Editor’s note: this post was submitted to me just hours before Sleepy Joe Biden withdrew from his re-election bid.
Trump has had a good couple of months. To be honest I had tired of Trump’s self-serving act and supported Ron DeSantis during the short-lived primary. The name calling, personal attacks, and insults are petty and come off as childish. It was funny with crooked Hillary, but I think this is what caused his defeat in 2020.
Blogger note: I will be supporting and voting for Trump in November.
Then I saw a different Trump; with the exception of him going after Nikki Haley pretty hard. He acted like a former president who wanted his job back. At the first debate, he never attacked Biden, just made a couple comments about his speech and him not making sense. It was brilliant…. now the democrats are the party of chaos. Then Trump was shot by a left-wing whacko. He survived and he gave a great speech. I was sitting here thinking aloud he may get damn near 400 electoral votes.
Then the old Trump once again re-appeared.
His selection of JD Vance told me what I feared most. Vance is a Trump loyalist. He will not have much of any role. He will be a yes man and a cheerleader. This was done because Mike Pence didn’t step in and try to overturn the election. Vance also called Trump a Hitler and a couple other choice words. I am sure they mended fences, but I don’t like what I see. Sometimes it’s good to hear other ideas, not close yourself in an echo chamber.
I didn’t need to hear about prime time speaking slots from Eric and Don Jr. but this is typical that family makes everything all about themselves.
I did watch Trump’s speech, it started beautifully with him telling the story about the assassination attempt and honoring the man who was killed. He told us he would do a tax cut, close the border with a fence, end the wars in Russia and Gaza, and get inflation down and interest rates down. He gave no substance, but no candidate really ever does anymore. Then Trump went full Trump talking about the stolen election and voter fraud 4 years ago.
Blogger note: Yes, I believe there was quite a bit of shenanigans that election night, from “broken water mains” to “every major swing state city stopping their count” but can we be honest, it’s been 4 years, get over it.
The worst part of this is the hair on fire conspiracies that come from it. They will say Trump will end abortions via executive order, he will stack the Supreme Court, and overturn more protections for marginalized groups, and he will overturn the constitution and become a dictator. None of this is true but our whack jobs bring out theirs.
For all the MAGA groupies: Trump is running against likely the second worst president in our history and one who appears frail, pale and lacks the ability to put together a sentence. Trump is only beating Biden by about 4-5 in each swing state. Trump is so hated by a large part of the population that even this matchup could come down to the wire. If Biden is replaced, all bets are off, anything could happen. Also vote for the entire GOP ticket, this included senators and congressman, Trump is going to need about 55 senators to get what he wants. Recall his own party fought with him a lot during his first term. It’s disturbing. I’ve seen polling where Trump is up 4-5% yet our challenger trails a far left democrat by the same margin.
The Chief