He did not end up on the left. He ended up with some positions he shares with leftists – such as hating the Iran War, hating Israel, and even at this point pretty much hating America.

And I think he is quite sincere about those things. Did you read my 3-parter on Carlson? See this.

I’m not sure I buy the idea he went so far right he ended up on the left.

I think the social conservative argument he’s making is intended for his audience. He’s making a bid to influence his conservative audience with that gambit.

After all he was on CNN and MSNBC.

Recall the Fox documents indicated he didn’t believe that 2020 was stolen. Thinking about that now, it is adding up that he’s a grifter who doesn’t always believe what he claims.

People on the right are dissatisfied with Trump because he committed a brutal own goal and got us into a virtually unwinnable war against a very strong enemy which is destroying the world’s economy. Yes, the US might be able to win a war with Iran but it will take years, while Trump has only a few more months before he is continually impeached and rendered ineffective.

Firstly: you’re contradicting yourself. You don’t get to blab about an “unwinnable war” in sentence one and then admit that the US might be able to win the war in the second sentence.

Secondly: The amateur quarterbacks opining about Iranian military strength and prowess always make me chuckle a bit. “Very strong enemy”? Most modern conflicts with Iran were over in a matter of months or weeks, and while most of those were admittedly against regimes nowhere near as fanatical as the current management that was also without the tech advantage or intel on almost every leader in the regime we have now. Iran is vastly weaker in almost every category except tech and especially drone production than it was in 1979 due to a mixture of Mullahcratic mismanagement (study the IRGC’s Ill starred dam building helping to cause widespread water loss) and internal dissent.

I can guarantee you that the majority of people blabbing about this sort of stuff have never studied Operation Praying Mantis, 1856-7, or 1941.

Secondly: This ignores the fact that the goal was never to fight a war against Iran ala what Saddam did, but to do one against the regime and empower the Iranian public to rise up against the regime.

Thirdly: This overlooks how we have been at war with Iran’s dictatorship for decades, and recent years have done a lot to chop it down to size.

Fourthly: “Before… impeached and rendered ineffective”? Talk about counting chickens before they hatch.

Meanwhile, in 2028, the democrat in office will immediately surrender “in good faith” and probably help Iran rebuild its nuclear program as part of the surrender agreement (and secure him- or herself a Nobel Peace Prize in the process).

Counting chickens before they hatch take two.

But let me assume just for the sake of it that is true…. What happens if Israel and/or the Iranian opposition say No and continue?

I swear it seems like almost everybody opining with the black pills tends to either overstate Israeli influence on Trump and the US regarding this operation or ignore it entirely. The fact is that we are almost peer allies in this conflict, and operating together but for our own reasons. We are coordinating but not perfectly, and there is good chance that Israel will refuse if they do not find the results to be to their satisfaction, especially given Oct 7.

Don’t ignore this part of what I wrote: “so far [to the right] it nearly morphs into the left on some issues.” It is in many ways a circle. At a certain point the words “right” and “left” become meaningless. Carlson is so far to the right in terms of – for example – isolationism and liking regimes that are highly restrictive about homosexuality and the like, that he is almost indistinguishable from the left in some of his positions, although he arrived at them followng a different path.

I’m not saying Qatari money isn’t involved, too. But as I’ve written many times, I don’t think it’s just that for Carlson. I’ve already written a great deal about him, but I have more to say, particularly about the religious angle.

It appears to be a very difficult thing to do. Many judges and others in the lawyer class favor the establishment left and the deep state. And lefties generally will rule per their politics if placed on juries.

In red states judges and juries will do the right thing, In blue states they will act according to the Party interest.

Trump has simply been our best candidate. He’s also a moderate, so the “alienating everyone to the left of Ted Cruz” doesn’t make sense. The left hates Trump because he beats them, not because he’s so far right.

Especially for those of us who are are clear-eyed enough to recognize what’s coming in 2026 and likely 2028 because of Trump’s missteps, we can’t help but believe that a better candidate would have been able to achieve much, if not all of what Trump has accomplished, albeit with much less damage to GOP electoral prospects

I haven’t seen anyone accomplish things like this at the national level before. Certainly not among modern era presidents.

and, therefore, without the looming progressive restoration, which I think is going to be bad.

Are you sure you are not looking forward to it?

I’m not sure this is “moving farther right”. At this point I doubt Candice or Kelly really were on the right. Tucker also. I don’t see defending the Iranian Republic as being right.

Just think how far he could go with a real horse. (“A horse! A horse! My kingdome for a horse!”)