought or a recurring disembodied voice i can;t lock out.... or if i even wrote in the right language sometimes until i go back a look at it afterwards... .. ...and i edit and re-edit my posts all the time... sometimes i just delete them altogether if i can;t even make sense of what i wrote myself... self discrimination is just one way of staying fully grounded in reality and that is vitally important for someone like me... ... my mind doesn;t work the normal way everyone elses does... and knowing that.. being fully aware of it...accepting it...and being willing to do whatever extra work it takes to break through the barriers that kind of problem creates is part of what keeps me here and appearing as normal as possible.... constant prayer and good friends is the other part....
That's lame...I vote on principle, nothing else. Yet, I found it very hard to vote for George Herbert Walker Bush...There were far too many problems with his ability to be honest about who he really was politically. He was too liberal for Reagan, and the only reason he was even placed on the ticket was to garner the support of the liberal moderates and liberal wing of the Republican party. His son wasn't much better and he proved this when he lied to attack Iraq, and later wouldn't support Trump. These people have been in the "New World Order" camp for many, many years. Trump did keep many of his promises, yet he didn't press it when it came to getting HRC held accountable like he said he would. Of course, I realize that he was meeting resistance pretty near every step of the way by the Dems, but also by many within his own party. Still, I couldn't vote for him again. His total lack of character was showing in the last few weeks of his presidency, and I found his constant drivel on Twitter not only annoying but counterproductive.
Take this as MHO... I'm not attempting to get personal. Every election that I can remember, there were some conservatives that had (again, in my opinion) a skewed idea when they said "I vote on principle." When Regan was running the first time, some of my conservative friends said that they could not vote for Regan because he was divorced. They said they were "voting on principle."
No. The Republican party is dead without Trump.
To a point, I can agree with your point of view. Still, I could not, in all good conscience vote for someone who is just as lacking in character as Biden is...and that would be Trump. As far as I can tell, both the Democrats and the Republicans have become one party with two different points of view. Republicans are quickly moving to the left of the center, There truly should be a VIABLE third party. If we have to vote for bad or worse..there isn't much of a choice. That's like saying "let's vote for this sin instead of this other one."
I’ve often wished that the US had several viable political party options. I’m not a fan of the two-party system. As you might know, George Washington advised against the creation of political parties in his famous Farewell Address speech. Of course in today’s world, it’s difficult to imagine a system without parties because that’s been the course of our nation since he left office.