FLBear5630 said:
whiterock said:
FLBear5630 said:
whiterock said:
FLBear5630 said:
whiterock said:
Assassin said:
there is no level of projection to which they will not leap
This is where you are wrong. This is not projection. He really believes that, as much as you believe in DOGE, MAGA or Trump.
I believe we need a DOGE process.
I believe MAGA is the proper agenda for the problems facing the country.
And I believe Trump is one of the few leaders in view who could make progress on the Maga agenda.
I can put up with some untidiness. We are moving in the right direction.
And yes, Pelley is engaging in textbook projection. He is guilty of what he is alleging. He has fallen into Nietzsche's trap:
"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you."
--Friederich NIetzsche
But they believe it as much as you do. It is not an act or a strategy, it is what they believe.
We need to figure some way to figure out how American's can get along. This viciousness toward each side is counterproductive.
I agree. Unfortunately, there is no middle ground anymore. There is no shared understanding of common good. Social contract as we have known it is dead. The way we get to a new peace is to DEFEAT Democrats so thoroughly that they are forced to capitulate their worldview. And we are making progress. Here's a career Democrat starting to see the light. The proximate threat to liberty isn't just on the left; it IS the left.
My fear is that it will take something catastrophic to get Americans thinking as Americans again. What will be the Pearl Harbor that does it? China? AI?
I thought at one time a pandemic, that didn't do it by a long shot.
If 9/11 didn't do it, what else will? Answer: repeated box office defeat.
Democrats haven't lost enough elections yet. Enough Democrats have to decide that they have more in common with Republicans than progressives (which they do). Then you see enough Democrat money move to more centrist candidates seeking to reach across the aisle. Democrats have long had a coalition with unwieldy internal contradictions, but now they have explicit antisemitism out marching on streets & campuses, even conducting assassinations. The proximate threat to liberty is the left, and everyone can see it.
Now is not to the time for olive branches (for any other reason than appearances). Now is the time to spur the horses forward, lower the lances, and go for broader majorities in 2026. Trump is working that problem. (not saying it will work, just noting the dynamics).
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/27/trump-5-steps-gop-house-2026A sitting POTUS retaining the House is a fairly rare thing in politics. Trump has a better chance than most. So many things working his direction, not the least of which is $14T of new investment which will be pouring into the country as the mid-terms approach.