Imagine, if you will…

[Bugsy McGurk]

That we had a president who lavished praise upon the world’s most odious dictators, even noting that he exchanged love letter with one…

That we had a president who tore up an international agreement designed to restrict the nuclear activities of one of the world’s most dangerous regimes…

That we had a president who warmly welcomed the illegal election assistance of another dangerous nation, and then relentlessly sought to cover it up and obstruct justice…

That we had a president who dreadfully botched our response to a pandemic, even denying its severity…

That we had a president who presided over the worst economic crash since the Great Depression…

That we had a president who extorted a nation seeking weapons to fend off an invasion from a much larger, belligerent nation, demanding that the vulnerable nation announce a concocted investigation into that president’s political adversary…

That we had a president who lost his re-election bid, followed by his relentless efforts to reverse the election outcome, followed by his organization and incitement of a riotous mob to invade and seize the Capitol building to prevent the certification of the election results…

That we had a president who left office with hundreds of the nation’s most sensitive/classified documents, leaving them strewn around a social club, refusing to return them when requested, and one again obstructing an investigation…

Imagine we had a president who corruptly pardoned many of the cronies who helped him engage in such conduct…

Imagine that the above list doesn’t even scratch the surface of the wrongful conduct in which that president engaged…

And imagine that said president was then indicted in four jurisdictions for committing 91 felonies…

And, most unbelievable of all, imagine that said president decided to run for the presidency again, in order to pardon his cronies and even himself, promising authoritarianism, and that former president nevertheless became the favored candidate of the vast majority of Republican voters.

Well, no need to imagine such things. They are all true. And that’s surreal as something can be.

Wow.

 

[EatTheRich]

I don’t think Trump will win the election (I didn’t think so in the last 2 elections either; I was right once and wrong once). But he will leave behind a legacy of ultraright and fascist movements that coalesced during his campaign. Especially if he and DeSantis are fighting each other for the nomination.

 

[TBLee]

I don’t think Trump will win the election (I didn’t think so in the last 2 elections either; I was right once and wrong once). But he will leave behind a legacy of ultraright and fascist movements that coalesced during his campaign. Especially if he and DeSantis are fighting each other for the nomination.

It appears so far there will not be much of a “fight” between DeSantis and Trump (at least if the polls are even close to being accurate).
I am not yet convinced Biden will be there in the end. His own party is slowly backing away with coming out to support his run. It will without a doubt be an interesting election cycle.

 

[EatTheRich]

It appears so far there will not be much of a “fight” between DeSantis and Trump (at least if the polls are even close to being accurate).
I am not yet convinced Biden will be there in the end. His own party is slowly backing away with coming out to support his run. It will without a doubt be an interesting election cycle.

That it will. Doubt the Republican Party will survive the election without a major schism.

 

[TBLee]

That it will. Doubt the Republican Party will survive the election without a major schism.

It is all up for grabs. I don’t think either party will walk away unscathed

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

I don’t think Trump will win the election (I didn’t think so in the last 2 elections either; I was right once and wrong once). But he will leave behind a legacy of ultraright and fascist movements that coalesced during his campaign. Especially if he and DeSantis are fighting each other for the nomination.

Don’t be so sure, especially if there are third party candidates. The dictator wannabe with a very long trail of outrageous/criminal behavior, could well get elected. After all, his rabble support him despite the conduct I laid out. As surreal as that is.