These people are superlatively unimportant. I merely note that David French has given us another reason why he and his ilk should be told they get no more donations (from anyone but the liberal billionaires currently granting them patronage) and are welcome to leave public life. Memo to AEI, Heritage, and the Ethics and Public Policy Center: if you were well-run, every line employee you have would be a trained policy analyst; if you were one ratchet down from well-run, every publicist you employ would be engaged in promoting the work of your analysts. Since you’re not well run, you’re paying salaries to the likes of Mona Charen.

So, THIS WILL be zero’s Third term as President? Just as most feared by Patriots? Hate America First?

Or: The US as viewed from the U.N. by China? as an Insta wag put it?

https://althouse.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-obama-staffers-are-now-cutting-out.html

Commenter Drago has my thoughts: “so, it was the obamaites that have worked so tirelessly over the last 6 years to weaponize the govt against domestic political enemies and now the Bidenites are surprised and miffed to find out that these lefties actually meant every word they’ve said for over a decade?”

Biden staffers are the useful idiots of the campaign and are only learning it now. Because, hey, who else waged the permanent coup finally getting fools gold or the Golden Powered Coup the Deep Staters have so long fought the decent and naive MAGA lovers have only fortunately denied them.

https://althouse.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-obama-staffers-are-now-cutting-out.html?showComment=1606250964777#c6732785415826106651

None of those have won.

God has won, and I am a messenger of the good news, the Gospel, the Victory.

So bury fear,
for fate draws near
and hide the signs of fear.
The bravest souls endure the heart’s remains.

Discard regret,
that in this debt,
a better world is made
that children of a newer day might remember and avoid our fate.

Prepare for battle.

And in the fury of this darkest hour,
we will be your light.
You have asked for our sacrifice and I am God Born.
Without denying, a faith in god I have never known, I hear the angels call my name, for I am God born.

Hold your head up high,
for there is no greater love,
think of the faces of the people you defend.
And promise me they will never see the tears in our eyes,
although we are men with mortal sins, angels never cry.

So bury fear,
for fate draws near,
and hide the signs of pain.
With noble acts,
the bravest souls
endure the heart’s remains.

Discard regret,
that in this debt,
a better world is made.
That children of a newer day might remember
and avoid our fate.

And in the fury of this darkest hour, I will be your light, a lifetime for this destiny, for I am God Born.
In this moment, I will not run, it is my place to stand.
We few shall carry hope within our bloodied hands.

P.S. Modified lyrics of Cruxshadows’ winterborn.

Geoffrey Britain on November 24, 2020 at 12:40 am said:

True and not complete at the same time. But you are picking up on what I tried to communicate in 2015, to you and others here.

Things are that dire yes. But that is why I know it is over. The war is over, but the battle is not.

A populist clown who had the best economy ever and did more for America than any recent President before him…. I would take 44 more Trumps before another elite politician who gets rich off of bilking us….Read this and weep…..
] https://frankreport.com/2020/04/18/one-hundred-twenty-five-amazing-accomplishments-of-president-donald-j-trump/

Who?

Executive experience is good/ desirable if it also involved moving legislation thru a legislature, so sometimes legislative experience or exposure is also important. No real changes will occur without Congress being fully on board and changing/ repealing New Deal and Great Society, etc., laws (and maybe Dodd-Frank?). EO’s don’t cut it long term although sometimes they can set the stage for successful legislative turn arounds.

Leaving Cruz and Tim Scott, etc. in the legislature is maybe still best, as they gain seniority, etc. And maybe we can find a way to show that the black caucus is part of the problem, not really involved in curing racial animus but actually inflaming it further.

Noem would be a great “heartland” candidate, but might be subject to criticism as having only “small state” experience, in terms of populations, with little major urban issues to address. Perot accused Clinton of this back in 1992. Then again, McCain picked Palin with comparable backgrounds, etc. Noem is probably better than Palin was.

I agree dynasty slots will not play well without a separately generated identity – let’s see how George P. Bush of TX comes onto the national scene without “daddy” help or issues ?? For example, Rand Paul is now not much associated with Ron Paul.

The GOP also needs to get successful black and women candidates into leading positions within the major failed urban centers to help turn them around, and show conservative policies are more successful than progressive ones. Getting successful blacks more exposure will also help reduce the impact and influence of the racialist industry, showing that it has now done its “affirmative action” job and run its course. And I just remembered that KY AG Daniel Cameron was an impressive figure recently, too.

The better news is that as strong or weak as the younger GOP cohort may be, the Democrats have mostly only terrible dictators in their pipeline (although a couple of the failed early 2020 Dem candidates could have “easily” beaten Trump if the Dems had been more centrist/smarter overall.)