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Youngkin is plotting for the Presidency in 2028.
I hope not hes a Bush style Neocon if I could choose anyone it would be Rand Paul
Youngkin is plotting for the Presidency in 2028.
Youngkin will be included in my JBE TL soon that I'm working on right now.I hope not hes a Bush style Neocon if I could choose anyone it would be Rand Paul
Not really. Trump seems like a 'loose cannon' sometimes, but he's a guy who plans ahead. He prepared for his Presidential run for well over two decades. Look at his party affiliation history. He's been called a flip-flopper on that, but in fact, he just made sure to always be a member of the opposition party. Why? So that if and when he decided to run, he could do it when an incumbent left office, at which point he'd have been a member of the opposition party for the past eight years (which is enough to build up credibility).I mean Trump running again is basically a given at this point barring something medically happens, He wouldn't be regularly holding rallies otherwise.
Not really. Trump seems like a 'loose cannon' sometimes, but he's a guy who plans ahead. He prepared for his Presidential run for well over two decades. Look at his party affiliation history. He's been called a flip-flopper on that, but in fact, he just made sure to always be a member of the opposition party. Why? So that if and when he decided to run, he could do it when an incumbent left office, at which point he'd have been a member of the opposition party for the past eight years (which is enough to build up credibility).
Instead of flat-out announcing a run, he first tested Obama repeatedly, escalating his strategy, ultimately gaining a lot of fame (and infamy) with the birth cerificate issue. By then, he knew that this would be his shot. Obama was controversial, Trump had painted himself as a prominent critic, he had a bunch of years s a GOP member under his belt, but he was still an outsider. It made 2016 "his year". It was a canny, well-prepared strategy.
He's testing again, right now. He's keeping his options open. If the verdict this week had been that he couldn't be prosecuted for his (alleged) role in the January 6th debacle, he would presumably have taken some steps towards formally announcing. As it is, I'd expect him to wait and see if he can't beat this legal issue (or have it thrown out) before announcing. After all, announcing on the back of a triumph is the best move.
If, on the other hand, he can't beat this legal challenge (at least not in time), then I think it's more likely that he throws his weight behind another candidate (for 2024, DeSantis appar to be the front-runner). This unifies the "Trumpist" faction behind his chosen successor, which may well allow that candidate to win.
In short: I think he's keeping his options open. Campaign-wise, he doesn't need to actually announce anything until mid-2023, so he's doing fine just keeping the home fires burning for now. That's what the rallies are for. And whether he uses that to fire up his own run or to back someone else's... that's still to be determined.
I strongly prefer anyone who really goes for small government, but as I've said before: I expect the populist movement to go in the opposite direction. The establishment has gone all the way on favouring megacorps and globalism (which they falsely call "free trade") that any opposition movement is going to trend heavily towards anti-corporate and economially protectionist policies. It's got the paleoconservative impulse in there, but it's more the Pat Buchanan kind than the Ron Paul kind.He is the kingmaker if he doesn't run which I really wish he would throw his weight behind Rand Paul rather than Desantis because tbh I think Paul is the best way forward and while hes not his father hes still who I wanted to win last go around.
I strongly prefer anyone who really goes for small government, but as I've said before: I expect the populist movement to go in the opposite direction. The establishment has gone all the way on favouring megacorps and globalism (which they falsely call "free trade") that any opposition movement is going to trend heavily towards anti-corporate and economially protectionist policies. It's got the paleoconservative impulse in there, but it's more the Pat Buchanan kind than the Ron Paul kind.
Since the global economy is basically heading towards the next big crash, I only expect the "economic populism" drive to get stronger as we go forward. Even on this forum, which is... let's say not very left-wing... there are increasingly more voices that are so fed up with the collusion between big business and the political establishment that they outright suggest stringent regulation, new anti-trust laws, sometimes even outright nationalisation of tech companies.
I'm not on board with that, but I do understand why it's happening. And I believe that kind of thinking is only going to gain traction. The globalist cronies have basically made that kind of opposition inevitable, with the way they've shamelessly abused the system for the past decades.
Not really the Democrats keep trying to make various elections about Trump and they keep getting creamed. That at least implies Trump really isn't some albatross around the neck of the GOP.Trump is a bad idea. He would only have one term. This isn’t much time to do anything. He is to old. He comes with to much baggage’s and gives the Dems an easy person to rally against. Trump fans need to acknowledge this.
He is better as a kingmaker or elder statesmen in the party.
A Trump victory means Trump goes into office as a lame duck. He is a bad move tactically and strategically.
Anyone else gets two terms to do what they want/need.
Because they keep playing the Trump Card again and again. It is better that Trump throws his support behind a chosen successor who can run in 2028.Not really the Democrats keep trying to make various elections about Trump and they keep getting creamed. That at least implies Trump really isn't some albatross around the neck of the GOP.
One things is certain: Dems will see their bench wiped out this fall in the 2022 Midterms.It literally doesn't matter who it is - they will continue to act batshit insane. So cucking to them will get you exactly nothing. It's time to stop giving a shit about what these crazy people think, and focus instead on illustrating how crazy those people are, if you're actually worried moderates like myself can't just see that for ourselves.
I strongly prefer anyone who really goes for small government, but as I've said before: I expect the populist movement to go in the opposite direction. The establishment has gone all the way on favouring megacorps and globalism (which they falsely call "free trade") that any opposition movement is going to trend heavily towards anti-corporate and economially protectionist policies. It's got the paleoconservative impulse in there, but it's more the Pat Buchanan kind than the Ron Paul kind.
Since the global economy is basically heading towards the next big crash, I only expect the "economic populism" drive to get stronger as we go forward. Even on this forum, which is... let's say not very left-wing... there are increasingly more voices that are so fed up with the collusion between big business and the political establishment that they outright suggest stringent regulation, new anti-trust laws, sometimes even outright nationalisation of tech companies.
I'm not on board with that, but I do understand why it's happening. And I believe that kind of thinking is only going to gain traction. The globalist cronies have basically made that kind of opposition inevitable, with the way they've shamelessly abused the system for the past decades.
Considering the blatant idiocy, hypocrisy, and outright lies on display from the RINOs and neocons, I'm hopeful that the opposite will happen, and the MAGA types will fully wrest control of the Republican party from them; though admittedly that would require people to set aside their bloodlust, and actually pay attention to what's being said, so I guess I'm not too hopeful.Well after the great Russian fuck up, Jingoism is on the rise so that may lead to a bunch of Bush era style idiots rising to power in the Republican party again.