A few weeks ago, I swore off the news. Other than checking the local stuff, I'm done with CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, MSNBC, LGBTQ, TGIFridays and a BLT. It's not news. Hasn't been for years. They've all become a 24/7 vehicle for polarizing this country, and I've come to realize that neither "side" is nearly as monstrous as they would have you believe. The older I get, the less all this shit really means to me in the grand scheme of things.
Having said that, I feel like I picked the perfect time to purge that garbage from my life. Why? Because I still couldn't help but see that Donald Trump looks to be running again. Fuck that pompous, arrogant, narcissist. Do I consider myself conservative? Pretty much, when it comes to the basics of running a country. Strong military, secure borders, trade deals that favor Americans and put our people to work, free enterprise, etc. I'm probably far more open minded than many when it comes to live and let live type issues. Just don't force your beliefs on me.
Trump checked just about all the boxes. And there was definitely something to his approach of taking on a woke media and throwing everything back in their faces. But, by the time his term was winding down, I couldn't stand to hear the man open his mouth. His non-stop “mean tweets” made him look like a petulant little child. During the weeks leading up to the mid-terms, there he was chirping again, at anybody and everything. Throwing shots at Democrats and Republicans alike.
I honestly don’t think the man would have a chance in hell of winning. While he continues to have a substantial following, I think most of the country is sick of his schtick. Maybe not, but that’s the way I see it. And if you are of the opinion that the last election was “stolen”, do you really think it wouldn’t happen again? I don’t want the turmoil. I don’t want the hate, and I certainly don’t want to see this country divided any more than it is already. So, I’m going to tune out as much of it as possible, especially if Trump does run.
It will be stolen, just like they stole Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania - and are stealing GA - now. Have you seen the videos of people pulling up to ballot drop off boxes and unloading hundreds of ballots from Maricopa?
DeSantis was able to 'fix' Florida because he got elected governor. They couldn't allow that to happen in AZ where Lake would have done the same, so they kept 'finding' and 'counting' ballots until they got the result they wanted.
I like DeSantis. I'd vote for DeSantis. But..... I'm sort of of the mind that Trump is still the only one who can get enough people out. Two years is a lifetime in politics. If things continue on the current trajectory, and if he can rein his personality in somewhat (and his announcement indicated that he can present a kinder, gentler Trump) all he really has to do is what Reagan did: Are you better off now than you were before?
His biggest enemy isn't himself. It's not even the democrats, really. It's the crooked, perverted, globalist pedophiles who are deathly afraid that their entire house of cards could collapse if he's elected.
Most of your feelings toward Trump are due to the relentless attacks he endured (and survived) as a candidate and as President. A fabricated dossier, sham impeachments, the fraud of J6 show trial, daily Hollywood and media assaults and sky-screaming. They couldn't argue his successes so they attacked the methods by which he attained them.
Separate what he DID from what was SAID and there's a very different point of view. As much as I like DeSantis and believe he is the future, he better serves conservatives now by remaining as Florida governor and preventing that state from sliding back into ballot harvesting, rampant cheating and a bluewash. We need four more years of a Trump presidency to pull back the cover on some of the egregious behavior by the politicians on both sides. Unless the drain is unclogged a little more, DeSantis (or any other republican) won't be able to save it.
I'm not a cultist. I supported him in 2016 when I realized he was the only one who had a chance of deposing Hillary. Didn't want to. He proved himself to me. Then the lengths the ubiquitous "they" went to in order to try to ruin him (personally and politically) made me realize just how bad things were. There's no way the man actually 'lost' in 2020. What's sad is we just sat back and took it.
I hope he leaves that behind, talks about restoring America from the inside and repairing our status on the world stage. If he can do that? I'm there. I hope he will do a better job in choosing his allies. If he shows he's learned from that debacle (aka Fauci, Pence, etc.)? I'm all in. As an American and a patriot (America first) I have to be.
He has done nothing to make me think he's unfit for the office, or that he's been wrong about anything. Had I been subjected to the attacks he weathered? I'd be a way bigger asshole than he's been.