Vance is the favorite right now, but I’d pick DeSantis. When Rubio resigns his Senate seat, DeSantis should appoint a place holder, so he can run in 2026. Great platform to display his skills, and, very carefully, to distinguish himself from Trump.
Worth a try. What else is he going to do?
If your business is failing, you bring in a turnaround specialist, or shit-disturber. He can be a bit of an asshole, but that’s OK. You want him to shake things up. Fire people. Set a new direction.
He’s not a long-term hire, just temporary. Over the long haul you want someone who unites your company, once it’s been turned around. Not a job for a shit disturber.
Trump will be stirring up shit for four years, then it will be time for him to go.
That’s a good thing.
I’m running out of time. Babbie looked it up on the internet and says I have 8.8 years left. I think I’ll live till I’m 90. Time will tell.
So, my reaction to the election was relief. Having Harris as President would have been extremely depressing four years, and I thank God I don’t have endure it.
I believe DeSantis could have beaten her more soundly than Trump did. For every Trump lover there’s a Trump hater. You didn’t have to like him to vote for him, and that’s what a lot of people did. Including me. But a lot of people, some my friends, could never stomach voting for Trump, and refused to do it.
Just like in 2016 the media nominated Trump. Back then, they had the Hollywood Access tape, demonstrating that he was a sexist pig. They could have released that tape before the Republican Convention and torpedoed his nomination. Instead, they saved it for the general. It leaked early, and Trump had a few weeks to recover, and won in spite of it.
This year the Democrats used lawfare to make him a martyr. People were so pissed off at this that they switched from DeSantis to Trump. At the beginning of this year Democrats were in desperate shape. All the signs pointed to a landslide loss, so they decided to gamble on another Trump nomination.
Oops! In their defense, they were desperate.
The people who hated Trump before the election still do. They always will.
Trump knows this, but he doesn’t care. He’s just going to kick ass and take names. He doesn’t have to worry about his approval rating.
This country will remain divided for four years. Then, we can all hope, we’ll get a President everybody can get behind. Then we’ll get an honest to God landslide. A new political coalition will form. It will include Trump haters.
The next four years will reveal who will lead this next phase of American renewal. Unlike the Democrats, we have a deep bench.
Babbie and I just celebrated our 53rd wedding anniversary. This only happened because I figured out how to stay on her good side. With a woman, you never criticize her, you tell her she’s beautiful, and you give her anything she wants.
Works for me.
Lisa Murkowski is itching to vote against firebrand Matt Gaetz as Attorney General. She may not get the chance. If the new Senate leadership recesses the Senate for three days, Gaetz can take office as a recess appointment, circumventing the confirmation process. It remains to be seen if Senate Majority Leader Thune will play ball.
The Gaetz appointment is a giant middle finger to those in the Justice Department who have harassed Trump since before he took office in 2017. It started with the Russia hoax, and it’s been going on, nonstop, for eight years. The final straw came when the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago, including searching Melania’s bedroom, purportedly looking for evidence of a crime.
Trump will not allow this invasion of his wife’s privacy will not go unavenged. Heads will roll down the entire change of command which was responsible for this travesty. If these people are smart, they’re already packing their bags.
If Thune refuses to allow a recess appointment , it’s highly unlikely Gaetz can be confirmed. If that’s the case Trump’s replacement appointment, regardless of who it is, will look reasonable by comparison.
Gaetz also serves to distract attention from other controversial appointments, such as Hegseth for Department of Defense.
The Department of Justice is infused with arrogance. These people think their loyalty is to their ideas about the law, not to the democratically elected President who appoints them. As the execrable James Comey put it in the title of his book, they have “A Higher Loyalty”.
But the courts decide the law, not the Department of Justice. They are the President’s lawyers and are obliged to advocate for him. President Trump, with his appointment of Gaetz, is putting these people in their place.
It’s pleasant to think that this is just the beginning of four years of fearless leadership.
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