My decision process works like this, if they are still for Reagan's Voodoo Economics like every GOP President since they are not normal. Being a 'normal' Republican is irrelevant when the mainstay of their policy & mandate is to funnel as much money into as few hands as possible. It is unsustainable in any kind of society, let alone one that purports to be democratic.
People are fooling themselves if they think 'normal' has anything to do with Republican policies that have ruined the working/middle class for the last 40 years.....
Sununu openly supported and campaigned for Don Bolduc. He's just as bad as the rest of them, he's just making a political calculation to try to find his own lane.
"Woke" is a slang term for "awareness and empathy," invented by black youth for their own empowerment. So when those brainwashed by conservative propaganda brand themselves as anti-woke, what they're really doing is saying they hate young black folk -- and that's how young people, black proos, and their many allies hear it. I fail to see how this will help Republicans win elections, as Boomers die off and diverse, multicultural millennials and Zoomers come to dominate the election. And, in fact, having nothing to offer voters but a noun, a verb, and woke didn't help Republicans in 2022, when Democrats stood their ground thanks to the youth vote.
This is why clueless old people who don't know what they're talking about should keep black culture out of their mouths. #StayWoke
Your assessment is bang on, I suspect. Who else is extremely popular with the Republican base now? MTG. Gaetz. Boebert. Jordan. Cruz. Etc., etc. All of these soulless people have adopted MAGA "principles" and seen their profile rise. Kevin McCarthy is the Speaker of the House now only because he gave in completely to MAGA demands. Governor Sununu may be popular in his home state, but he would never win a single Republican primary (possibly not even his own State).
My take on all this is that the Republicans are like lemmings running for the cliff into the sea and perishing. The ultra-right wing of the party is and looks like it will remain in control. Trump will probably be in some shade of orange to match his skin color with all of his legal troubles on the horizon. Desantis' anti woke campaign of banning books, challenging the "woke mob" as the new bogeyman, putting his cronies with inflated salaries at higher education institutions like New University in Florida to stifle free thinking hark back to the days dare I say of Mussolini and Hitler. Different time, same playbook as the past. The truth is that if the Republicans pick a Presidential Candidate like Trump or Desantis they will get beaten in a general election again. The Republican Party must come to its senses if they want to win again or quite possibly the cliff awaits them! Remember there are always some normal lemmings who survive the dash to the sea, maybe it is the same with "Normal Republicans!"
Here's a thought experiment. There have been six Republican presidents in my lifetime: Nixon, Ford, Reagan, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush and Donald Trump. Aside from Trump, who among the remaining five would be able to win the GOP presidential nomination today?
Isn’t the issue the primary voters? Perhaps primaries should go away and each party has multiple people on the ballot and uses ranked choice method. So if Cruz wins Texas and DeSantis wins Florida, all Republican states goes to DeSantis if he gets more total votes or something
I long for the day we mature beyond the extreme left and right in both parties and find the normal left and right again. Or perhaps there will be room someday for a centrist 3rd party.
I am a Maryland (Hogan) Democrat who for the first 50 years of my life was a registered
Republican. I have 2 daughters and couldn’t defend Trump and his ilk with a clear conscience. I’m still conservative so I’m working through things political.
My decision process works like this, if they are still for Reagan's Voodoo Economics like every GOP President since they are not normal. Being a 'normal' Republican is irrelevant when the mainstay of their policy & mandate is to funnel as much money into as few hands as possible. It is unsustainable in any kind of society, let alone one that purports to be democratic.
People are fooling themselves if they think 'normal' has anything to do with Republican policies that have ruined the working/middle class for the last 40 years.....
Sununu openly supported and campaigned for Don Bolduc. He's just as bad as the rest of them, he's just making a political calculation to try to find his own lane.
Oh and Happy Birthday, Chris!
"Woke" is a slang term for "awareness and empathy," invented by black youth for their own empowerment. So when those brainwashed by conservative propaganda brand themselves as anti-woke, what they're really doing is saying they hate young black folk -- and that's how young people, black proos, and their many allies hear it. I fail to see how this will help Republicans win elections, as Boomers die off and diverse, multicultural millennials and Zoomers come to dominate the election. And, in fact, having nothing to offer voters but a noun, a verb, and woke didn't help Republicans in 2022, when Democrats stood their ground thanks to the youth vote.
This is why clueless old people who don't know what they're talking about should keep black culture out of their mouths. #StayWoke
Your assessment is bang on, I suspect. Who else is extremely popular with the Republican base now? MTG. Gaetz. Boebert. Jordan. Cruz. Etc., etc. All of these soulless people have adopted MAGA "principles" and seen their profile rise. Kevin McCarthy is the Speaker of the House now only because he gave in completely to MAGA demands. Governor Sununu may be popular in his home state, but he would never win a single Republican primary (possibly not even his own State).
Pretty sure I saw somewhere that Sununu had said that if Trump was the nominee in 2024 he’d vote for him.
Also, I see that DeSantis bravely faced questioning at Fox yesterday and essentially said that Biden is for a democratic Ukraine then he’s against it.
"Normal" (like truth) is a slippery slope placed in a context that escapes reality.
My take on all this is that the Republicans are like lemmings running for the cliff into the sea and perishing. The ultra-right wing of the party is and looks like it will remain in control. Trump will probably be in some shade of orange to match his skin color with all of his legal troubles on the horizon. Desantis' anti woke campaign of banning books, challenging the "woke mob" as the new bogeyman, putting his cronies with inflated salaries at higher education institutions like New University in Florida to stifle free thinking hark back to the days dare I say of Mussolini and Hitler. Different time, same playbook as the past. The truth is that if the Republicans pick a Presidential Candidate like Trump or Desantis they will get beaten in a general election again. The Republican Party must come to its senses if they want to win again or quite possibly the cliff awaits them! Remember there are always some normal lemmings who survive the dash to the sea, maybe it is the same with "Normal Republicans!"
Here's a thought experiment. There have been six Republican presidents in my lifetime: Nixon, Ford, Reagan, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush and Donald Trump. Aside from Trump, who among the remaining five would be able to win the GOP presidential nomination today?
(I know where my money is.)
Isn’t the issue the primary voters? Perhaps primaries should go away and each party has multiple people on the ballot and uses ranked choice method. So if Cruz wins Texas and DeSantis wins Florida, all Republican states goes to DeSantis if he gets more total votes or something
I long for the day we mature beyond the extreme left and right in both parties and find the normal left and right again. Or perhaps there will be room someday for a centrist 3rd party.
I am a Maryland (Hogan) Democrat who for the first 50 years of my life was a registered
Republican. I have 2 daughters and couldn’t defend Trump and his ilk with a clear conscience. I’m still conservative so I’m working through things political.