Julie Kelly has a very entertaining article about the NeverTrumpers starting to call each other out. Some of them are waking up and recognizing the dishonesty of the real fanatics. Or maybe instead of being fanatics, they’re just enjoying the face time and cash over at MSNBC and CNN. Go over and enjoy the fun in this one. One gem, David Frum claims Joe Scarborough is “center-right.” Oh, the humanity!
Tag: American Greatness
My New Post Over at American Greatness – Maybe Jeff Sessions Has Already Wrapped My Christmas Present
I love those people over at American Greatness. They really know how to make my day. Here’s the link to the new article. I can’t imagine Trump will let something like this slip between his fingers. Should be good.
Maybe Jeff Sessions Has Already Wrapped My Christmas Present
Woo-Hoo!!! I Is Bona Fide – American Greatness Published My Article
The good folks at American Greatness have gone temporarily insane and published an article by an anonymous troll calling himself “photog.” Said troll claims to run a website called Orion’s Cold Fire and for his theme chose “Defining the Space Between Never-Trump and the Alt-Right.” The article is overheated and borderline psychotic but I’ll leave it to you to judge the merits of the argument, such as it is.
Excuse me. I have the inexplicable desire to shoot off some fireworks in the yard. Life is good.
Since my readers don’t always stop by every day I figured I’d paste this poll on each post for a while to see what folks call themselves. This is the post the poll came from Who Are We?
… And that got me thinking. Who are the people who read my blog? I thought it might be fun to see what the cross-section looked like. If you feel like saying what you believe in, feel free to leave a comment and/or pick a label from the poll below. I think it might be interesting.
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Exciting News For Orion’s Cold Fire
American Greatness is gonna publish a new post of mine on their site. I’m very excited to be in some pretty remarkable company. Michael Anton, Angelo Codevilla and Victor Davis Hanson wrote essays last year that summed up where I felt I was in the political world. I am thrilled that I’ll have the chance to add my own humble words to those of much abler writers. I’ve been told it’ll appear on Friday. * And the byline will of course be “photog.” It’s basically my take on what it’s like to be a “red-pilled normie.” Or as I jokingly paraphrase Gerry Rafferty, “Cucks to the left of me, Hitler to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with who?”
Come by and leave a comment of support (or protest, all publicity is good).
* UPDATE – Oooops I guess something changed. I’ll let you know when I hear from those folks. Maybe they meant next Friday.
And they published it. https://amgreatness.com/2017/11/25/defining-the-space-between-nevertrump-and-the-alt-right/
Since my readers don’t always stop by every day I figured I’d paste this poll on each post for a while to see what folks call themselves. This is the post the poll came from Who Are We?
… And that got me thinking. Who are the people who read my blog? I thought it might be fun to see what the cross-section looked like. If you feel like saying what you believe in, feel free to leave a comment and/or pick a label from the poll below. I think it might be interesting.
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American Greatness Suggestion for Today – Never Mind Trumpism, What is Deplorablism by Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson has a very well written analysis of the actual significance of Trump’s agenda vs. what the left and Never-Trumpers and even some Trump followers think it is. As usual give Hanson a few sentences to get around to his point. He likes to paint a picture and this can sometimes make you think he’s going the wrong way. Hanson is a very smart guy but also very grounded. I liked the article a lot.
Since my readers don’t always stop by every day I figured I’d paste this poll on each post for a while to see what folks call themselves. This is the post the poll came from Who Are We?
… And that got me thinking. Who are the people who read my blog? I thought it might be fun to see what the cross-section looked like. If you feel like saying what you believe in, feel free to leave a comment and/or pick a label from the poll below. I think it might be interesting.
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American Greatness looks back at the Catholic Critics of Candidate Trump
I liked this article by Austin Ruse, “The Thoughtfuls vs. the Roughneck-in-Chief,” because it gives us a chance to review how the feared or predicted results by Catholics of a Trump victory compare to the actual occurrence. Basically, Trump has exceeded the results for all republican presidents in my life time. I especially enjoyed the comparison of Trump’s Supreme Court assignment to W’s attempt to get Harriet Miers on the Court. Very good review of the elitist attitude toward Trump.
Since my readers don’t always stop by every day I figured I’d paste this poll on each post for a while to see what folks call themselves. This is the post the poll came from Who Are We?
… And that got me thinking. Who are the people who read my blog? I thought it might be fun to see what the cross-section looked like. If you feel like saying what you believe in, feel free to leave a comment and/or pick a label from the poll below. I think it might be interesting.
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How Do You Clone Donald Trump?
Back in the Paleolithic era, say 1988, when George H.W. Bush was the heir apparent to Ronald Reagan, much was made of how during his apprenticeship under the Gipper that Bush had shed all of his Rockefeller Republican leanings. He famously decried Michael Dukakis’s membership in the ACLU and his links with the Liberal Boutique Ideologies of Cambridge. And of course, there was his full-throated exhortation to read his lips, “NO NEW TAXES!!!” Well, we know how that turned out. George’s New World Order, tax increases and NAFTA initiatives gave rise to Ross Perot which in turn gave rise to Bill Clinton. And we know how well that worked out for us.
Fast forward, let’s say to 2024. We are entering the victory lap of the God-Emperor’s reign here on earth. All’s right with the world. The new republicans have a supermajority in the Senate and House, Unemployment stands at negative 1%. Transgenderism has been proven to be a curable mental condition, women are leaving the work force in droves to return to the home to raise kids and regain their sanity. The Clintons and the Obamas have all been assigned multi-decade jail sentences that none are predicted to outlive. It’s the best of all possible worlds.
But now the successor to the God-Emperor must be selected. And while everyone agrees that Mike Pence is a heck of a nice guy, everybody remembers how he backed down when George Stephanopoulos questioned him about the Defense of Faith act he signed into law in Indiana. Is this the Bush scenario being replayed? Are we about to see another Bill Clinton moment?
Now, this may be a slight exaggeration. Mike Pence is not a Bush. He is an actual conservative. But also, he’s no Trump. So, a better formulation of this question is how do you end up with another Trump? Having a combative, unabashed alpha male at the head of the right wing has been a genuine pleasure. Starting from a position of strength has proven to be an unalloyed advantage. Not having to cede territory to our opponents in the Democrat party or the Media every time they throw up a smoke screen about race or gender has meant that we can actually gain ground on many different initiatives. All in all, it’s just unacceptable to imagine us going back to a dweeby loser for Commander in Chief. We want General George Patton in charge not Pee Wee Herman.
And then it hit me. Let Trump choose his successor. Now sure, he picked Mike Pence for running mate but he was choosing from the small subset of republican political figures. And selection time was short. Neither of these factors is currently important. So, he can cast a wider net this time. And he has time. At least a few years. So, what I thought up was a reboot of the Apprentice. Let Donald Trump use his own intuition and methods to sort through all the candidates in America to find another him. And since he’s done it before for something lesser he can apply this experience to doing a better job for the more important version. And he should have it televised. And the home audience should get to give feedback. But only registered Republicans who donate money to the party. The ratings would be through the roof. And Mike Pence should definitely be in the running. I mean, he’s not such a bad guy and maybe he actually has learned more than a Bush.
Read this American Greatness Article, The Method to Trump’s Madness, by Victor Davis Hanson
I should have a regular topic called “American Greatness” Topic of the Day.
https://amgreatness.com/2017/10/16/the-method-to-trumps-madness/
The latest gem is “The Method to Trump’s Madness.” Victor Davis Hanson makes a lot of great points here. He addresses the reason why Trump employs such a bizarre strategy as Twitter Attacks on other politicians and the Media and even the NFL. Here’s a sample:
“The issue is never just Trump’s outbursts or tweets in isolation but, rather, the comparisons between them and his targets. Again, attacking NFL players may not be presidential, but Trump’s pushback is often judged by many voters on the basis of its intent—in other words, an effort to oppose the growing trend of multimillionaire athletes refusing to stand for the National Anthem. If we have never seen a president stoop to fight with the NFL, we have also never seen the NFL kneel to self-destruct by offending millions of its fans. If the president cannot defend a national tradition of standing in honor during the National Anthem, who else could?
Pollsters, pundits, and the media have vastly underestimated how many in America loathe multimillionaire celebrities, pampered athletes, and triangulating politicians—the usual targets of Trump’s invective.”
Read the whole thing. It’s extremely well thought out.
These Guys at American Greatness Are Making Me Feel Redundant
Of course, I’ve never seen them post a Trump vs Morning Shmoe and Lycra. So there is that.
Honestly, this guy Deion Kathawa in his article Conservatives Need to Stop Indulging Leftist Narratives
hits it pretty square on the head. These “conservative” pundits he talks about would rather walk back everything they believe than have liberals call them bad names. That should make it easy to decide who is on our side and who is along for the ride (or paycheck).
Now, of course, if they’ve taken your dog hostage and are threatening you with Fido showing up in your mailbox piece by flea-bitten piece, then, yeah, I understand. But the worst these guys are up against is Twitter down votes. Maybe Google will suspend their Gmail accounts. Hardly the stuff of hard-boiled, hard-hitting humor blogging. If groveling is an important part of your month then maybe you should be in a different line, like politics.
Anyway, the Daily Wire thing is very disappointing. If you have to clear your comedy skits mocking leftists, through a leftist censorship committee, I think your usefulness (except as a useful idiot for the left) is done. And that’s the good thing that’s coming from all this. Once you figure out the game being played by the Left and the Fake Right you stop caring what people say about you and then you can say what you really think. A young guy at work, nice kid, asked what I thought about the NFL kneeling crap. Now I knew he didn’t care one way or the other (or so he says). So, I said the players and the owners can do whatever they want. And, so can I. So, I’ll never watch another NFL game until they apologize for what they’ve been doing for the last year. And since I know that will never happen in a million years I can start using the time I wasted watching football on something useful. I can get an extra post done or write a story or go out and take some pictures or read a book by someone who writes things that I enjoy. And by turning off the NFL I’ve done my small part to starve the rats.
Chris Buskirk Has Another Good Article, This One About the Alabama Election
Hate to parrot someone too much. But this one is on something that should be of interest to anyone wondering if the “do-nothing Congress” has got Trump permanently stymied. Of course, only time will tell whether the message gets through loud and clear to McConnell and Ryan but it’s still very interesting stuff.