The Trump Presidency 2.0

[amlove21]

I'm pleasantly surprised at how well Rubio is doing.

He's avoided scandal (as far as I know). Rubio/Vance might be a good ticket.

If Vance doesnt get the look at the big desk I dont think he stays on as #2 again.

Rubio checks more boxes (Latino, actual record that matters, bredth of experience, longer record) so we shall see.

The bench is deep for the GOP, just depends on what game they want to play with VP if Rubio is persumptive nominee/candidate. Interesting.

 

[Topkick]

If Vance doesnt get the look at the big desk I dont think he stays on as #2 again.

Rubio checks more boxes (Latino, actual record that matters, bredth of experience, longer record) so we shall see.

The bench is deep for the GOP, just depends on what game they want to play with VP if Rubio is persumptive nominee/candidate. Interesting.

I'm hoping DeSantis is still in the mix.

 

[TLDR20]

If Vance doesnt get the look at the big desk I dont think he stays on as #2 again.

Rubio checks more boxes (Latino, actual record that matters, bredth of experience, longer record) so we shall see.

The bench is deep for the GOP, just depends on what game they want to play with VP if Rubio is persumptive nominee/candidate. Interesting.

If the election were today, and it was between Rubio and Newsome I’d vote for Rubio.

 

[amlove21]

If the election were today, and it was between Rubio and Newsome I’d vote for Rubio.

Stephen A Smith agrees with you, just did an interview with Hannity saying the same.

I think Rubio wins head to head with any presumptive Dem right now- Shapiro could be an issue (Josh, not ever expanding eyebrows Ben), but doesn't have the wasta and his own party hates him. Someone could pop up that's more of an interesting talk, but the candidates the Dems can't get away from are Newsom, AOC, Bernie (again). Everyone else is second fiddle.

 

[Marauder06]

"Mostly peaceful" counter-protesters.

 

[amlove21]

"Mostly peaceful" counter-protesters.

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You really don't hate these people enough. The nonsense they (MSM) have used to try and soften this ("they threw the device away from people") was also completely submarined by the fact that the video clearly shows them drop it at the literal feet of the cops that responded.

 

[Topkick]

instead of being in lockstep

I think its what makes us better. So, you think Mullin is the best option for Secretary of DHS?

 

[ThunderHorse]

I think its what makes us better. So, you think Mullin is the best option for Secretary of DHS?

When it comes to the scoreboard it makes us worse. We're actually the diverse party and I can tell you diversity is not strength. Unity of Purpose (Help Received: Pete Hegseth) is what matters. That's how you get results.

 

[Topkick]

When it comes to the scoreboard it makes us worse. We're actually the diverse party and I can tell you diversity is not strength. Unity of Purpose (Help Received: Pete Hegseth) is what matters. That's how you get results.

You're not wrong. Loyalty is important and especially for a president so hated by the opposition. DHS is a big part of the agenda I voted for, so can we put a little thought into selecting a leader?

 

[Topkick]

We cant have checks and balances when the POTUS has enough influence to select congress. Anyone notice he turns on anyone who disagrees with Iran and/ or the full release of the Epstein files? This is why we can't have nice things. I hope it backfires and Thomas Massie wins big. Massie is a true conservative, seems genuine, and I think we need him. (I'll admit that I was happy to see Liz Chaney go, for many reasons)

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[AWP]

I find it hard to believe Trump can't find people loyal, more competent, and willing to do the job than some of his current cabinet and appointees. When you think about that it puts the current crop of folks, some of whom just plain suck, in a new light.

 

[Topkick]

I find it hard to believe Trump can't find people loyal, more competent, and willing to do the job than some of his current cabinet and appointees. When you think about that it puts the current crop of folks, some of whom just plain suck, in a new light.

 

[AWP]

I wouldn't want to be in that club. Maybe DoW, but most of the options aren't for me because I recognize I'm not even remotely qualified to run those departments.

 

[Topkick]

I'm not even remotely qualified to run those departments.

Are they?

 

[AWP]

Are they?

 

[Box]

...because I recognize I'm not even remotely qualified to run those departments.

Don't sell yourself short hermano; there are folks right here on this board that are every bit as capable and qualified as some of the cabinet members, senators, and representatives that have held both appointed and elected positions during every single one of the last 10 presidential administrations...

Don't forget - we have a Pro-Wrestling promoter in government right now - a Supreme Court Justice that can't define what a woman is because she isn't a biologist - a reality TV star and real estate developer serving his second terms as POTUS - a Junior Enlisted VP - talk show hosts put in leadership positions in the DOW and DOJ - EweToobers winning congressional primaries - not to mention Bill Clintons attack dog serving as both the Secretary of State and a carpet bagging US Senator.

Nonsense my dear bulletin board friend - many of us could not only serve in one of these jobs - we'd likely turn in a much better performance. These fucking charlatans only get their positions and padded resumes BECAUSE they are such shameless charlatans.


...just my two cents, I could be wrong

 

[The Quartermaster]

I like Thomas Massie. I don't always agree with him but he gets a fair amount of respect from me.

 

[AWP]

Watching the Nancy Mace v. Congress sexual assault bill playing out has been both funny and infuriating. Ultimately it is quite a sad effort in communication by both sides.

Forget it, Jake. It's DC.

 

[Marauder06]

The latest on The Havok Journal: Borrowed Battles and the Hunger for Higher Purpose • The Havok Journal | Military & Veteran News, Commentary, Culture

Tl;DR version: people--especially young people--need a mission. If we don't give them one, someone else will.

People need a mission. They need a reason to get out of bed, a hill to climb, something that demands effort and offers meaning in return. Something that makes them feel brave, part of something special, something important. If we don’t give people a mission—if families, communities, institutions, and leaders fail to provide one—someone else will. And lately, a lot of Americans are volunteering for fights that aren’t theirs, on behalf of people who aren’t them, for causes they’ll never have to live with the consequences of.

Relevance to this thread: Americans have it so easy that they don't really have struggles in their lives. Not big, broad, aspirational, ones. And we need that in our lives. When it's not channeled properly, you get Antifa and white supremacy and BLM and all kinds of bad things.

That's why things like so many people here on the site, like @amlove21 with OnesReady and the mentorship that @TLDR20 does for SF aspirants, and so many others do for young Americans. Because if we don't help our young people shape their outlets and the passions, we get stupid shit like this:

 

[The Quartermaster]

Maybe I was raised different by being taught to think for myself and use critical thinking. Or raised my daughter wrong with the same values as I was raised by. Wanting a cause to believe in with direct action doesn't change anything and only proves that the dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed. Living a good life as a decent human being with morals doesn't require a person to do stupid things.

Letting a person who has right of way go by and not cut them off is direct action all on it's own. Being kind to animals is also direct action. Helping out a disabled or an old or short person get something in a tall shelf, is again, direct action. And all by choice and not without peer or community pressuring.

IMO we don't have a not give a cause or a routine problem. Instead we have a very bad parenting problem and this is what we are getting in return for it.