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hoolstoptheheels

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WSJ - Coming Republican Civil War.


Basically, is the Republican Party a pure cult of an individual, where membership is constantly tested through loyalty to a person, not a country (or even a party or political philosophy), or does it have any principles at all?

I don’t know if we’ll know until we see the next 2 elections play out. Will Trump be in a position to run again in ‘24? Are we going to see challenges against people like Rubio? I’ll be interested in outcomes of races like Ivanka vs L’il Marco or Noem vs Thune, if they happen.

Talk about being doomed to live in interesting times. As if the pandemic wasn’t enough. We actually require reminders from 100s of prominent current and former leaders, in politics, business, and life, that it is the people of the USA, not the whims of Congress (I think that was Paul Ryan’s line - that lefty nutjob), who determine the presidency. And millions of my fellow Americans aren’t even hearing the reminder (distressing enough that they need one in the first place).

In the end, Wednesday is looking like a Pence loyalty test. If he does his Constitutional duty for the USA, he will be failing, and will become an enemy of, Trumpistan.

Holy shit is all I can think of to say about all this.

Link: https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-trumps-final-days-lines-are-drawn-for-a-republican-civil-war-11609772298


Posted: 01/05/2021 at 08:57AM



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WSJ - Coming Republican Civil War. -- hoolstoptheheels 01/05/2021 08:57AM
  Ba-Donka Ivanka ** -- Tuckahokie 01/05/2021 10:50AM
  You’re on to something! Why wait? ** -- hoolstoptheheels 01/05/2021 10:49AM
  Who's spankin' 'Vanka? ** -- 81_Hokie 01/05/2021 10:50AM
  Why Daddy, of course. Was there any doubt? ** -- TomGlansAski 01/05/2021 10:55AM
  Pence cannot do that. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/05/2021 10:20AM
  Imploding? You serious Clark? ** -- HoodatB 01/05/2021 11:14AM
  Sedition Party for short ** -- WaxHoo 01/05/2021 10:25AM
  Hoo exactly do you see imploding, and how ... ** -- WaxHoo 01/05/2021 10:23AM
  Don’t play along ** -- Molina 01/05/2021 10:10AM
  Nancy gets sworn in on 1/20 ** -- Brown Water 01/05/2021 09:57AM
  Nothing, it’s just ceremonial. ** -- DownTownHoo 01/05/2021 09:56AM
  Not really. There are many repubs drawing a line at sedition. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 01/05/2021 10:16AM
  They're in the Patriots party ** -- WaxHoo 01/05/2021 10:22AM
  I think you are referring to more traditional attempts to -- hoolstoptheheels 01/05/2021 09:55AM
  Sigh. I should have known ** -- 81_Hokie 01/05/2021 10:33AM
  Yup :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 01/05/2021 10:55AM
  Yes always beginning of the end, tipping point ** -- HokieDan95 01/05/2021 09:45AM
  Dan still hasn’t proven he wasn’t smoking that pipe -- TomGlansAski 01/05/2021 09:40AM
  Sounds like he's hitting it this morning. ** -- VAGentleman05 01/05/2021 09:47AM
  Agreed, each assertion quite ridiculous -- Quaker 01/05/2021 09:09AM
  LOL at calling the small Constitutional Wing -- Shenhoo 01/05/2021 09:37AM
  Exactly Shen. They are “surrendering” to the Constitution. -- hoolstoptheheels 01/05/2021 09:57AM
  They aren’t above stealing an election. -- hokie in cville 01/05/2021 09:13AM

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