In 2016, Trump shoved a potato in the tailpipe of the Hillary/Russia/DOJ Express. His election ended Conservative, Inc. for all intents and purposes. The Democrats have ended themselves.
I'm still not going to be putting any faith in the GOP. Fool me once... Shame on... Me. Fool me twice... Shame on... Won't be fooled again.
While Trump, a lifelong democrat, truly broke the republican party, there are still too many faux, neo, self described, but nowhere near, small 'c' conservatives, that have been dealing from the bottom of a stacked deck. when the democrat party finally implodes and we get a Gerald ford redux, those that used to be called RINO, but now make up 98% of the GOP, will say all the right things, but do all the wrong things, just as they've done since Clinton.
Best case scenario? Trump elected in '24 with DeSantis as VP. Trump won't be able to repair all the current administration has wrought, but he'll be able to point us in the right direction. If DeSantis can be the same Conservative he's displayed in Florida, then the Right could conceivably have 12 years to address all that ails us. a perfect time for the next "greatest generation" to come into Congress and fix the things that kept them at war for two decades fighting battles with both hands tied behind their backs.
Eject the new, Progressive, Justice Democrats and replace the republican, squishy, old guard whose one and only play is to roll over and piss themselves every time a democrat walks in the room. Do that, Conservatism and constitutionalism stands a chance. Do it not and Lincoln will be proven a prophet, because a house divided against itself cannot stand.
I'm still not going to be putting any faith in the GOP. Fool me once... Shame on... Me. Fool me twice... Shame on... Won't be fooled again.
While Trump, a lifelong democrat, truly broke the republican party, there are still too many faux, neo, self described, but nowhere near, small 'c' conservatives, that have been dealing from the bottom of a stacked deck. when the democrat party finally implodes and we get a Gerald ford redux, those that used to be called RINO, but now make up 98% of the GOP, will say all the right things, but do all the wrong things, just as they've done since Clinton.
Best case scenario? Trump elected in '24 with DeSantis as VP. Trump won't be able to repair all the current administration has wrought, but he'll be able to point us in the right direction. If DeSantis can be the same Conservative he's displayed in Florida, then the Right could conceivably have 12 years to address all that ails us. a perfect time for the next "greatest generation" to come into Congress and fix the things that kept them at war for two decades fighting battles with both hands tied behind their backs.
Eject the new, Progressive, Justice Democrats and replace the republican, squishy, old guard whose one and only play is to roll over and piss themselves every time a democrat walks in the room. Do that, Conservatism and constitutionalism stands a chance. Do it not and Lincoln will be proven a prophet, because a house divided against itself cannot stand.
DeSantis not Trump, hopefully. Trump does not inspire the voters that grew to hate him. DeSantis will.
I hope that you are right, Michael.
AND just maybe a sufficient Real Republican Majority in the Senate to put the fake president where he and she belong.