Quality over Quanity...every time!

I read a lot these days. Primarily topics that interest me. I like well written articles by scribes who can articulate clearly and succinctly. One piece i read this morning was brilliant. One of the sites i follow has a cadre of talented people and in this case, A B Stoddard wrote sheer and utter genius under the header: "As The Election Nears, Trump Vaporizes the GOP". This one paragraph says it all:
"The death of the GOP started slowly, but it’s happening more quickly this year. Republicans no longer champion the free market or free trade, the rule of law, the Constitution, entitlement reform, debt reduction, limited government, American exceptionalism and leadership on the world stage, personal responsibility, or protections for the unborn.

Instead, they champion Trump."

 

I tend to agree with that. Republicans have no testicular fortitude! They need to fight for what they believe in like the SAVE Act which requires those who vote in federal elections prove they are U.S. citizens.

It's the Democrats who want to do away with private healthcare and require all healthcare to be provided by the federal government. They also want to institute price control. A policy that has never worked when ever and where ever it was was ever instituted.

And which party has created Lawfare? And all the charges against Trump are falling apart because of the way the Dem's are abusing the law!

You mean the Constitutionality of returning abortion back to the States?

The Democrat policy that there needs to be an Equality of Outcome rather than the Republican policy of Equality of Opportunity.

That's something both parties need to get a handle on.

Go read Federalist 45. "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected.

The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State. The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security."

Article I Section 8 give the federal government the powers over only about 20 items.

Something we seem to longer have under the current administration.

Something that has been lost. Our society has turned into a "Whatever is good for me" mentality and the heck with you!

The Republicans are protecting the unborn. That's why the decision was turned back to the States, it's not a federal issue. The Dem's are still okay with aborting a baby up to the time of birth!

 

Actually, these aren't my remarks. Here's Stoddard's bio. Nicely rounded career and smart as a whip.
Stoddard worked as a producer for World News Tonight (1999–2002). She covered the U.S. Senate for ABC News. She won first place in the "Weekly Newspaper – Editorial, Columns, Commentary" category of the Dateline Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists’ Washington, D.C., chapter in 2009,[10] where the judges called her winning article "insightful".[11] She was awarded first place in the "Weekly Newspaper – Editorial" category in 2011,[12] and was a finalist in the 2012 awards in the "Weekly Newspaper – Editorial, Columns, Commentary" category.[13][14]

Stoddard is a writer at large at The Bulwark, guest contributor on MSNBC and a Fox News political panel member.[15] She is a columnist on The Hill. She often appears as a guest on Special Report with Bret Baier.[16][17] She is a former congressional reporter for The Hill.[18]

 

I think she's misreading the tea leaves?

The other problem is she's a journalist!

Article in The Washington Post:

"Only 3.4% of U.S. journalists are Republicans: Survey"

 

Interesting stat Tom because the two sites i follow every day are mostly republican's or former who have become independents. Of course like so many, they've become never trumpers because the donald has simply destroyed the values the GOP was built on and around.

 

I don't believe Trump has destroyed the GOP values. I believe Trump is interfearing with what Congress has become?

I believe a good majority of Congress, both the House and Senate has become one big Good Ole Boys Club where many individuals have managed to find their own little gravy train that personally enriches them and or their families.

Seems to me that Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer are in cahoots to protect the status quo understanding that if Trump were to get back to Washington he will attempt to clean house?

I think perhaps the corruption is too deep for one man to undo.

Politics is a dirty game because those who find themselves with power also find out they can be purchased. That's why most politicians go into government with modest means, and come out as millionaires.

These people are selling out our Country for personal gain.

Trump didn't destroy anything during his first term, and his record shows it. But if you compare the differences in the last two administrations there's no comparison.

Wife went to Safeway today, bought 17 items, it cost $70 bucks!

That's my story and I'm sticking with it.

 

Think about that on 1400/month. Go MAGA!!!

 

That's one of the great things about America Tom, everyone has a right to have an OPINION. Because someone says it or writes it doesn't make it true. However, some OPINIONS stand out more-so than others. For my money, i'll take the folks who have stayed true to their beliefs, are principled and are able to articulate how and why they feel the way they do.

The never-trump contingent, a huge number by the way, have always struck me as the "true conservatives." No offense, but the values they had embraced over the years were ingrained in them. They weren't willing to subjugate their values to pacify trump who demanded complete and utter loyalty as a a requirement to join team trump.

Of course, this is just my OPINION.

That said, this morning on the Bulwark, Mona Charen had a brilliant piece "Why Jews Should Reject Trump." We know the other day he made some veiled threats that if he lost he would blame Jews who didn't vote for him. It's vintage trump and i won't bore you with the details of the article, other than this paragraph:
"First, because Trump himself is so indecent, his primacy made it impossible for the Republican party to enforce standards. To insist upon honesty, integrity, or even basic competence in any Republican would no longer be tolerated. Hadn’t Trump’s example proved that all ethical objections were merely disguised partisanship? And if the party reproved Marjorie Taylor Greene, how could it justify its resolute defense of Trump? Thus, all standards were obliterated. An institution that cannot enforce standards is helpless in the face of bigots."

Clearly what makes these articles so compelling is they aren't coming from us "godless commie democrats (said with a smirk)," but from people who have voted red their entire lives. Go figure.

 

Sorry to say but the Democrat Party no longer holds to the values they once believed.

You can not deny that the current Democrat Party has drastically changed its ideology from days of old. Heck, they no longer are even considered the Party of the working man!

As far as the Jewish vote goes...its not Trump who is telling the IDF they must use restraint. It's the current administration that's dragging its feet on sending weapons to Isreal.

When the U.S. was attacked on 9-11 would we have listened to requests from other Country's to use restraint? I think not, and that's exactly what Isreal is doing.

 

We can come back to what the democrats are and have become (in your opinion Tom) later, but for now let's take a little deeper dive into what Mona had to say this morning, it's really good (in my opinion):
Second, Trump trafficked in conspiracy theories—about vaccines, immigrants, Obama’s birthplace, the death of Antonin Scalia, the “deep state,” etc. He normalized disordered, paranoid thinking. Malign, shadowy forces drive events in his mind. Among his very first lies as a candidate—that foreign nations were not “sending their best”—was a species of conspiracy, as if Mexico’s leaders sat down with legal pads and checked off names to send across the Rio Grande. Here’s an iron law: Conspiracy thinking everywhere and always devolves into antisemitism. It’s the oldest and most durable of conspiracies. Every 2016 Jewish Trump supporter should have seen it coming. (To be clear, they should have shunned him on general principles, but as a matter of Jewish interest, they should have been on notice.)

Without conspiracy theories, trump wouldn't exist. That screams volumes to normal people (in my opinion).

 

WOW! That statement alone turns me off to anything else that was said!

It's the same old playbook with the Dem's! Everything ends up being some sort of conspiracy and if you don't believe what they believe you're some sort of a racist!

And how the heck does a so called conspiracy on the things mentioned above turn into anti-Semitism????

 

OMG! Bill is quoting, of all people, Bill Kristol, on of all places, Twitter!!!

https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1838902488155508788

 

One can only smile when confronted with arguments by those who voted red to ignore the meat of the discourse. I get it, truly; it's hard when the ugliness of what the right has become bites you in the ass (in my opinion). Let's recap how we got there:
Second, Trump trafficked in conspiracy theories—about vaccines, immigrants, Obama’s birthplace, the death of Antonin Scalia, the “deep state,” etc. He normalized disordered, paranoid thinking. Malign, shadowy forces drive events in his mind.

 

So their best was gangs from Venezuela?

Would he be dead?

Are these democrats normal people? The Nasty Pussies At Trump Tower (buzzfeednews.com)

 

some so called sources list

Conspiracy thinking everywhere and always devolves into antisemitism - Google Search

 

It's pretty useless to continue arguing the same stuff but just on a different thread. No minds will be changed!

But I will note that the title of this thread says quite a lot!

Quality over Quanity...every time!

My Quality of life was much better under the Trump administration.

The Quantity of items I can now afford to purchase under the Biden administration is much less!

Every time...Yes, and it happens every time we find ourselves living under a Democrat administration.

It goes back to the Democrat policy that there needs to be an Equality of Outcome rather than the Republican policy of Equality of Opportunity.

It's exactly what Winston Churchill said, “You don’t make the poor rich by making the rich poorer.” Just like you can't improve everybody's quality of life by making sure everybody only has the amount of prosperity that the government allows you to have.

 

Why is there always an issue with trumpers who have short term memory loss? 2020; a million American's died, we were locked in our homes, businesses were shuttered and never recovered and we reached record unemployment in numbers not seen since the great depression. A presidents term is 4 years, not 3. I know that's an inconvenient truth, but it is our reality.

Do you really want to do this Tom? Even you know that's not true. The economy does better under democrats. The billionaires do better under republicans. Sorry again brother but that argument is a non-starter.

 

In what universe is this true? Gas, eggs, all prices up, interest rates and on and on.
Do you really want to do this Tom? Even you know that's not true. The economy does better under democrats. The billionaires do better under republicans. Sorry again brother but that argument is a non-starter.

How hard has inflation hit you>

https://x.com/RealDealAxelrod/status/1837586075084378460

 

My GOD Bill! PLEASE CHECK YOUR FACTS! More people died of Covid under the Binden administration than during Trumps.

It's funny how when you shut down the economy unemployment rises! But isn't it funny that in California, Democrat Gavin Newsome shut down schools and churches but left open marijuana dispensaries and his favorite restaurant The French Laundry!

Do YOU really want to go there? Look around Bill. Why, after 3 1/2 years under a Democrat administration do you suppose 81% of registered voters believe the economy is the number one issue?

Bill, you're entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts!