Centerpiece
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Just a quick reminder to all the conservatives: please vote on January 5th - just like dear leader said
I do want conservatives on here
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Shit Mulberry, I don't know how I missed this a while back. No, I think Zen is one of 3 possible ZZL(P) poasters. Doug is actually doug and he makes no bones about it; he's never poasted under an alias to our knowledge.
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Do we still want conservatives on here?
Are there any still commenting on threads? Posting new threads? I haven’t noticed much presence lately.
I’ve got some on Super Ignore so I may not see their posts.
Is Callatroy still around? Has he been defending the shit-show that is the trump admin the past two days? Is he agreeing with Stephen Miller that it’s all been a media hoax?
Calling all conservatives on the board… wazzup y’all?
Are there any still commenting on threads? Posting new threads? I haven’t noticed much presence lately.
I’ve got some on Super Ignore so I may not see their posts.
Is Callatroy still around? Has he been defending the shit-show that is the trump admin the past two days? Is he agreeing with Stephen Miller that it’s all been a media hoax?
Calling all conservatives on the board… wazzup y’all?
lawtig02
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Calla's been laying REALLY low. I don't blame him. He's by far the smartest of our Pub friends here, and he knows how bad it is right now.
Conservatives - Yes.
MAGA - Nope
Unfortunately, many/most conservatives have morphed into MAGA. I doubt the few remaining REAL conservatives on The Bulwark will post here.
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A few Adam Kinzinger types wouldn’t be a bad thing now…
But I’m specifically asking about the ones who were poasting here regularly - especially right after and leading up to he election… like Calla.
Any sign of them the past week or so?
I guess I must have them ALL on ignore….
But I’m specifically asking about the ones who were poasting here regularly - especially right after and leading up to he election… like Calla.
Any sign of them the past week or so?
I guess I must have them ALL on ignore….
I don't remember. I think Calla was here a couple of days ago. I think I confused something he said with Zen and treated him like he didn't mean it.
lawtig02
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Calla will be back. He just tends to lay low when Trump and the GOP are acting like the mf'ing idiots they are. He'll pounce again once the Dems do something stupid, though.
Kinzinger is the one remaining bright light in the former Republican Party.
... and I'll never know anything about it. Calla is comfortably entombed in the Super Ignore vault.
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Actually, there are plenty of us in addition to the ones you listed above - myself included - who, 15 plus years ago, would have very likely identified as or even voted Republican, but are still (moderate) conservative / lean conservative under normal circumstances. Personally, I am now unaffiliated and officially not a registered Republican as of the Iraq war. Previously, I voted Republican and was registered as one.
But Trump and MAGA is a cult in every respect. You're either in it or you aren't. Nuance does not exist.
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I've seen Calla actually admit some things are bad. He still shows up to defend the shit show sometimes though.
Calla is probably making pizza for the family.
Mulberry Heel
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I posted a couple of months ago that once Trump took office and started running things again that many of our Trumper posters would quickly vanish. And while there are still some hanging around, I suspect that after another month or two of this entirely expected and predicted shitshow (by Trump critics) nearly all of them will be gone for a good while.
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Still here. Just not as much to talk about now that the election is over. Have always said that win or lose, politics doesn’t dictate my daily mood much and it shouldn’t yours either.
I have been intentional about not gloating too much about the ass kicking Trump laid on Harris because I know I am in a big minority here as a Trump voter.
I remain hopeful that the result of the election will lead to some careful introspection from Democrats about why they lost every single swing state and lost ground with every single demographic. But do I think most on this board are willing to have that conversation? No. I think most of you just want to bitch about Trump every day for 4 more years.
I have been intentional about not gloating too much about the ass kicking Trump laid on Harris because I know I am in a big minority here as a Trump voter.
I remain hopeful that the result of the election will lead to some careful introspection from Democrats about why they lost every single swing state and lost ground with every single demographic. But do I think most on this board are willing to have that conversation? No. I think most of you just want to bitch about Trump every day for 4 more years.
If you’re a Republican who roots for elections like they’re sporting events, why would you be hopeful that democrats do serious introspection about why they lost? Shouldn’t you be hoping that they keep the same strategy and continue to lose?
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Outside of making their messaging more effective and not wading into so many bullshit culture war traps laid by the Republicans, I do not think the Democrats need to do much else over the next 18 months other than lay low and let the GOP punch itself out. The Democrats should be a very vocal minority party, voting no on literally everything and spending all day every day screaming about how awful this Trump economy truly is. The policy aims of the Trump administration are so breathtaking with bad and so extraordinarily unpopular to everyone except for a small part of the ultra MAGA base, the Democrats won’t really have to do anything other than what I have outlined above for the next 18 months until the midterm. The Trump administration is already taking body blows and scoring own-goals and we are not even two weeks in; they completely buckled and back down like enormous pussies today with the budget free stuff, and the blanket pardon of violent January 6 convicts is deeply unpopular even among conservatives. There is going to be so much ammunition and cannon fodder Kratz if they can just grit their teeth and sit back and let Republicans Republican.
Aside from Trump actually not winning, this has been a best case scenario so far if your ultimate aim is the demolition of the Republican Party. The Trump administration was a lame duck from the moment it was inaugurated last week, they basically have 18 months until one or both houses of Congress, and Trump eked out smallest popular vote win in generations but is arrogantly behaving as if he has a mandate.
Aside from Trump actually not winning, this has been a best case scenario so far if your ultimate aim is the demolition of the Republican Party. The Trump administration was a lame duck from the moment it was inaugurated last week, they basically have 18 months until one or both houses of Congress, and Trump eked out smallest popular vote win in generations but is arrogantly behaving as if he has a mandate.
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CFordUNC
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Indeed. You could have never convinced me 10 years ago that I would vote with the Democrats as a conservative but here we are. If one truly believes, as I do, in principles of limited but effective government, preservation of individual rights and liberties, a strong military that projects strength abroad, strong global leadership, a strong and robust secure border but with a humane and efficient system of legal immigration, defense of the United States Constitution, lowering taxes and broadening the tax base while simultaneously ensuring that the wealthiest pay their fair share…. you certainly cannot vote Republican anymore. And I do not.