(08-26-2023 06:00 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote: I'll vote for whichever Republican wins the nomination but not a one of them stands a chance against the apparatus currently in power, not just Trump, any of them. I'm not sure any of them have the intestinal fortitude to withstand the constant stream of vitriol and violent rhetoric that Trump faces every waking moment though.
I absolutely understand this political conviction: that NFT-Trading-Card Hero that he is, only Donald Trump has the superpower to stand up to the combined evil of the Democrats and the media. And there admittedly is some valid support for that - - Donald Trump prevailed in 2016 against these exact same forces. I accept that no other Republican could have done so in 2016.
But there is now a difference in 2023-2024. Unlike Donald Trump, who is completely incapable of learning from his countless mistakes, others DO learn from their mistakes. Of the chattering puppets who participated in last Wednesday's debate, my own assessment is that Asa Hutchinson was the only weakling up on stage. I am no fan of Chris Christie, and would have a hard time choosing between him and Donald Trump. But even he would stand up to the underhanded crap that will get thrown at him in the 2024 campaign. And every one of these other Republican options (Hutchinson excepted) would do so without the uncouth, inarticulate, needlessly stupid approach that is the only tool in Donald Trump's very limited bag of tricks.
Yes, there was cheating in 2020. And, yes, there will be cheating again in 2024. It is what Democrats do, and it is overlooked if not facilitated by the complicit press. But let's not forget that the Democrat nominee will have a LOT of disastrous failure to explain away. Joe Biden can't do so. Witness how pathetic Karine Grey Poupon is in trying to gaslight one Biden disaster after another. It won't be any easier for Gavin Newsom, given that he runs one of the most failed states in the nation. Unless the Democrats surprise us with a Robert Kennedy, a Tulsi Gabbard, an Andrew Yang, a Joe Manchin, or someone of that exceptional nature, they are stuck with explaining away failure on virtually every front.
The ONLY path to victory for the Democrat nominee, whoever that turns out to be, is to convince enough American voters that the other option is worse, and then let cheating carry them past a close election. Donald Trump is the best, and perhaps only, Republican candidate that makes that approach feasible.