The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Eric the Green]

(07-12-2020, 11:11 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(07-12-2020, 10:48 AM)David Horn Wrote: Yesterday, Frank Bruni of the NY Times wrote a nice commentary about the Never Trumpers.  Reading between the lines a bit, they seemed to be taking responsibility for creating the modern GOP that Trump hijacked in 2015, and the Lincoln Project, among others, is their way to make retribution.  Almost as an aside, they noted that the modern GOP isn't going to revert to its former incarnation.  They're already pushing Tucker Carlson for President in 2024.  This is clearly where Classic gets his political views, and they have a lot more in common with the early Fascist movement than they do anything since.  That last was courtesy of George Will, a fellow traveler in Never Trump world.

Standby for an increasingly interesting 4T.

I've occasionally noted that the Tea Party had rejected establishment Republican elitism, but they seemed attracted to odd personalities such as Palin and Trump.  Carlson?  Is he odd enough to catch the attention of the remnants of Trump's base which used to be the Republican base?  Interesting.  I don't know of anyone else who might go for those voters, or expand it after Trump as taken them against COVUS 19 and Black Lives Matter.  He might be Trump's heir, but whether he can fight the times, champion the old values during a crisis, would be the question.

Tucker Carlson? Kanye West? I am constantly amazed at who the right wing think are viable candidates for the presidency. It is mind boggling, but so is who is sitting in the Oval Office now. That is, when he's not out golfing or fooling around in Florida.

I guess I'll have to run Carlson's numbers. I admit I was amazed when I first ran Trump's in July 2015, and then knew I could not dismiss him as I had done before.

9-9: mediocre. He's no Donald Trump!