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Aug 13, 2021Liked by David Thornton

If only the GOP held Trump as accountable for his deeds as the Democrats did Cuomo, the conservative movement would be in MUCH better shape. Pence isn't perfect by any means, and I've disagreed with him at times. But even if Trump resigned as late as early 2020 before the pandemic, I would've had no problems voting for Pence in the 2020 elections. I don't expect a candidate to be completely to my liking, but I do expect a reasonable minimum level of character and competence in order for them to get my vote. Trump never met that level, and neither would Gaetz, Greene, Cawthorne, Gosar, and others of their ilk. But at the very least, Pence would've spared us further damage done to conservatism and the GOP.

I'm willing to compromise with more populist leaning Republicans and split the difference on policies that I may not like. What I'm not willing to do, is to tolerate any idea of Trump and his sycophants running the show, and calling the shots in the GOP by entertaining the Big Lie(I have ZERO tolerance for that), and lies about the Covid-19 vaccines, among other easily disprovable conspiracy theories. Any candidate who does the latter, I will automatically write off and not cast a vote for them.

As someone who is firmly conservative, I'm very appreciative of congresswoman Liz Cheney. She has an uphill battle to retain her seat against some aspiring Trumpists in a very ruby red state, but I'm cautiously optimistic that she will outsmart her opponents and pull off a win. It won't be easy, as Trump is seeking blood and revenge for her having impeached him and telling the truth. I just laugh when Trump sycophants(as opposed to reluctant Trump voters who won't support Trump again) call her a RINO, when she such a solid conservative. I mean, all one has to do is read her press releases and her social media feeds. She doesn't spare President Biden a nickel when it comes to criticizing the latter's policies. As I have previously, I'll continue to contribute what I can to her campaign, and will do what I can to help her get re-elected. We really need more Liz Cheneys, Adam Kinzingers, Peter Meijers, Ben Sasses, Mitt Romneys, and others of their ilk in Congress.

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Aug 13, 2021Liked by Chris J. Karr, David Thornton

August 13, 2021...here i sit waiting patiently for trump to retake the White House today, wonder if it will be later in the evening? We know this is the date because the genius Mike Lindell told us so, time and time again. How could anything go wrong when a man of Lindell's wealth, standing and influence shouts it from the mountaintop?

But wait, there's more. I saw an interview the other day where he was screaming at the reporter claiming he never said that. Ya but, then they showed repeated clips of him saying it. Obviously more fake news.

This is what the republican party has become; clowns and shit shows abound and yet so many cling to the clearly deranged amongst us. My wife has a seemingly intelligent, well to do friend who once the South Dakota debacle started the other day sent a blast email to her entire group of friends proclaiming they were finally getting to the truth and justice was going to be served.

OMG. Even the folks working with him found it to be pure and utter nonsense, "packet captures" indeed. The good news is there were plenty of infomercials to buy his pillows and nightwear. I would love to see one of your right leaning readers come on here and explain how anyone in their right mind can buy into this crap? Please, step up and explain. Thank you in advance.

Finally, good riddance and good night andrew. I guess the argument "i grope everyone doesn't wash eh?"

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Aug 14, 2021Liked by Chris J. Karr, David Thornton

Matthew Yglesias said this today:

"People use exaggerated fantasies of their opponents’ illiberalism to talk themselves into adopting authoritarian methods."

That's what Flight 93 rhetoric does to our politics.

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Aug 13, 2021Liked by David Thornton

It'll be interesting to see what Mikey Lindell's explanation is now that August 13 is here, and Trump won't be reinstated as president. The MyPillow kraken has gone down in flames, predictably.

https://gizmodo.com/mypillow-ceo-s-cyber-symposium-goes-down-in-flames-afte-1847473301

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Aug 14, 2021Liked by David Thornton

David, you have a lot of good ideas which is why I tune in. One of them is that the Republicans can and should do better than Trump. The bottom line for me is we should but even if we don't, it would be a hell of a lot better than Biden, Harris and the political appointees, from cabinet level down, than what we have now.

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