I hate to be that guy in the crowd, but if the "normies" haven't snapped to attention already and distanced themselves from MAGA, much less taken a principled stand against the movement, what would make them do so now? It all has been in front of them, in plain sight, for years. They are not horrified or, worse, simply do not care. I don…
I hate to be that guy in the crowd, but if the "normies" haven't snapped to attention already and distanced themselves from MAGA, much less taken a principled stand against the movement, what would make them do so now? It all has been in front of them, in plain sight, for years. They are not horrified or, worse, simply do not care. I don't see a last-minute reprieve coming. We will have to win this battle on our own. Short of that, always have a Plan B.
I've been working on my Plan B since 2014. Acquired Canadian citizenship in 2021, ditto for my partner, and an investment property on Vancouver Island.
Yep I keep telling people this. We long ago passed the point where the “normie” Republicans ran the party. No one believes that Trump or maga is normal. They just like it.
We have to try, and I think the anti-Trump case is much stronger than the Bulwark community wants to admit. Doom gives you a dopamine hit, too. I'm consciouslying deciding to act out of hope, not doom. In the end, it probably won't change the world, but for the first time in weeks, I didn't have a cloud over me.
I’m with you, Mike. All the selection of JD Vance did for me is to demonstrate how confident Trump feels. I want to wipe that smirk off his face, and I’m willing to do the work. I am recovering from an injury, but I’m motivated to get well quickly to get out there. First stop is reading Trump 47, which I guess is what they’re calling Project 2025 now.
That's the thing to me. It feels less like MAGA will gain a bunch of new converts at this point and more like a significant number of customary Democratic voters will sit out the election either as protest (e.g. Gaza) or out of political fatigue, indifference, or thinking that their vote doesn't matter. Conversely those Rs (fewer in number) disinclined to turn up at the polls may seem more energized to do so if they smell blood in the water and increasingly feel like they are on the winning team. There still is time to rally the Democratic base, but each day it is getting both later and harder to break out of the cycle that the Democrats are seen as weak and vulnerable and the GOP as the party of power and change. Media coverage isn't helping us with that now either.
I hate to be that guy in the crowd, but if the "normies" haven't snapped to attention already and distanced themselves from MAGA, much less taken a principled stand against the movement, what would make them do so now? It all has been in front of them, in plain sight, for years. They are not horrified or, worse, simply do not care. I don't see a last-minute reprieve coming. We will have to win this battle on our own. Short of that, always have a Plan B.
I've been working on my Plan B since 2014. Acquired Canadian citizenship in 2021, ditto for my partner, and an investment property on Vancouver Island.
Agreed…:)
Yep I keep telling people this. We long ago passed the point where the “normie” Republicans ran the party. No one believes that Trump or maga is normal. They just like it.
We have to try, and I think the anti-Trump case is much stronger than the Bulwark community wants to admit. Doom gives you a dopamine hit, too. I'm consciouslying deciding to act out of hope, not doom. In the end, it probably won't change the world, but for the first time in weeks, I didn't have a cloud over me.
I’m with you, Mike. All the selection of JD Vance did for me is to demonstrate how confident Trump feels. I want to wipe that smirk off his face, and I’m willing to do the work. I am recovering from an injury, but I’m motivated to get well quickly to get out there. First stop is reading Trump 47, which I guess is what they’re calling Project 2025 now.
Plan B: flee! Most of us can't afford that.
Maybe then not so much normie Rs as swing voters.
MAYBE just young voters and disaffected Democrats
That's the thing to me. It feels less like MAGA will gain a bunch of new converts at this point and more like a significant number of customary Democratic voters will sit out the election either as protest (e.g. Gaza) or out of political fatigue, indifference, or thinking that their vote doesn't matter. Conversely those Rs (fewer in number) disinclined to turn up at the polls may seem more energized to do so if they smell blood in the water and increasingly feel like they are on the winning team. There still is time to rally the Democratic base, but each day it is getting both later and harder to break out of the cycle that the Democrats are seen as weak and vulnerable and the GOP as the party of power and change. Media coverage isn't helping us with that now either.