Guest Post by Kurt Schlichter
The GOP is in the midst of a civil war to determine if it’s going to be the party of normal people who want freedom and prosperity, or return to being the party of donor-suckling corporate shills carefully overseeing our country’s descent into ruin. My side is Option A, but there will be a 2024 candidate representing Option B. The candidate of Option B will eventually lose.
Right now, the Option A side is currently regrouping. The America First revolt against decades of performative failure by our lame GOPe is at a crossroads, and the hope among the hopeless hacks is that with Donald Trump gone they can suppress the base and get back to catering to big business as usual. Except we patriots not going anywhere no matter how hard the squishes collaborate with the Democrats to turn us into scary insurekkshunsists of insurekkshun.
The last election, as much of a fiasco as it was, did offer some good omens for America First. Minority voters voted Republican in unexpected numbers. GOP candidates did very well in the House races. And we know a bunch more Republican senators would have voted to convict President Trump if they had not been so terrified of our wrath. This is good – we want Republican officials in a permanent state of terror over our wrath.
President * has stumbled out of the gate with zero wins in his first month. He signed a bunch of executive orders, all of which the next GOP president should undo on Day One. His $2,000 promise has already been broken. He is botching COVID, and parents are getting sick of indolent public school teachers demanding to be paid for not doing their jobs, instead of their usual demand to be paid for not doing their jobs well. His global warming agenda has been frozen by the Texas arctic nightmare. And also, people are noticing that he’s a creepy weirdo.
He’s literally done nothing but fail, and this despite the licensed, professional journalists of journalism explaining away his stumbles and supporting his withered narratives narrative like a media jockstrap.
Oh, and they are keeping Kamala (pronounced “Who cares how you pronounce her name?”) under lock and key. She’s even goofier. And, since the “President * Leaves Office When?” office pool seems to think that the clock is ticking (My sawbuck is down on him to be 25th Amendmented back to Delaware by this time next year, chasing squirrels and staring blankly at the tee-vee), she’ll be the Dem nominee – especially now that they are setting the FBI on Cuomo to clear the field.
At the threshold, there is a key question – does President Trump run again? I think not (I’ve heard rumors both ways). He’ll be older. He’s already proven himself, and his legacy will only improve as * screws up (though the lib historians will never credit Trump for his many successes, just like they never credit Reagan). But it would be less fun for him next time, especially since it would be an uphill fight, and being a kingmaker has its charms. Plus, a 2024 run backs up our GOP bench for another two-to-six years. We still love the guy, but I don’t see him hopping in.
I could be wrong. After all, it is Donald Trump.
So, assuming I am right, the GOP battle for the White House will be wide open and doubly intense – there’s an ideological divide, and there’s a good chance of the GOP winning against a feckless foe. Look for a brawl. And here’s my current assessment of some of the key brawlers…
Ron DeSantis – Non-Squish: He’s the “it-con” right now, the governor of a big and enreddening state whose competence provides a clear contrast with Killer Cuomo. The media hates him, which adds to his luster. A military guy, he tolerates no guff. There are questions about his retail political skills, and it is unclear whether he will appeal to Midwestern voters, but he does seem to have the edge on the Trump tribe at the moment. I am watching with great interest.
Tom Cotton – Non-Squish: He is pretty woke, which is good. He certainly wants to run, but he has no executive experience and his retail skills have been lacking. Another problem is he comes off like he’s 19. He just seems young, and he is young. I am unconvinced that 2024 is his year.
Ted Cruz – Non-Squish: I like him. I have given him money in the past, and he’d be terrific if he got in office, “if” being the key word. But he has a charisma deficit – he almost lost to that furry Beto in Texas – and it’s hard to see him appealing to the working class. He himself concedes that the Cancun thing was an unforced error, but leave it to the Dem media to overplay their hand by obsessing on it in order to distract from Governor Homicide and inspire people to defend Cruz who otherwise would have shaken their heads at his bad judgment. Hey media, let us know when Ted’s next vacation kills 10K old people in nursing homes. Still, in 2024, Cruz needs to be thinking about keeping his Senate seat – he’s a voice we need in that den of iniquity.
Josh Hawley – Non-Squish: Another young guy with a lot of talent. The media wants to turn him into Jefferson Davis, Jr., but then the media will call any Republican the second coming of the Confederacy so that can’t be a criterion for us. He’s smart, tough and woke – especially about the tech titans, and he is fully America First. I want to see more.
Mike Pompeo – Non-Squish: No hit on this fellow Army vet, but why him? He was a great Secretary of State, and he’d make a great president, but who, exactly, is in the throes of Pompeomania? I’d be happy to vote for him, but not happy that we nominated him because I see no Pompeo path to victory.
Kristi Noem – Non-Squish: I must admit – I am intrigued. She’s another successful governor who rejected COVID idiocy, and she’s been lifting her profile so we all know she’s running. She is mos def conservawoke. It’s good that she’s not from a coast. She is a female who identifies as female, which will make for an interesting dynamic running against Harris. Don’t expect Noem to win back the suburbs by default. The media will instruct the unsatisfied wine women of suburbia that’s she’s not a real woman since she is happily married and doesn’t guzzle Trader’s Joe’s screw top Chardonnay every night to ease her angst. Of course, suburban men might like her because she does not come off like the emasculating harpy waiting for them back at the McMansion. I want to see more.
Larry Hogan – Squish: The lumpy doofus is the governor of a state no one cares about. He’s John Kasich, except his dad wasn’t a mailman and his associates aren’t accused of being pedos. There is a constituency for Hogan as the GOP nominee, but it consists solely of journalists and Larry Hogan.
Mitt Romney – Miracle Whip Squishy: He might run since he’s getting primaried in Utah, his state du jour. But who is the person who is not part of that pedo-enabling group of grifters who wants this doofus to bring down another national ticket with his unique brand of sanctimonious weakness? Why can’t this geek just go away?
Nikki! Haley – Jeb! 2: The Squishenging: The GOP’s Chatty Weathervane is the Establishment’s first choice in 2024, the candidate the donors and the pols want and who the base will reject like it rejected Jeb! in 2016. She is intended to represent a return to the Republicans of the past and to win back all those sissies who voted against Trump for his mean tweets. In that, she’ll get the media’s help until the second she wins the nomination, when media Lucy will pull away the football and Haley be labeled “Nikki Hitler” and wonder why all her media friends are being mean to her after she sucked up to them so enthusiastically. She’s not woke, and she’s not loyal. If she would not stand by Trump, why would you imagine she would stand by you? Trump’s diss of her after her Politico betrayal – what kind of Republican talks to Politico? – was glorious. The only way she might not be another George W. Bush-like disaster in the very unlikely scenario in which she wins is if she spent the whole four years surrounded by an audience of hardcore cons, since she naturally says whatever the audience she is in front of at any given moment wants to hear. She will run and occupy the “moderate and sensible loser” lane. And she will moderately and sensibly lose.
You will notice the lack of Ric Grenell on my list. It is no secret that I am biased – I think he’s magnificent and a future president. If he gets in in 2024, he’s my guy – conservawoke, tough and smart. But his highest and best use in 2024 – I hope he does not take a detour by going in on the California recall – is as the knife-fighting veep nominee. I pity the fool who steps to Ric. The base loves him – it’s remarkable how popular he is out there. I mention him in a speech and the room erupts. Ric on the ticket means us hardcores are fully assured that the new administration will fight, and he will serve our country well doing the actual job (this is a guy who could make peace in the Balkans – that’s an achievement!).
So, here’s my dream ticket for 2024: [One of the Non-Squishes] + Ric Grenell.
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So we’re going to vote our way out of this mess Kurt…? SMFH… Chip
My thoughts exactly. He writes a series of 5 fiction books based on the fall of America and in his non-fiction weekly articles he does not obviously believe there was election fraud? Instead, he lifts up possible candidates? SMH indeed!
Ahh, the Schlitz….
Mmmuch better and more refreshing as a beer or malt beverage, than hashing old, tired ideas that will get us more of the same slow motion train wreck we’re already in…
The American people believe they can.
I would like to restate the results from the QOTD posted on Feb 2nd. I asked if people would vote for Trump if he ran again. The choices were; yes, no, and will not vote.
— 38 people answered
— only 8 said they won’t vote!
For the math challenged that means 30 of 38 respondents WILL vote.
And that’s on TBP!! I image the percentages of I-won’t-vote folks is even lower among the general public. Hell, we might even see 200 million people vote in 2024!
All these posts about voting-does-not-matter is nice …. but, people don’t really believe it.
(Yes, I realize my QOTD/poll is un-scientific. But, still …. )
Are we talking about the same rugged Americans of which the vast majority are wearing face masks and lining up for their Gates-induced gene therapy shot? Asking for a friend.
Yup … one and the same.
And if asked, 38 would likely think that Dominion or some other scam, will STEAL their votes from them. And when we are being screwed one way or the other at ever local, county, and state level, and Congress still has ultimate power, what is the point of one man? Seriously, political solutions are NOT going to fix this. Political “solutions” CAUSED THIS.
Exactly my point. People will still vote even though they know it’s a scam!
If we made a list “Ten Things That Prove Americans Are Dumb Shits” … that would be near the top.
I said that I would vote only for Bad Orange Man.
The GOP is dead. Conservative need a new party, with no RINOS.
You said it before me. I like Kurt but we aren’t voting our way put of jack shit.
I did not even finish his article. When I read enough to see that he mentions nothing of the massive election fraud from 28 states using Dominion, as well as the massive proof of fraud at the counting tables, ad nauseum, then that was all she wrote.
“Come on, man…you are too smart for not seeing the biggest part of the equation.” If there is no voter integrity, THERE IS NO LONGER ANY REASON TO VOTE AND PLAY THAT SILLY GAME AGAIN!
Thumbs down, Kurt.
Ditto.
Ditto
I can predict the outcome: Democrats 98% Republicans 2%.
Forgive me Kurt, but I couldn’t even read the article due to it’s being just more of the same. You can’t vote your way out of this. If the systemic dysfunction is not clear to you by now, it will never be. Or maybe it is, you’ve just been instructed to write something to aid in prolonging the extortion and fraud. Either way, it has become evident that democracy (mob rule) is the game being played in spite of the fact that it’s not in any of the founding documents… not once. Ref. Article IV; Section 4 of the Constitution of 1787 for the United States of America: The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government…
From the man who regularly points out the unicorn rainbow farts of liberal ideas, comes up with a huge unicorn rainbow fart himself. Sad.
Ah, yes, voting.
That should work out well*.
* see the definition for insanity
How many domestic terrorists do you think they will allow to vote in the next election?
Just asking.
There are an infinite number of ways to vote, and only one involves ballots…
Feet, wallet, etc.
The ballot ploy is definitely wearing thin.
The SCOTUS decisions issued today makes voting a tad less than useless.
That’s rather optimistic, there’s no guarantee we will make it through this year.
Maybe if we would vote harder next time. Finders crossed.
Whatever happened to our TBP comrade, Vote Harder? Is that you?
DeSantis barely survived his 2018 election for Gov to a despicable human being. DeSantis is public enemy #1 for standing up to the mob. As with Trump, the establishment will make DeSantis’s defeat in 2022 their priority.
The fact the the man is the best governor in the country means nothing when truth and reality are disguised and forgotten. He shall be labeled the next Hitler, racist, dictator, monster to ever run for public office. It shall be a miracle for him to repeat a win in the next cycle.
If he does manage to survive the onslaught coming his way in 2022 why would he want to have his life destroyed in 2024 with a presidential run that is destined to fail.
Newsflash…. No more Presidents other than Dem/Soc unless the walls have already tumbled down. Then God help us all.
We can vote our way out of this despite dominion,we just need new ways of voting,and voting from a distance so we stay healthy.
Yes, just under 100 yards would be a safe distance I think.
If all you have is a bow or a .22.
Wrong audience Kurt. Methinks you might have written this for a different outlet. Try again.
Might try National Review… though Kurt may not be genteel enough for those august halls.
I think that Kurt and ol’ Pat Buchanan watch TV together and then help each other write this kind of retarded, turd-polishing bullshit. This belongs on The American Conservatard.
Many assumptions are being made here…no doubt for a reflexive reason. Elections apparently don’t matter, so voting our way out is not a likely option. I think we’re at the precipice of the “chuting our way out” at this point.
If we just vote harder in 2024, things will turn around!
Come on. They cheated openly twice in the last election and got away with it, why would things be different in four years? Add in four more years of older White voters dying off and young non-White voters turning 18 and it is pretty clear we aren’t voting our way out of this. We need to start dealing with reality instead of pretending that we still live in the same nation we grew up in.
Maybe the Republicans should use that “try to be more white” slogan on minority voters.
You forgot to mention the “11” million new citizens that is probably closer to 30 million.
If we keep voting and not getting involved in our local communities to change them from the ground up. Our only voting choices will be death or slavery.
I understand the writer to say globalists will regain control of the R primary and continue to destroy the nation for the benefit of Wall Street.
Yep, ant list with Pompous Mike and Cotton Tom on it is a non-starter…
The fight for any political party takes place at the state and local level within party leadership and structure. Anyone involved in Ron Paul’s or Rick Santorum’s presidential runs knows just exactly what I mean. The new parasites that are being groomed for leadership roles of tomorrow, come out of local party leadership, etc. and are promoted by local party leadership. With the massively restrictive ballot access laws, getting on the ballot, winning primaries, etc. for ALL offices, virtually REQUIRES party support unless you are filthy rich (and most of the scum that rise to the top are richer than the freedom-lovers). Pretending that you can “take back the party” for one election cycle is not only delusional, it simply ensures that during the next election cycle you will never have a chance, and the swamp creatures will be even more prevalent in the ranks and in the candidate pool. Government is the problem, not who sits on the throne. The sooner you come to that realization, the sooner we can work to REALLY fix things.
Who is going to count the votes, Kurt?
In GA, it will be Stacey Abrams. But she can only count to ten unless she has her shoes off.
She should be the governor by then, unless Kemp decides to actually do something to protect the vote in ’22.
He was in on the steal.
Scotus refuse to hear the election cases,all peaceful means it seems have been tried.
Soap box – Nope, didn’t work
Ballot box – Nope, didn’t work
Jury box – Nope, didn’t work.
Cartridge box – We will have to wait and see.
Never forget the rickety box you get the asshole to stand on while you are slipping the noose around his/her neck.
A rickety stool will also work, but not for this themed statement.
Should we call it the Hangman’s box? We can reserve that one for the corrupt politicians after the fall of society.
I can see it now… The GOP giving the dems a brutal handjob. You’re dreaming, Kurt. If you’re looking for any kind of fight, it’ll come from the lowly voters and only the party fatboys and officeholders are actually consi dered republicans. Maybe by ’24 all the former voters that y’all once had will be fighting on another team.
BIG FIGHT won’t matter. More political theater. No election will be secure forever, until we return to paper. And Trump ain’t coming back. I think he knew that when he left, but more bullshit never killed the bullshitter: Supreme Court decides against him, as they will continue to do:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/supreme-court-hands-trump-monday-losses-tax-returns-pennsylania-election-challenge
DeSantis is also a convicted Medicare fraudster.
Wait, aren’t you that convicted bug fucker that hangs out here?
They all are and he says to take the Shot like all the Politicians and a lot of Doctors. There is so much Evil and so much Stupid today that a good guy could just go Galt (until TSHTF).
Could? You best rethink that. Friendly advice.
No need to worry about the optics of all of this. By the time people are wiping their asses on the new Tubmans coming out, the politicians will eventually be hanging from tree limbs
when Hell freezes over.
Hey dickweed, you’re witnessing a Soviet-level imperial extinction event right here, right now. There won’t be a United States within the next dozen years or so. I hope you don’t require any prescriptions necessary to continue living.
There’ll be an America, just not a Constitutional Republic. Heck, that is definitely gone already. See the two SCOTUS decisions issued today regarding Trump.
Once the Federal Government is gone, the several “Americas” can get right back into life and business. On the other hand, some will literally become Democrat Communist Haitian Shitholes.
Why take offense that I don’t think WE will do anything…WE haven’t so far. I’m chastising myself.
All we have to do is sit back and do nothing but watch. The Collapse will weed out the useless and inane habits that have been eating away at this country for many decades.
The USSR survived for decades.
Dckwads like you don’t feel any need to at least supply a HuffPuff link? Eat shiite 🙂
You know, every time a paid mouthpiece starts talking about “the next election”, that is a good thing.
Now we know Schlitcher is a lying piece of shit too. They are so opaque, they can’t help self identifying themselves as agitprops and toadies today,because in the past, people believed it, every damned time.
Those two SCOTUS decisions today regarding Trump? Why in the world would I vote at all…except maybe at the local level?
There’s a reason Cocaine Mitch keeps getting elected in my state, despite the fact that very few seem to have voted for him. He knows how to pass out those vanilla envelopes to the ones who run the machines.
I gave money to Bevin’s primary challenge against Mitch. Mitch and his party got the last say on Bevin’s gubernatorial reelection. Can’t believe the huge percentage of miners voting for Mitch after he never attempted a single action or even word against the Obama Administration when it set about destroying the coal industry.
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We ain’t gonna get to that election.
Weimar republic.
The supreme court just ruled that our elections now
are nothing more than ballot box stuffing contests.
These are Dredd Scott decisions.
There is no rule of law now.
Only oppression.
Libs get to burn down america.
Conservatives go to jail for life for trespassing in
OUR house.
This clown show goes moot real soon.
Rainman….
Election Year 2022: The “Vote Harder” Bugaloo.
You were the last person worth voting for.
No. The GOP is dead to me. From T. Prachett:
“Nae King, nae Queen, nae lord, nae master! We will not be fooled again!”
I’ve been fooled for many years, but I can honestly declare that I am now Stockholm Syndrome free.