CardinalBacker

You’re not wrong. I feel like the prosecution wasn’t warranted and the verdict (like the one in the market valuation case) were miscarriages of Justice, and a waste of our time and resources. BUT, everyone who cheered “lock her up” is busy eating their crow today, or they should be. Unfortunately for Donald, the Ds weren’t kidding about doing what Trump promised, then didn’t deliver. If you don’t want your candidate to get convicted of falsifying the records I regards to hush money paid to a porn star, DONT NOMINATE MEN WHO CHEAT ON THEIR WIVES WITH PORN STARS!!!! Sacrificing morals and decency for the sake of “our favorite and we want him to win” has a price. Mean Tweets have a price. Fighting with EVERYBODY comes at a price. And no single man is bigger than the USA. He might be darling of MAGA, but the other 3/4 of the country aren’t going to stand aside and capitulate to the will of the red-hatted mob. Don’t blame the Ds for what happened today. The Rs are complicit, and in my opinion carry most of the blame for giving the tools that the Ds used to do this. I’ll be honest. I’m less concerned about what the world thinks about the old guy who craps his pants and can’t finish a thought, as opposed to the “godly, conservative” candidate who does all of these unspeakable, tasteless, insurrectionist, and sometimes criminal acts with no drop in support from his unwavering fanboys. It’s disgusting.

This is what happens when you nominate a piece of crap.

I think the interesting point is this… Trump backed candidates do better when Trump is on the ballot. Back in March Covey was up by 3%, and that skirt from Jasper pulled about 10%… and most people believed that her voters would go directly to Covey. Conventional wisdom was that Covey would be up by 10-12 points if all things went according to the pattern from March. That just didn’t happen. Typically turnout is lower in runoffs than in the primaries, and my guess is that Phelan had fewer votes this time around than last, but covey had WAY fewer votes. A friend of mine has been watching a similar runoff in central texas, and the results were similar. The MAGA guy just didn’t turn out the votes this May. My opinion is that a large portion of the support these Trump guys are just that…. Trump supporters. They’ll vote down ticket according to MAGA directives when Trump is on the ballot, but when they can’t vote Trump, they just don’t show up at all.

Phelan won’t be Speaker again… SETX neutered themselves.

I have it from good sources that some athletes were considering playing basketball instead of baseball, so the basketball coach had to go. Nothing new to see here.

The locals have almost finished firing the first ever Speaker of the House from Southeast Texas upon direct order of Trump and his minions. It's a sad day... Locals have decided that being represented by the most powerful man in the House didn't mean anything.... they'd rather a political novice to represent this part of SETX. And why is that? He wasn't MAGA enough for them. Who cares that it will hurt locally... What Trump says, goes. Just yesterday I saw Trump on television demanding that we fire Phelan... How he's a RINO, weak on the border, etc... why? Because he wouldn't overlook the criminal actions done by Ken Paxton, one of Trump's key supporters in the effort to overturn the 2020 Election and allow Trump to remain in office despite the will of the voters. Trump never even mentioned Covey's name, and I doubt he would recognize Covey if Covey walked up with a cup of coffee. Who cares that it's bad for SETX? Not the R voters from SETX! Then I saw Covey's preacher on a different ad tell a bald face lie. Why should Phelan be fired? "He put Democrats in positions of power in the House." Really? That's been the position of BOTH parties for as long as anybody can remember. They ALWAYS give the minority party committee chairmanships. But in 2022 the Rs decided that the practice should stop. Democrat voters should not be allowed a voice in the crafting of legislation if there is a single majority Republican seat in the House, according to the Rs. Representative Government? Never heard of it, huh? Never did I believe that we'd have an abortion ban, constitutional carry, huge cuts for school property taxes, and Texas law enforcement being greenlit to enforce immigration law. But it all happened while Phelan was speaker. Without a doubt, the most conservative Speaker, ever. But still a dirty RINO for not being MAGA enough. It would be funny if it weren't true. I've been following politics long enough to remember when Rs couldn't get elected in Texas... I'm confident that we're headed back that direction. I mean, it's obvious that with population shifts we'll be turning blue eventually. I think that the behavior of the leadership of the Republican Party is going to cause that shift sooner than expected. I won't be surprised to see Democrat Senators and possibly even a governor elected within 12 years. Maybe less. The Rs will be a party apparatus without a voting base behind them.

To clarify… Rs like wars. It’s undeniable. 1. George HW Bush- Persian Gulf War 2. Bill Clinton-no wars 3. George W Bush- War on Terror (Afghanistan) and the Iraq War 4. Barack Obama-no wars 5. Donald Trump- attack on Capitol Hill-failed insurrection 6. Joe Biden-no wars. But y’all are scared Biden is gonna get us in a war - was he putting that off until his second term? lol. Seriously, though… the Trump thing was a joke. He’s more Dem than Republican anyways. We all know that.

How many American soldiers have we lost in the two wars we’re currently fighting? Because to the voting public, it’s not a war until they start covering caskets with the red, white & blue. You might not have noticed, but Rs are the party of wars… we always seem to end up in them when Rs are in the White House. Gotta pay back those defense contractors somehow, right?

I didn’t care for him in ‘16 but I always vote Republican. He was the only choice in 20, but I almost didn’t vote for him… after everything that happened regarding the handling of the pandemic and his constant attacking of everyone, regardless of party affiliation… I didn’t feel like he deserved my vote, but I eventually did. After all of his lies about election interference, his attempt to overthrow the peaceful transfer of power, mishandling of classified docs, and continued petulant behavior, I’m just never going to vote for him. period.

What is Biden putting them through? 401ks are rocking. Everybody that wants a job has one. Wages are up. No wars. And a POTUS they don’t hate. Trump does a great job of motivating his base. But he does an even better job of motivating THE OTHER GUY’S base. There aren’t going to be millions of people saying “you know, I voted Biden last time because I was sick of trump…. And since Trump left, everything has gotten better. I think I’ll vote for Trump next time. He doesn’t bother me as badly as he used to.” I fact, I doubt that there are any. Biden won’t drive people to the polls to vote Biden. He’s a horrible candidate. But Trump motivates MILLIONS to get out and vote “anybody but Trump.” That’s just facts, and no amount of mean tweets is gonna fix that for Trump.

I can’t wait to see all of the “gosh, the voters are all so stupid… they didn’t elect trump” posts the first Wednesday in November. Any rational person can read the writing on the wall. Fanboys? Not so much.

So your proposing that anyone who has used RINO, Demoncrat, Libtard, Dims, etc, should be permanently banned?

Negative, sir. I haven’t called anyone on here a name. Im well aware of how easily posters toss out insults, then cry to mods when one gets sent back. From this point forward, I don’t insult anyone personally. Remember… it only stings if it’s true.

Yep, that’s who it’s going to be in November because idiots nominated trump again which guaranteed a Biden win. Rs had tons of choices… they picked the only one that has proven unable to beat Biden before. So when Biden rolls again in 2024… “just deal with it.” Because stupid Dems didn’t give us Biden… Trump and his supporters gave us four years of Biden, and they’re about to give us four more years of Biden, and eventually Harris. Becuse they can’t get over the fact that their idol Trump got lucky in ‘16 and has lost every contest and trial since then. Y’all will all be here in November crying “oh my!! Everybody else is so stupid! The guy who lost last time just lost again…. Because y’all are so stupid!” My only hope is that Trump gets beaten 70-30 so that the influence of the red-hatted morons finally disappears. They’re just a bunch of losers.

Nothing. Absolutely nothing has changed since 2016 when Biden/Harris clapped Trump’s cheeks. Except the pandemic ended, stock market is at all time highs, unemployment is at all time lows, and Trump keeps getting indicted. Oh, and a couple hundred thousand elderly trump voters died and a few million “anybody but trump” voters turned 18. Nothing at all. But everybody else is dumb.

The first time (2016) I voted for Cruz in the primary, then the Republican (Trump) in the primary. There was no choice in the 2020 primary because Trump was the incumbent. He should not be on the ballot in 2024, but he is… and the only people to blame for that fact is the ones who supported Trump in the 2024 primary KNOWING that he can’t win. Trumpskins would rather vote for Trump and lose than have a conservative win. That’s just the facts, brother.

We all knew going in that Trump lost last time because people hated him. Nothing has happened that would change a single voter’s disgust with Trump. So the “smart” voters say “let’s nominate Trump again! It’ll be different this time!” But then say the only reason that Biden will get re-elected is because everybody else is stupid. That’s a genuine lack of self awareness on the part of weak men.

And if one’s love for Trump gets Biden elected, those people are equally stupid. There are HUNDREDS of conservatives with better credentials who would beat Biden like a drum. Trump supporters won’t allow that to happen. THEY decided to put Biden back in office.

But that’s exactly what you’re all doing! Saying “well, I think Trump is the best, so everybody else must be stupid for voting Biden,” when it’s obvious that most people will vote for anybody BUT Trump. Democrats can nominate a house plant and beat Trump… so the morons are the ones who refused to nominate anybody (and I mean ANYBODY else) who would easily take down Biden. And before the clowns all say, in unison, “there are only two choices, so it’s gotta be Trump or y’all are all stupid,” the ones who MADE those the only two options are the idiots. When Trump announced that he was running, it was over. Too many people hate him. Blaming other people because YOU nominated an unelectable candidate doesn’t make you smart or “America First.”

Nope, it’s the Rs fault for not fielding an alternative that’s more appealing than Biden.

Oh, I agree… the prosecution’s star witness just pooped the bed. The problem is this. OJ Simpson was a Heisman Trophy winner from USC, and the Avis commercials, Naked Gun movies, and every Sunday on the sidelines at NFL games. A very likable guy…. The glove gave the jurors the opportunity to do what they wanted-free the Juice. On the other hand, NYC jurors HATE Trump, as evidenced by the previous trial (although that one was decided by a judge) in which trump got hammered. I’ve got a bad feeling that these jurors won’t care about whether not Cohen lied, but be more concerned with the fact that “being fed to the lions” isn’t within the range of punishment that they can impose. I’m not saying it’s right or that I agree, it’s just what I expect.

No, they’ve already done what they set out to do. Trump will 99.9% certain be on the ballot this fall.

I would agree with one huge exception. OJ was a SoCal darling, widely beloved. The jury pool loved him. NYC HATES Trump. I believe that OJ likability allowed him to beat a solid case, and I think that the great dislike for Trump will allow him to be tripped up by a weak case. I think we’ll find out in a week or two.

Yes, but no… the Dems are no doubt using the court system, but not like you think. They WANTED Trump in the race. Every time they indicted him, more Rs got behind him. They are well aware that ANY Republican candidate would walk right over Biden… except Trump. This hasn’t been about destroying Trump, it’s about solidifying his support, eventual nomination, and inevitable defeat in November. FWIW, it also strengthens the resolve of the “anybody but Trump” voters to vote democrat.

Yeah... He's probably their own Dade Phelan. Not "MIGA" enough for the masses. Make Iran Great Again.