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[ti-amie]

NPR (bot)
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NPR: Matthew DePerno, the most recent Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general, has been charged with undue possession of a voting machine and conspiracy.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1142599350/

[ti-amie]

Steve Herman
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Pence presidential campaign now selling "Too Honest" shirts and hats, embracing the phrase Donald Trump used to describe his vice president for not trying to help oveturn #Election2020. Meanwhile, the former president is en route #DC for arraignment on related felony charges.



He's still a POS but at least he's trying to make hay while the sun shines as they say.

[ponchi101]

He is a POS for his opinions, that can't be denied. But he also has to be given credit for his stance on Jan 6th.
When the Trump nightmare is over (which will be when he dies) and the history is written, Pence has to be given credit for preserving the rule of law ON THAT DAY.
Otherwise, you could be a dictatorship now.

[ti-amie]

He is a POS for his opinions, that can't be denied. But he also has to be given credit for his stance on Jan 6th.
When the Trump nightmare is over (which will be when he dies) and the history is written, Pence has to be given credit for preserving the rule of law ON THAT DAY.
Otherwise, you could be a dictatorship now.

Valid and excellent point.

[ti-amie]

My question is why didn't some political reporter look into where exactly this bum lived? Just because he coached the Crimson Tide doesn't mean he actually lived in Alabama. Same with that Hawley person who lives in New England and how they tried to get Herschel Walker elected in Georgia when he lives in Texas.

All these so called reporters do is get press releases and recycle them as news.

[skatingfan]

My question is why didn't some political reporter look into where exactly this bum lived? Just because he coached the Crimson Tide doesn't mean he actually lived in Alabama. Same with that Hawley person who lives in New England and how they tried to get Herschel Walker elected in Georgia when he lives in Texas.

All these so called reporters do is get press releases and recycle them as news.

My understanding is that this was all known before the previous election, but voters in Alabama don't care.

[ti-amie]

My question is why didn't some political reporter look into where exactly this bum lived? Just because he coached the Crimson Tide doesn't mean he actually lived in Alabama. Same with that Hawley person who lives in New England and how they tried to get Herschel Walker elected in Georgia when he lives in Texas.

All these so called reporters do is get press releases and recycle them as news.

My understanding is that this was all known before the previous election, but voters in Alabama don't care.

Sigh

[Suliso]

IF Trump drops out (or dead) this year DeSantis still won't be a Republican nominee. He's that inept.

[dave g]

IF Trump drops out (or dead) this year DeSantis still won't be a Republican nominee. He's that inept.

I fear you are over estimating the Republicans.

[Suliso]

I don't think so. My assesment has nothing to do with his politics. It's about his inability to connect with voters, inability to think on the spot, thin skin etc. Just look at his campaign. It's Jeb Bush 2.0. If Trump drops out they'll find someone more talented.

[ponchi101]

What Dave said: you are overestimating the republicans.
The GOP is not interested in "talent". It is all about a few key "issues" for them: GUNS, ABORTION and WOKE POLITICS. Nothing else matters to them, in reality. Fiscal responsibility? Out the moment they are in charge. Women's rights? Gone with their abortion policies. International relations? They believe the world works in a way that it must submit to the USA's needs.
They are knee-jerk voters.

[Suliso]

I think you didn't understand my point at all... What I was saying is that there will be someone bringing those points across much better than DeSantis.

By the way his focus on WOKE has been a big mistake. Your average conservative rural voter understans guns, abortion and maybe feminism, but hardly anyone could explain what really woke is.

[dave g]

You could be right. It seems the current conservative republicans care mostly about the ability to connect with voters when choosing between presidental candidates. They did not seem to care about honesty. They do care about abortion and guns.

They cared a lot about the ability to connect with voters when Trump ran. And I suspect that they will continue to care a lot about the ability to connect with voters. The problem, as I see it, is that none of the other candidates have the ability to connect with their voters. (Note: this is the ability to connect with their voters. They don't seem to care if candidates are able to connect with other voters.) So, I suspect that Desantis would be the nomination because most of the other conservative candidates are actually worse at connecting with the conservative voters.

[Suliso]

That's why I had a caveat of "this year". If Trump drops out this year there will be some new candidates. If something like that happens in the middle of primaries next year then indeed maybe DeSantis is the lucky beneficiary.

[ponchi101]

Good calculations. But we know that he will not retire. Sole way that he will not be the candidate will be if he is in prison.