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September 18th, 2024
Banana Republican Cult
Nikki Haley has surrendered to the bananas Republican cult.
As a former Republican, I was insulted by Nikki Haley’s presentation at the Republican convention. Specifically, when she said I don’t always agree with Donald Trump she missed the point entirely.
When a member of John McCain’s crowd accused Barack Obama of being a Muslim, McCain had the courage to correct the audience member. https://youtu.be/M0u3QJrtgEM?si=ZtoJIEcT_o13CqI3
That’s leadership! Has nothing to do with policies; has to do with courage and conviction. Haley completely failed the John McCain leadership test.
DumbOld is neither trustworthy nor competent. The former UN ambassador knows that; why did Nikki Haley completely surrender? Political expediency? That’s what’s wrong with the Republican party; they support the bananas Republican! And in the case of Haley, she has now become one of the bananas Republicans.
If Haley hopes for any form of redemption, she should start forming a new party. The Republican brand is dead!
Some cynically say both parties are cults. No! Joe Biden chose to step down; his party did not force him. His patriotism exceeded his partisanship.
When Ronald Reagan was shot, he looked at his surgeons before the surgery that was needed to remove the bullet and said, “I hope you boys are all Republicans.” It was a funny line, but he didn’t mean it literally. The only thing that mattered at that moment was medical competence.
Reagan was good at using the bully pulpit wisely because he was a decent, honorable person at heart. Whats’s his name used the bully pulpit to—well just to be a bully. Reagan understood acting, but he also understood governing. He didn’t want income tax and the safety social net to facilitate wealth transfer because he was personally empathetic and wanted to give American’s the opportunity to extend a hand up rather than have the government give a hand out. Social Security, Medicare, and Obamacare are all big government programs supported by tax revenue. They might be referred to as wealth transfer programs. We certainly need an intelligent, sensitive, informed dialogue about how much wealth transfer we really believe in as a nation, but the bananas Republicans have completely failed to engage in that dialogue.
The only form of governing that DumbOld seems to understand is trample-down; trample-down veterans, trample-down workers, and most significantly, trample-down economics.
If you support DumbOld, just imagine for a moment that you contracted for him on one of his building projects. Now suppose you try to get paid. He has his goon lawyer chisel and negotiate you down to $.20 on the dollar. Now imagine you are paying your income tax. You are unhappy that your obligation is so high. Think of it though, you have no idea what DumbOld paid because he has gone out of his way to hide his returns. If he paid his share, why is he so eager to keep it private? And how much more tax will you have to pay on his behalf and the behalf of others he stimulates to cheat and chisel on their returns? If you don’t believe in America, say that; but don’t pretend you’re patriotic while welching on your common tax or military, or other civic obligation.
Do you support DumbOld because you believe life begins at conception? Or because you think he will reduce government spending? Think again. If life begins at conception, how many more fetuses will be murdered because of Trump’s proposal for the government to pay for IVF for women having trouble conceiving? It will only magnify the problem of destroying fertilized eggs. And with no funding source, how much will government funded IVF cost you as a taxpayer? Think it can’t happen? You probably thought Roe would never be overturned.
I will be voting for Kamala Harris in the fall not because I agree with Harris on everything, but because I trust her and because she is competent.
