I have been impressed with Vivek since I first heard him. And what he says about a third of the nation and how they react to Trump is true, they go psychotic! Should I vote based upon the tantrums of this third, no! But as much as I like everything Trump did as Bari mentions and would prefer a President like Reagan who unites the country…
I have been impressed with Vivek since I first heard him. And what he says about a third of the nation and how they react to Trump is true, they go psychotic! Should I vote based upon the tantrums of this third, no! But as much as I like everything Trump did as Bari mentions and would prefer a President like Reagan who unites the country through a love and appreciation for the idea of America, I can only say that Reagan was a rare gem and I do not look to my politicians for moral guardrails. And just to emphasize here I saw the moral guardrails coming off back in the 80's with what the Democrats did to Bork and Clarence Thomas led by our dimwitted leader Joe Potato Head. (maybe I go a little psychotic too!)
I will vote in the primaries for Vivek or DeSantis because of their ideals and character, but if it comes to the general and Trump is there, he will get my vote. My concern with Vivek and I believe it was Trumps failing as well, is the naivety with regard to the political bureaucracy of Washington. Trump having experienced it once already may be in a better frame of mind the second time around to take it down. Vivek may be too inexperienced like Trump was in 2016 to see the real corrupt nature of the "deep state".
As a retired 30-year public school teacher, I can say unequivocally, take out the Department of Education. I saw no evidence in my career of their ever helping improve the standards of education. Clip the wings of the FBI. So many other centralized bureaucracies need to be neutered!
The thing that makes Trump comes off as endorsing the racist bigoted fringe is his presentation. That's what most people see first hand, and also most people don't care to or don't have time to dig deeper into looking at actual actions. That's why the Left still appears to be "anti-racist", "pro-women", and "pro-LGB", when in fact, they've been nothing but racist, misogynistic, and homophobic for quite some time now. They're literally more racist than the mainstream Right at this point, but somehow they still appears to be the party "for marginalized people". And Trump did say things that goaded and spur fringe groups, and use tones that mock certain minority groups. I agree it's all dumb tweets and surface level nonsense, but people do care about all that. And the Left milk it for all it's worth.
I always think the Republicans never do themselves any favor when they don't make a bigger effort to avoid some self-inflicted wounds. They have a reputation/history of being racist and sexist and homophobic. They don't have to turn rabid ideological warriors, but it would help them to make their presentations and avoid some mistakes of appearances that would give the Left ammunitions for coming off exactly like what they accuse the Right of being. I understand the frustrations and the desire to sock it to the Left by just shitty things piss off the Left sometimes. But it also kind of feeds into the perception that the Right is hostile to minorities, women, and gays.
I have been impressed with Vivek since I first heard him. And what he says about a third of the nation and how they react to Trump is true, they go psychotic! Should I vote based upon the tantrums of this third, no! But as much as I like everything Trump did as Bari mentions and would prefer a President like Reagan who unites the country through a love and appreciation for the idea of America, I can only say that Reagan was a rare gem and I do not look to my politicians for moral guardrails. And just to emphasize here I saw the moral guardrails coming off back in the 80's with what the Democrats did to Bork and Clarence Thomas led by our dimwitted leader Joe Potato Head. (maybe I go a little psychotic too!)
I will vote in the primaries for Vivek or DeSantis because of their ideals and character, but if it comes to the general and Trump is there, he will get my vote. My concern with Vivek and I believe it was Trumps failing as well, is the naivety with regard to the political bureaucracy of Washington. Trump having experienced it once already may be in a better frame of mind the second time around to take it down. Vivek may be too inexperienced like Trump was in 2016 to see the real corrupt nature of the "deep state".
As a retired 30-year public school teacher, I can say unequivocally, take out the Department of Education. I saw no evidence in my career of their ever helping improve the standards of education. Clip the wings of the FBI. So many other centralized bureaucracies need to be neutered!
and return to the original name for the Dept of Defense: War Department
eliminate all doubt
The thing that makes Trump comes off as endorsing the racist bigoted fringe is his presentation. That's what most people see first hand, and also most people don't care to or don't have time to dig deeper into looking at actual actions. That's why the Left still appears to be "anti-racist", "pro-women", and "pro-LGB", when in fact, they've been nothing but racist, misogynistic, and homophobic for quite some time now. They're literally more racist than the mainstream Right at this point, but somehow they still appears to be the party "for marginalized people". And Trump did say things that goaded and spur fringe groups, and use tones that mock certain minority groups. I agree it's all dumb tweets and surface level nonsense, but people do care about all that. And the Left milk it for all it's worth.
I always think the Republicans never do themselves any favor when they don't make a bigger effort to avoid some self-inflicted wounds. They have a reputation/history of being racist and sexist and homophobic. They don't have to turn rabid ideological warriors, but it would help them to make their presentations and avoid some mistakes of appearances that would give the Left ammunitions for coming off exactly like what they accuse the Right of being. I understand the frustrations and the desire to sock it to the Left by just shitty things piss off the Left sometimes. But it also kind of feeds into the perception that the Right is hostile to minorities, women, and gays.