Those vermin foreigners are poisoning our national blood! And Trump should know since most of his children were born of foreign mothers! Wait . . .
And remember kids: Joe Biden is too old, too enfeebled, and too demented to be president, but he is absolutely the most iron-fisted dictator America has ever known!
I think the idea the U.S. needs an “unfortunate-but-necessary dictator” really sums up the whole current conservative philosophy. If we on the Woke Left didn’t keep trying to give equal rights and respect to everybody, then an unfortunate dictator wouldn’t be necessary. Just look what we made them do.
Also, LOL “I am of the center-Right and only say intemperate things in the closing weeks of an election campaign.”
If you had only wrote in this, I guess, mode or “idiom” is the word, since the election was stolen from a hapless Al Gore, you could be riding for the New York Times or possibly WaPo now.
As always, condolences to Roy to having to channel so much of the bullshit he’s channeling here for our amusement. Really, parodying Deplorable Daily would much easier since the pieces are short without any of the NR’s own channeling of WFB Jr.
Obviously, today’s post should be unlocked so the Acilu deadbeats can see how much Roy suffers to produce here.
“I rise in agreement with my National Review colleagues Jim Geraghty and Charles C.W. Cooke (and several others) that this whole “Trump will be a dictator” thing you may have been hearing lately is absurdly overblown.”
Nicely done Roy. Satire with two dashes of cynicism...:)
Truth be told, I don’t take Trump literally or seriously; however, the same can not be said for his new campaign team, made up of some evil geniuses: constitutional lawyers, professors, think tanks, religious organizations and fanatical billionaires.
No doubt, Trump will focus his attention on his enemies list; and using the presidency to expand his golf resort and real estate empire (emoluments clause be damned); while his band of nefarious actors try to re-shape our government in their mold: a Christian version of Sharia Law, run by a cadre of authoritarian kleptocrats.
If any of you have any doubt what Trump’s next presidency would resemble, consider the mess he made in his first term. Biden still hasn’t been able to reunite all of the women whose babies were separated and stolen.
Or consider the make up of the federal judiciary: religious fanatics and billionaire puppet’s now rule the highest court in the land for decades to come. Should Trump regain power, he would put at least one more Supreme Court justice on the bench, and nominate and confirm more than two-thirds of the federal judiciary. And in his second term, these judges would resemble more Eileen Cannon than Sandra Day O’Connor. Let that sink in!
Secondly, he has the Heritage Foundation, which is essentially a “right-wing” religious think tank that his already gearing up for a second Trump term; in which they will fire at least 50k federal employees who know how the government works, and replace them with complete loyalists, who promise to gut government, and make sure it never functions properly again. See the Heritage Foundation Project 2025.
And even if Trump leaves office in 28’, and the next president is a democrat, It will take years to undo all of the damage he causes; this doesn’t include whatever catastrophe’s he leaves his successor to deal with immediately.
In a nutshell, Trump’s demonic team will plant landmines throughout our federal government and its institutions, causing bottlenecks and chaos. He’ll install loyalists in key government positions; rendering the government useless and ineffective.
We need to take these people seriously. When Trump’s apologists tell us that Trump is only kidding, do not buy the BS. They intend to do everything they say, and they are so confident they will win, they’re willing to telegraph every play. These people are dangerous, and their vision of America’s future is dystopian.
I’m not sure if most of us are suffering from some sort of collective PTSD or a “shock” doctrine of sorts; however, what’s happening before us feels like we’re bystanders, watching a slow-motion high-speed train wreck in real-time; except we’re not bystanders, were passengers on the train.
So be afraid and vote blue. Tell all your friends it’s do or die; because this sentiment is the closest to the truth.
Dec 18, 2023·edited Dec 18, 2023Liked by Roy Edroso
Look, there's actual data on this! The DesMoines Register polled likely Republican caucus-goers on some of Trump's more outrageous statements, do they make you more likely or less likely to support him? Or do you just not care? And I find immense reassurance that fully a THIRD of Republican voters were turned off by: "If reelected president, Trump would have no choice but to lock up his political opponents." I mean, not so turned off that they definitely wouldn't vote for him, ever, but "less likely" to, anyway.
And a pretty consistent 40% of Republican voters answer "Don't care" to any question you care to ask.
Dec 18, 2023·edited Dec 18, 2023Liked by Roy Edroso
NR subtitle: "... the path of believing half the country is evil and eager to turn the U.S. into a fascist autocracy."
So is that how fascist autocracies come to pass?
"The line between good and evil runs not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart." - Solzhenitsyn
For some, Trump is "unfortunate but necessary" (Edroso's words). Trump offers a way out of an existential crisis. They're eager for a way out and they buy the con. To them it seems a bargain at the price they're paying.
What do the marks want, what are their various vulnerabilities. How are the phases of the con playing out. Is every phase applicable, et cetera. Yes, these topics are discussed, but often simplified and abbreviated. The term "con man" ends up empty, less useful for analysis, lacking in force.
If all he did was con the stupid and gullible, we wouldn't be talking about him. Everyone wants something. EVERYONE is vulnerable, if not to him.
People who think they're smart think they're safe. Being smarter or better than Trump makes you vulnerable if he offers what you desire and your guard is down. He IS dumb and worse-than, but only someone like Putin can easily manage him.
This column comes with free hot dish. Guaranteed!
(ooh, first? -- take that, MM!!)
Those vermin foreigners are poisoning our national blood! And Trump should know since most of his children were born of foreign mothers! Wait . . .
And remember kids: Joe Biden is too old, too enfeebled, and too demented to be president, but he is absolutely the most iron-fisted dictator America has ever known!
I think the idea the U.S. needs an “unfortunate-but-necessary dictator” really sums up the whole current conservative philosophy. If we on the Woke Left didn’t keep trying to give equal rights and respect to everybody, then an unfortunate dictator wouldn’t be necessary. Just look what we made them do.
Also, LOL “I am of the center-Right and only say intemperate things in the closing weeks of an election campaign.”
when a nation strays from the proper path
and the citizens, dazed, apply their wrath
once they’re quartered, and drawn
then they notice it’s gone
never knowing til then what they’d hath
I do like that last sentence, it does seem to capture the essence of conservative thought.
They accept Alito, an authoritarian judge, they’ll happily support a dictatorial president.
If you had only wrote in this, I guess, mode or “idiom” is the word, since the election was stolen from a hapless Al Gore, you could be riding for the New York Times or possibly WaPo now.
Crap, “writing for”.
I knew we were fucked when David French and Billy Crystal. (No wait , that's Bill Kristol, ) all in all sounded like reasonable people.
They make all this noise about freedom and such but really, they just want to be sure they're kissing the right people's ass.
That's when they're the most comfortable.
As always, condolences to Roy to having to channel so much of the bullshit he’s channeling here for our amusement. Really, parodying Deplorable Daily would much easier since the pieces are short without any of the NR’s own channeling of WFB Jr.
Obviously, today’s post should be unlocked so the Acilu deadbeats can see how much Roy suffers to produce here.
“I rise in agreement with my National Review colleagues Jim Geraghty and Charles C.W. Cooke (and several others) that this whole “Trump will be a dictator” thing you may have been hearing lately is absurdly overblown.”
Nicely done Roy. Satire with two dashes of cynicism...:)
Truth be told, I don’t take Trump literally or seriously; however, the same can not be said for his new campaign team, made up of some evil geniuses: constitutional lawyers, professors, think tanks, religious organizations and fanatical billionaires.
No doubt, Trump will focus his attention on his enemies list; and using the presidency to expand his golf resort and real estate empire (emoluments clause be damned); while his band of nefarious actors try to re-shape our government in their mold: a Christian version of Sharia Law, run by a cadre of authoritarian kleptocrats.
If any of you have any doubt what Trump’s next presidency would resemble, consider the mess he made in his first term. Biden still hasn’t been able to reunite all of the women whose babies were separated and stolen.
Or consider the make up of the federal judiciary: religious fanatics and billionaire puppet’s now rule the highest court in the land for decades to come. Should Trump regain power, he would put at least one more Supreme Court justice on the bench, and nominate and confirm more than two-thirds of the federal judiciary. And in his second term, these judges would resemble more Eileen Cannon than Sandra Day O’Connor. Let that sink in!
Secondly, he has the Heritage Foundation, which is essentially a “right-wing” religious think tank that his already gearing up for a second Trump term; in which they will fire at least 50k federal employees who know how the government works, and replace them with complete loyalists, who promise to gut government, and make sure it never functions properly again. See the Heritage Foundation Project 2025.
And even if Trump leaves office in 28’, and the next president is a democrat, It will take years to undo all of the damage he causes; this doesn’t include whatever catastrophe’s he leaves his successor to deal with immediately.
In a nutshell, Trump’s demonic team will plant landmines throughout our federal government and its institutions, causing bottlenecks and chaos. He’ll install loyalists in key government positions; rendering the government useless and ineffective.
We need to take these people seriously. When Trump’s apologists tell us that Trump is only kidding, do not buy the BS. They intend to do everything they say, and they are so confident they will win, they’re willing to telegraph every play. These people are dangerous, and their vision of America’s future is dystopian.
I’m not sure if most of us are suffering from some sort of collective PTSD or a “shock” doctrine of sorts; however, what’s happening before us feels like we’re bystanders, watching a slow-motion high-speed train wreck in real-time; except we’re not bystanders, were passengers on the train.
So be afraid and vote blue. Tell all your friends it’s do or die; because this sentiment is the closest to the truth.
Just some thoughts...:)
Look, there's actual data on this! The DesMoines Register polled likely Republican caucus-goers on some of Trump's more outrageous statements, do they make you more likely or less likely to support him? Or do you just not care? And I find immense reassurance that fully a THIRD of Republican voters were turned off by: "If reelected president, Trump would have no choice but to lock up his political opponents." I mean, not so turned off that they definitely wouldn't vote for him, ever, but "less likely" to, anyway.
And a pretty consistent 40% of Republican voters answer "Don't care" to any question you care to ask.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/12/17/vermin-trump-iowa-republicans/71950815007/
NR subtitle: "... the path of believing half the country is evil and eager to turn the U.S. into a fascist autocracy."
So is that how fascist autocracies come to pass?
"The line between good and evil runs not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart." - Solzhenitsyn
For some, Trump is "unfortunate but necessary" (Edroso's words). Trump offers a way out of an existential crisis. They're eager for a way out and they buy the con. To them it seems a bargain at the price they're paying.
“Eager,” is a bit off: apathy allows for tyranny to reign supreme.
You forgot the most important quote of all:
“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.”
—Martin Niemöller
So Trump's a con man. Lately I wonder about the specifics of the con. Reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam
What do the marks want, what are their various vulnerabilities. How are the phases of the con playing out. Is every phase applicable, et cetera. Yes, these topics are discussed, but often simplified and abbreviated. The term "con man" ends up empty, less useful for analysis, lacking in force.
If all he did was con the stupid and gullible, we wouldn't be talking about him. Everyone wants something. EVERYONE is vulnerable, if not to him.
People who think they're smart think they're safe. Being smarter or better than Trump makes you vulnerable if he offers what you desire and your guard is down. He IS dumb and worse-than, but only someone like Putin can easily manage him.
"He's not talking about you." Reminds me of this chorus :
"Sleepy eyes, waltzing through
No, I'm not talking about you"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amIMdUYEIJU