Oh no! We might lose Charlie Dent, Michael Steele, Mary Peters, Denver Riggleman and Christine Todd Whitman from the Republican party. And even worse we could lose Anthony Scaramucci! Apparently kicking Liz Cheney from her leadership position in the House Republican conference has outraged the NeverTrumpers … again. And they threaten to flounce out of the party and this time they’re going to start their own party!
Well, that does sound scary. But in line with my policy of creative spite I feel like we shouldn’t waste this opportunity to mock, humiliate and infuriate these losers. After all, what exactly does it mean for them to leave the Republican party again? Didn’t they vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016? Didn’t they vote for Joe Biden in 2020? How exactly can they increase their opposition to the Right. Will they double their already constant presence on CNN and MSNBC? Is that possible? Will they be able to forego sleep to create this omnipresent ranting?
The story is they are threatening to take their 100 “leaders” and decamp for a new “party” that will thereby hobble the Republicans in the 2022 elections. Well, good riddance. After we separate the pundits and geriatric has-beens from this gang of one hundred, exactly how many actual politicians will we have? Liz Cheney? Adam Kinzinger? I’ll bet Mitt Romney won’t be there. Not even Susan Collins. They know where their bread is buttered. They’ve got their cushy spots in the Republican herd. Only the losers who know they’re headed for primary defeat will join this loser club. And even these won’t stay very long after it’s apparent that all it guarantees is that they will have to sit at the geek table in the cafeteria. I did see William Weld, Evan McMullin and Tom Ridge on the list. Weld was the governor of Massachusetts back in the early 1990’s. Evan McMullin ran pitifully against Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential race. Tom Ridge served in the George W. Bush administration as, I think, head of Homeland Security. After that the list is a blank to me.
I really think we should encourage this thing as much as possible. I’m only disappointed that the well-known NeverTrumpers in the press didn’t add their impressive weight to this list. Knowing that Bill Krystal, Jonah Goldberg and company were going to stop claiming to be Republicans would be a great blessing.
Wait, I’ve just found two great names, Mona Charen and Max Boot. I didn’t know Charen claimed to be a Republican. That’s news to me. And how exactly do we still have Max Boot? He’s been foaming at the mouth since 2016 and I thought he had declared a fatwah against the Republicans in 2018.
Looking at this list I think we might actually gain votes. Knowing that your vote was against Max Boot might be enough to get a really lazy man up off his couch and cast his vote just out of spite. I only hope that they field a really inspirational presidential candidate in 2024 like John McCain. Sure he’s dead but he’s got real name recognition and he’s guaranteed to get a few votes in Arizona, maybe. But then again 2024 is a really long time from now. I’m not sure this grand coalition will last that long. Let’s just hope they can get Liz Cheney to run on the REPAIR platform in 2022. That’s the acronym for “Stand Up Republic & The Republican Political Alliance for Integrity and Reform.” That ‘s the name of this thing. I think they should rename it Stand Up in Defense (of something or other) and they could us the acronym STUPID.
Here’s the full list of the signatories to this august new venture.
David Almacy
Daniel Barkhuff
Steve Bartlett
Christopher Bayley
Michael Belitzky
Nate Bell
John Bellinger
David Billings
Mike Bober
Tatyana Bolton
Max Boot
Valerie Boyd
Tim Boyle
Joel Brenner
Shellie Bressler
Randy Brockway
Michael Burchstead
Lucy Caldwell
Tom Campbell
Steve Carey
Arne Carlson
Davy Carter
Rod Chandler
Mona Charen
Michael Chertoff
Eliot Cohen
Tom Coleman
Barbara Comstock
George Conway
H. Bryan Cunningham
Marilee Cunningham
Soren Dayton
Charlie Dent
Murray Dickman
C.J. Diegel
Charles Djou
T. Greg Doucette
David Durenberger
Mickey Edwards
Chip Felkel
Mindy Finn
John Fluharty
Emil Frankel
Christopher Gagin
Stuart Gerson
Wayne Gilchrest
Jim Glassman
Jim Greenwood
Michael Hayden
Jim Hendren
Thomas Hill
Rachel Hoff
Jennifer Horn
Reed Howard
Joe Hunter
Edward Tobin III
Bob Inglis
Charles Jeter
Karen Johnson
Bryan Jones
Laura Holmes Jost
Paul Jost
Bobbie Kilberg
William Kilberg
John Kingston
Karen Kirksey
Jim Kolbe
Hannah Kummer
James Kunder
Justin Kurth
Gene Kussart
Rick Lazio
James Leach
John LeBoutillier
Eli Lehrer
Marty Linksy
R.J. Lyman
Mike Madrid
Bruce Maloch
Chad Mayes
Heath Mayo
Molly McKew
Evan McMullin
David Meeks
Jerid Miller
Paul Mitchell
John Mitnick
Connie Morella
Mike Murphy
John Negroponte
Sophia Nelson
Elizabeth Neumann
William O’Reilly
Robert Orr
Eileen Padberg
Richard Painter
Robert Patricelli
James Peppe
Susan Del Percio
Jacob Perry
Mary Peters
Thomas Petri
Trevor Potter
Kristopher Purcell
Sam Reid
Reid Ribble
Tom Ridge
Scott Rigell
Denver Riggleman
Ted Roosevelt
Jonathan Rose
Paul Rosenzweig
Andrew Sagor
Mark Sanford
Matthew Sarelson
Anthony Scaramucci
Glenn Schatz
Lynn Schmidt
Claudine Schneider
Gabriel Schoenfeld
Joel Searby
Tara Setmayer
Rina Shah
Jeffrey Shane
Robert Shanks
Neal Simon
Shermichael Singleton
Peter Smith
Michael Steele
Miles Taylor
Jeff Timmer
Olivia Troye
Stanley Twardy, Jr.
Michelle Udall
Chris Vance
Kathy Varga
Josh Venable
Joe Walsh
Matt Walton
Mark Weatherford
Jack Weinstein
Bill Weld
Christine Todd Whitman
Gregory Wilson
Cole Wist
Charles Work
Bob Worsley
Julie Wright
Bob Yudin
Dov Zakheim
Dick Zimmer
Oh no! Whatever will we do if we lose these great lights of the GOP?
My bet is that they won’t start their own party. Half those people generate their income from going on CNN as a “Republican” who disagrees with whatever the GOP is trying to do. (Close the boarder, lower taxes, freedom of speech – that kind of evil stuff.)
If they switch to another party they won’t be able to do that anymore.
And CNN isn’t going to pay thousands of dollars for “This person with a vaguely recognizable name from a party you never heard from.”
They need to think outside the box. If Max Boot would wear some blue coveralls with “MAX” over his shirt pocket and a blue hat that says “REPAIR” he’ll get some respect. Of course the jig is up if someone asks him to fix something but it gets his foot in the door. Then he can sell Red State America on his plan to bring in a billion third-worlders. Who could say no? He should also wear a tool belt with a Leatherman multi-tool prominently displayed.
Lose Scaramucci? The horror, the horror! What’s next, Mitt Romney?
It’s like a dream come true, they self-eject out of our midst.
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If they are just waiting for offers to help them pack, I’m All In. Whatever they need to get on with it,, I’m ready to help.
You help them pack, I’ll go out and buy the new cylinders for the door locks.
Is the William O’Reilly the same guy that used to be on FNC?
I’ve lost track of Bill O’Reilly after he left FOX. I hope it’s not him. I’d like to think there are moderates who aren’t as hopeless as these nuts.
This is quite the “loser” list! Scott Rigell – always wondered why he bailed out after a couple of terms…
When you mentioned Rigell I looked him up. He declined to run for re-election in 2016 and supported Gary Johnson instead of Donald Trump for President. He owns two new car dealerships so at least he isn’t on the dole. He’s one step above Liz Cheney which isn’t that much I guess.
Bill Weld. Was governor of Mass. Clinton offered him a possible position, so he resigned the governorship and scurried off to DC – but he didn’t get the job. I thought he was gone from the GOP then.
Yeah, we had a string of winners for Republican Governors starting with Weld and ending with Mitt Romney. But up in New England you get the Republicans you deserve.