Yeah, yeah, we all watched or read about the townhalls last night, where Trump ended up mostly debating Samantha Guthrie instead of answering audience questions and not getting softballs like Biden did previously, and Biden mostly got softballs and adoration again on another station. But, hey, let’s hear from James Carville at The Bulwark, which is supposed to be conservatives conserving conservatism
A Crusade for Something Noble
Americans are coming together to save our Republic, right now. And it means something.In 1948, General Dwight D. Eisenhower released an expansive memoir that transcribed his personal account as Supreme Allied commander in Europe during World War II, the single most important American military official in the war. He chronicled the travail of the war in its bitter totality: men sunk beneath waves of bullets and unbroken battle; the immeasurable sorrow levied as hundreds-of-thousands perished for their country; the fateful decisions he took in which he accepted complete responsibility—most importantly the decision for the D-Day invasion. At the same time, Eisenhower also wrote of what was indomitable about Americans, how the country overcame and rang freedom’s bell for a world enveloped by the forces of darkness.
See, Americans who do not actually like America and want to change and/or destroy everything about the nation are coming together with unhinged Never-Trumpers, the latter which only focus on Trump’s personality rather all the conservative things he’s done (judges, anyone?), to stop the forces of darkness. Yet, not one can actually say what freedoms Trump has taken away
I know it’s difficult for so many of us to feel hope in this moment, which seems so incomprehensibly dark. We are a nation deeply wounded from a liberated virus. We’re struggling with systemic racism. And we’ve endured lashing mental abuse, time and again, from the president of the United States. But it is not a darker moment than what Ike saw when he looked across the English Channel on June 6, 1944 at the continent of Europe, dominated by the Nazis.
See, you’re supposed to remember to call Trump voters Nazis
So I see a light ahead. Just days away, a unified and electrified coalition of Americans, coming together like our country did in World War II, standing united to send a message that will be heard around the world to all those who look with expectant hope to the America that led the crusade more than half a century ago: That America has not succumbed to a demagogue and would-be autocrat. That we have overcome. And that Donald J. Trump is not who we are.
In just a short time, America will go from its darkest hour to its finest hour. (snip)
We find ourselves again at such a turning point. Donald Trump’s authoritarian presence behind the Resolute Desk is amongst the gravest threats America has ever faced from within. And Americans have risen to meet this threat.
Again, what freedoms has Trump taken away? Is he ruling with his pen and phone? How about passing massive legislation and implementing massive regulations that have huge government control impacts on the lives of citizens? Using Executive office agencies to spy on and/or harass private citizens and groups? Is he wanting everyone locked down, shutting down churches, and threatening Jews?
My participation on this site, which is operated by many of my former Republican rivals, is evidence of this unity in and of itself.
This article, posted right here, is evidence that this is a moment that carries extraordinary consequences much more profound than victory or defeat for a candidate.
Like the majority of people that read this news site, I am white and affluent and—you know what else?—I love my country. Collectively, what I know to be true among so many like us, is that we understand we have existed on an advantaged and privileged perch in our slice of America.
I had to include the white and rich privilege stuff for a hoot, but, look, there are some days I think that it would be great to give these Never Trumper Republican nuts like the Bulwark what they want, just to see them complain when they’re getting hit with tax and cost of living increases weekly, seeing Single Payer, what Dems call Medicare For All, passed, climate change scam legislation passed, implementing Net Neutrality, which will make the Internet a public utility with government controlling it, a Fairness Doctrine, which is really meant to kill off talk radio, which is dominated by Conservatives, along with outlets like Fox News, OANN, Newsmax TV, and so much more. Will these same Never Trumper Republicans be fine with the massive gun control passed? Will they be shocked if Dems attempt to go for an Australian solution? Raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, killing off jobs and businesses, making it harder for those left to work more than 30 hours a week? Make energy and fuel so expensive the average citizen can’t afford it? And so much more, the hit lost continues. And don’t forget, the Lefties will jettison Never Trumper’s and NT groups the minute Joe wins, because they will no longer be Useful Idiots.
And, don’t forget, these NT idiots are making it so that the Dems can keep and even expand the House, as well as win the Senate. How does that help them? OK, great, you hate Trump personally, ignore all the conservative things he’s done while covering their ears singing la la la la I can’t hear you, and want him gone, but, you’re helping Dems at all levels to win. How does that help? These morons should be the first ones to feel the pain, and, if Biden and the Dems win, I’ll be more than happy to let the ones I know in Real Life and on the Internet (including previously long term web-friends who no longer converse with me) “you got what you agitated for, which are you whining? Suck it up, buttercup.”
I have no time for these idiot NTs, who enable electing what they supposedly stand against.
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