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kleinbl00  ·  2947 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Let the schisming begin

I thought about that. Thing is, Hilary Clinton is 68. Nikki Haley is 44. She's got at least six more swings at bat and I didn't see a single mention of Joe Biden's plagiarism in 2008.

I can see the logic of tossing her in the ring this time the way you let the bench play in the 4th quarter of a hopeless match just so they can get some game time. That's what Gobry is driving at: spoil the shit out of this election because Trump ain't a conservative and the True Conservative Believers need a fire drill to build a base.

    Campaigns, especially quixotic campaigns, forge armies. They create battle scars, and they create camaraderie and esprit-de-corps. They leave behind infrastructure, email lists, and donor lists. And this anti-Trump campaign will self-select for conservatives who have more honor than careerism, and will therefore attract exactly the people who should be the heart and soul of a new Republican Party.




user-inactivated  ·  2947 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think that might be a bigger black mark than Biden's plagiarism. You think anyone would ever vote for Nader again, even if he ran as a Democrat?

kleinbl00  ·  2947 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's an interesting wager, isn't it? You're basically betting on which way the heart of the party is going to go. Or, more specifically, you're trying to talk someone else into betting on the heart of the party.

OHHHHH SHIT