From the Redcoats Burn Down The White House! news department:
Some Republican senators are concerned that conservative populism is taking over the Republican Party — concerns which coincide with increased distrust in federal agencies and establishment media outlets.
Wow, I wonder how they managed to figure this out… so late in the game.
Clueless idiots. Oh wait: here might be a clue:
Distrust for basic institutions has continued to bubble throughout President Biden’s time in office, particularly in light of the Department of Justice (DOJ) targeting former President Donald Trump while seemingly allowing Biden family corruption to go relatively unaddressed.
And Congress is right on it:
Such mounting concerns led to the creation of the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, which has worked to showcase the corruption of the FBI and DOJ.
A show of hands, please: how many of you think that this subcommittee’s findings will result in anyone being fired, imprisoned or even fined for said corruption?
None of you, huh? Me neither.
I’m a conservative, all right, but I’m nowhere close to being a populist, politically speaking. But if we look at the scale between “Boys will be boys” at one end and “Hang every last one of them from lamp posts” at the other, with each passing day I’m finding myself sliding ever closer to the “Never mind the gallows; we have lots of ammo” position.
What amazes me is that “some Republican senators” are only now becoming aware of how common my position is turning, even amongst the more polite conservatives.
And when the Communists steal the 2024 election with millions of fraudulent mail-in ballots?
We’ll just have to see.
Kim sed: “And when the Communists steal the 2024 election with millions of fraudulent mail-in ballots?”
The old man told Sarah Connors: “A storm is coming.”
And it may be like no other storm in this planets recorded history.
How does one distinguish between “conservative”, “populist”, and “reactionary”? I’ve never bothered to look up definitions, and given that dictionaries have all gone Woke nowadays, I don’t believe I could trust them anymore.
I wish I had ghostsniper’s confidence in the coming storm. The Founding Fathers rebelled over far, FAR less than we’ve been enduring for generations now.
Taxation WITH representation has turned out to be pretty crummy, too.
Too much representation without taxation nowadays.
Two big problems with the “populists” – the first being that big picture they aren’t all that popular and have a tendency to lose otherwise winnable elections. The second (which dovetails with the first) is that they have hitched their wagons to Trump – who is a loser.
There are some positions identified with populist that are important and need to be acted on (immigration and boarder security being first and foremost) – so their wants need to be factored in. But elections are about coalitions and bitter end Trump truthers need to figure out that a vote for Trump in the primary is a vote for Biden in the general.
I’m finding myself sliding ever closer to the “Never mind the gallows; we have lots of ammo” position.
Ha Ha you and me both brother but I do believe DC has enough lamp post we could decorate it for Christmas time.