annatar1914 wrote:Hitler was not a ''Conservative'' or ''Right-Winger'' in any meaningful sense. He was a Nationalist and Populist too, a Fascist but in a specifically German way.
I agree. However, the subordinated clause of your second sentence omits a considerable amount. Hitler was clearly blaming Germany's loss in WWI on Jews--specifically the armament workers unions, but more generally Jewish businesses, banks, politicians and propagandists. That's where Hitler and Trump are so very different. Trump is also not interested in starting wars. His detractors claim they are afraid that's what he will do, but they have a very long track record of doing exactly that.
annatar1914 wrote:In other words, words have almost been denuded of their meanings, and there's little actual thought going on.
Exactly. That's why 2016 was a great election for me, because both Bush and Clinton were defeated. Biden is the last of that generation that is still standing. There's really no way to explain how he came in fourth in Iowa, fifth in New Hampshire and second in Nevada, and candidates with more delegates than Biden mysteriously decided to drop out of the race and hand over their delegate support to the guy who was losing to them; and, then he goes on to select one of the first candidates to drop out of the race before voting even started as his VP. The Democrat party is quite rigged. The Republicans very much expected Jeb Bush to end up on the top of the heap in 2016 too. None of the DNC candidates had the balls to take on Biden and defeat him. It tells you how much they are dependent on big donors.
annatar1914 wrote:What does this mean for the future?
Well, I think Rudy et. al. has been sitting on this story for awhile, but it puts in place the final pieces in the Ukraine story. Biden's demand to fire the prosecutor was clearly motivated by Burisma's lobbying the Bidens. The smoking gun is there now.
What's also clear now is that the $3.5M that came from the ex-wife of Moscow's former mayor also involved a bit more than just a wire transfer. She was on the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) watchlist. So she could just waltz in and open up an account. That took a bit of work too. You'll notice @jimjam is suddenly a bit silent about this, because this is precisely what he accuses Trump of doing with no evidence. When there is irrefutable evidence of the Bidens doing it, suddenly they deny it or go silent.
Politics_Observer wrote:Yes, but have any of you two thought about Ronald Reagan. Heck, I had a lot of respect for Reagan even though I did not agree with some of his policies.
Why? You've credited Reagan with single-handedly destroying organized labor in the United States, and blamed him for deinstitutionalization as well.
Politics_Observer wrote:Wouldn't republicans prefer to have an inspiring leader like Reagan?
Look at Trump rallies. His supporters are inspired by him. Did you see people lining the streets in Newport Beach when he went to a private fundraiser. I haven't seen streets lined like that since Reagan died.
Politics_Observer wrote:You have to think about how far away the republican party is from the days of Reagan and the respect that Reagan garnered for the republican party both here in the U.S. and abroad.
There was no GATT, NAFTA, WTO, MFN status for China, endless wars, political correctness, "wokeness", a government trying to overthrow its own president, etc. We're pretty much focused on the US right now.
Politics_Observer wrote:Wouldn't you guys want the republican party to have that kind of universal respect again like it did during the days of Reagan?
I'm independent. I really don't care about what becomes of the Republican party. I was happy to see Paul Ryan, Jeff Flake, etc. leave. I'd like to see Susan Collins win only so that the Democrats don't take the Senate. It would bother me personally if she lost though. Even the gay guy from South Carolina wouldn't bother me that much. He was McCain's bitch for so long. I'm basically not a big believer in the party system anymore.
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