Warnock wants Republicans to conclude that Walker’s character prevents him from serving, and that no vote at all is better than Walker. I’m not sure that argument is holding for voters.
The thing that has been very illuminating is that it answered a question I've had about Trump and his Base is whether the Base would stand by him should news ever leak that he paid for an abortion. The Base tripped all over itself to grant Trump his "mulligans" under the theory that they'd get better policy outcomes from a very imperfect man (at least the transactional members of the Base, leaving out the personality cult folks) and they were correct (at least as opposed to Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton) with the downfall of Roe v. Wade.
We never heard about Trump's abortions (should they actually exist), but Walker has been enough of a #MAGA proxy to answer the question for me. There's not much that will disqualify a GOP candidate as long as they promise to vote along with the rest of the crowd. I get that, but it puts the FINAL nail into any pretension that the dominant elements of the Right cares about anything other than power, and while I expect that from the politicians, I was a bit surprised that the National Right to Life Committee chose to stand behind Walker after one of his baby mommas dropped a dime and a receipts for the abortion that he paid for.[1]
Maybe I'm too dense and absorbed the lesson too slowly, but principles no longer matter in this world.
Now the one that hurts was a post that I saw from my old constitutional law professor endorsing Mike Lee[2] over Evan McMullin on the basis of the abortion issue, COMPLETELY ignoring Lee's efforts to overturn the 2020 election and being Sidney Powell's usher into the White House. Prof. George didn't have to say anything on the Utah race (and I can see why 2022 McMullin wouldn't earn his endorsement), but to be out there pushing one of the key proponents of the 2020 insurrection blows my mind.
This has been a very illuminating election cycle (especially for a midterm) that won't be soon forgotten.
Herschel is at least as good as Warnock but only because his strings will be pulled by politicians I am more likely to agree with. I remain astounded that no prominent successful Georgia conservative. would enter the Senate race. Where the hell is the GOP in Georgia?
Thanks for the piece.
The thing that has been very illuminating is that it answered a question I've had about Trump and his Base is whether the Base would stand by him should news ever leak that he paid for an abortion. The Base tripped all over itself to grant Trump his "mulligans" under the theory that they'd get better policy outcomes from a very imperfect man (at least the transactional members of the Base, leaving out the personality cult folks) and they were correct (at least as opposed to Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton) with the downfall of Roe v. Wade.
We never heard about Trump's abortions (should they actually exist), but Walker has been enough of a #MAGA proxy to answer the question for me. There's not much that will disqualify a GOP candidate as long as they promise to vote along with the rest of the crowd. I get that, but it puts the FINAL nail into any pretension that the dominant elements of the Right cares about anything other than power, and while I expect that from the politicians, I was a bit surprised that the National Right to Life Committee chose to stand behind Walker after one of his baby mommas dropped a dime and a receipts for the abortion that he paid for.[1]
Maybe I'm too dense and absorbed the lesson too slowly, but principles no longer matter in this world.
Now the one that hurts was a post that I saw from my old constitutional law professor endorsing Mike Lee[2] over Evan McMullin on the basis of the abortion issue, COMPLETELY ignoring Lee's efforts to overturn the 2020 election and being Sidney Powell's usher into the White House. Prof. George didn't have to say anything on the Utah race (and I can see why 2022 McMullin wouldn't earn his endorsement), but to be out there pushing one of the key proponents of the 2020 insurrection blows my mind.
This has been a very illuminating election cycle (especially for a midterm) that won't be soon forgotten.
[1] https://www.nrlc.org/communications/national-right-to-life-statement-on-herschel-walker/
[2] https://www.facebook.com/robert.p.george.39/posts/pfbid0hoBcpR7UGTxsYgffokZkMpx8ZuMnzxE7LtQNRnArvr6w4qXotZEkzmZhdkSyuibCl
Herschel is at least as good as Warnock but only because his strings will be pulled by politicians I am more likely to agree with. I remain astounded that no prominent successful Georgia conservative. would enter the Senate race. Where the hell is the GOP in Georgia?