Buy why. MAGA is more on board with Ruy's principles than are traditional Republicans or Democrats.
I agree it is a bad idea to generalize from one election but political people are always short-term thinkers. Still though Ruy documents the trends through several cycles. The realignment of the parties has flipped the traditional Republica…
Buy why. MAGA is more on board with Ruy's principles than are traditional Republicans or Democrats.
I agree it is a bad idea to generalize from one election but political people are always short-term thinkers. Still though Ruy documents the trends through several cycles. The realignment of the parties has flipped the traditional Republican turnout advantage in the mid-terms to the Democrats. As for 2020, well 2020.
As formerly one of those "traditional" Republicans (and a former U.S. Army officer) I can state that one of the "principles" grossly violated by Trump in his role as Commander in Chief of the armed forces was his incitement of his MAGA supporters to riot on January 6, 2021, against the electoral process established by the U.S. Constitution,. That was further exacerbated by his dereliction of his Constitutional duty to act to protect the U.S. Capitol against the rioters. I would note that similar views were expressed by retired Admiral William McRaven in a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, explaining why he could not support Trump, but also not endorsing Harris. If either the Dems or the Republicans were both smart and concerned about upholding the Constitution, they would have nominated a prominent retired military officer like McRaven the way that both parties competed to do with retired General Dwight Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election.
McRaven is the embodiment of what Ike warned us about in his speech about the Military Industrial Complex. I would suggest Douglas MacGregor, Daniel Davis, or the exhumed corpse of Smedley Butler.
I don't recall ever having heard about -- much less having had a chance to vote for or against -- any of the individuals that you mentioned.
It is certainly appropriate for all government officials to to be skeptical of WHATEVER prospective contractors are "selling" to them., because it is obviously in the interest of the contractors to do so under financial terms that are favorable to them.
But that doesn't mean that the products and services that they are offering (in the defense industry and all others) aren't in the national interest. President Eisenhower was no pacifist, and in acknowledging the existence of the "military/industrial complex" was certainly not arguing for disarmament, but rather for more cost-effective armament. His predecessor, Harry Truman, became Vice President, and then President, largely because of his entirely patriotic efforts as a Senator during World War 2 to insure that money spent on the war effort was being spent in a cost-effective manner. Acknowledging historical facts like these is what I regard as true non-partisan "liberal patriotism."
No incitement occurred except in the minds of the media
And Trump offered NG support but it was refused by Pelosi/McConnell who were responsible for Capitol security. You need to consume some media which doesn't constantly lie.
You need to view actual videos of the event and listen to the testimony of numerous Republicans in the White House and elsewhere (as in Georgia) as to what actually occurred on 1/6/21.
While I'm not any sort of "war hero" myself, in becoming an Army officer, I took an oath to defend the U.S. Constitution against all enemies, foreign and (in this case) domestic. If you ever took such an oath, apparently you didn't know or care about its importance to the future of the democratic/republican form of government that has served the United States so well. And in that respect, you are just like the woke crowd that idolized Harris and Walz.
The 2020 election deniers and Jan 6 riot deniers won't change. It's a sad situation for our country, or any democracy. They "see" what they choose to see.
Like what? I subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, local newspapers, Fox News, Smerconish on CNN, Face the Nation on CBS, and other online commentaries besides The Liberal Patriot (which is slightly left-of-center) that are generally right-of-center. I also get conservative commentaries in the mail from Hillsdale College in Michigan (with which I agree about 60% of the time). So, what, specifically, do you think that I am missing?
If you think that I am some sort of leftist, you need to expand your media exposure.
You could try Julie Kelly about J6 or Matt Taibi about censorship or Sasha Stone about former leftists. I spend a lot of time with leftist media, especially this week. I am sure you are aware of the axiom that defeat causes more introspection than victory. So far I am not seeing that on the left. You can't count The Liberal Patriot since he was right all along and hasn't changed. He is in the wrong party based on
his principles though. I will give the MAGA people a couple of more days to celebrate then I will start hassling them about the long term m
Buy why. MAGA is more on board with Ruy's principles than are traditional Republicans or Democrats.
I agree it is a bad idea to generalize from one election but political people are always short-term thinkers. Still though Ruy documents the trends through several cycles. The realignment of the parties has flipped the traditional Republican turnout advantage in the mid-terms to the Democrats. As for 2020, well 2020.
As formerly one of those "traditional" Republicans (and a former U.S. Army officer) I can state that one of the "principles" grossly violated by Trump in his role as Commander in Chief of the armed forces was his incitement of his MAGA supporters to riot on January 6, 2021, against the electoral process established by the U.S. Constitution,. That was further exacerbated by his dereliction of his Constitutional duty to act to protect the U.S. Capitol against the rioters. I would note that similar views were expressed by retired Admiral William McRaven in a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, explaining why he could not support Trump, but also not endorsing Harris. If either the Dems or the Republicans were both smart and concerned about upholding the Constitution, they would have nominated a prominent retired military officer like McRaven the way that both parties competed to do with retired General Dwight Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election.
McRaven is the embodiment of what Ike warned us about in his speech about the Military Industrial Complex. I would suggest Douglas MacGregor, Daniel Davis, or the exhumed corpse of Smedley Butler.
I don't recall ever having heard about -- much less having had a chance to vote for or against -- any of the individuals that you mentioned.
It is certainly appropriate for all government officials to to be skeptical of WHATEVER prospective contractors are "selling" to them., because it is obviously in the interest of the contractors to do so under financial terms that are favorable to them.
But that doesn't mean that the products and services that they are offering (in the defense industry and all others) aren't in the national interest. President Eisenhower was no pacifist, and in acknowledging the existence of the "military/industrial complex" was certainly not arguing for disarmament, but rather for more cost-effective armament. His predecessor, Harry Truman, became Vice President, and then President, largely because of his entirely patriotic efforts as a Senator during World War 2 to insure that money spent on the war effort was being spent in a cost-effective manner. Acknowledging historical facts like these is what I regard as true non-partisan "liberal patriotism."
No incitement occurred except in the minds of the media
And Trump offered NG support but it was refused by Pelosi/McConnell who were responsible for Capitol security. You need to consume some media which doesn't constantly lie.
You need to view actual videos of the event and listen to the testimony of numerous Republicans in the White House and elsewhere (as in Georgia) as to what actually occurred on 1/6/21.
While I'm not any sort of "war hero" myself, in becoming an Army officer, I took an oath to defend the U.S. Constitution against all enemies, foreign and (in this case) domestic. If you ever took such an oath, apparently you didn't know or care about its importance to the future of the democratic/republican form of government that has served the United States so well. And in that respect, you are just like the woke crowd that idolized Harris and Walz.
The 2020 election deniers and Jan 6 riot deniers won't change. It's a sad situation for our country, or any democracy. They "see" what they choose to see.
I did take such an oath and you need better media
Like what? I subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, local newspapers, Fox News, Smerconish on CNN, Face the Nation on CBS, and other online commentaries besides The Liberal Patriot (which is slightly left-of-center) that are generally right-of-center. I also get conservative commentaries in the mail from Hillsdale College in Michigan (with which I agree about 60% of the time). So, what, specifically, do you think that I am missing?
If you think that I am some sort of leftist, you need to expand your media exposure.
You could try Julie Kelly about J6 or Matt Taibi about censorship or Sasha Stone about former leftists. I spend a lot of time with leftist media, especially this week. I am sure you are aware of the axiom that defeat causes more introspection than victory. So far I am not seeing that on the left. You can't count The Liberal Patriot since he was right all along and hasn't changed. He is in the wrong party based on
his principles though. I will give the MAGA people a couple of more days to celebrate then I will start hassling them about the long term m