Pretty straightforward. If you wish to qualify who you would chose and why I would be interested in reading it. I'd also be curious as to whom you might think would be the ideal running mate. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
Actually Trump serving a second term, with no threat of re-election, would be very good for this country.
You'd get the real Trump. No holds barred, nothing to worry about. No need to play nice if he's not running for re-election.
He'd go out with a bang so hard it'd make every useful idiot in the country cower in their basement.
That would be my hope, but there’s far too many radical leftists in positions of power in this country now that would neuter him every step of the way. Short of declaring Martial Law, we’d just see more of the same shit we saw in the last 6 months of his first term.
I don’t know, maybe I’ve just lost hope at this point. [Reply]
Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider:
While I pretty much agree with what you write here about the extreme obstruction Trump faced, and I largely agreed with much of Trump's economic agenda, Trump's biggest problem is that he isn't, and hasn't ever been, a consensus builder. He isn't an effective leader unless he is dictating the agenda. And no, I'm not calling Trump a wanna be dictator. He's just been the ultimate power as a decision maker in his org for a very long time.
The problem with this argument is that, due to the makeup of Congress, he never had a chance to build a consensus on anything that wasn't a cave to Democrat demands. That might have broken down differently had he gotten his win on Obamacare. But that piece of shit McCain torpedoed that, and showed the Dems that all they had to do was stay united, and the Republicans would just keep internally fighting to an extent that would prevent most disagreeable (to the Dems) legislation.
Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider:
ETA: Trump also seems incapable of disagreeing agreeably. His first, last, and only move when people disagree with him is his own scorched earth policy.
That is absolutely a problem. He needlessly red lines.
Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider: See the two Georgia Senate seats he gifted the Democrats with his scorched earth tactics after the election.
The problem with that claim is that it isn't true. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Just Passin' By:
The problem with this argument is that, due to the makeup of Congress, he never had a chance to build a consensus on anything that wasn't a cave to Democrat demands. That might have broken down differently had he gotten his win on Obamacare. But that piece of shit McCain torpedoed that, and showed the Dems that all they had to do was stay united, and the Republicans would just keep internally fighting to an extent that would prevent most disagreeable (to the Dems) legislation.
That is absolutely a problem. He needlessly red lines.
The problem with that claim is that it isn't true.
Trump had two years of full control of Congress, and all we ended up with from it was a half baked "tax reform".
The last bit is absolutely true. Trump drove moderates away with his antics AND encouraged GOP voters to skip the GA special election. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BucEyedPea:
All NeoCons, except Trump or possibly "Other." Maybe DeSantis would not send us to war for Israel but not sure. Most of them, especially Pompass, would continue ColdWar against Russia and arm Ukraine too.
My other would be Rand Paul. He'd do what DeSantis would do except for starting any new wars. But DeSantis has executive experience. No way will I vote for any Bolshevik...'er I mean Democrat. I would not vote for Christie, Pompass or Haley either. Those three are out-of-the-question for me, should they win the primary.
I don't consider Cruz to be a natural born citizen and is therefore uneligible as is Kamala and Obama. Yes, I think Obama was born here but his father was not a citizen. I go by the definition set in our first Congress for natural born citizen because that Congress had many of the Founding generation in it to provide for what the original intent was for that term.
Originally Posted by Taco John:
Trump is running, thus anyone else good will probably sit out. But the only candidates outside of Trump that I'd vote for right now are Rand Paul and Ron DeSantis.
Originally Posted by digger:
No Rand Paul option... Poll fail...
I would take Rand over anyone else but Desantis from that list is the most appealing. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BucEyedPea:
I don't consider Cruz to be a natural born citizen and is therefore uneligible as is Kamala and Obama. Yes, I think Obama was born here but his father was not a citizen. I go by the definition set in our first Congress for natural born citizen because that Congress had many of the Founding generation in it to provide for what the original intent was for that term.
This person can vote, folks. Jesus H. Christ. :-) [Reply]
