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If Nikki Haley really wanted to make a difference, she would join with Lynn Cheney and run as independents to recenter the Republican Party. She will lose but she could start the dialogue to move the party away from its MAGA orientation. Call it the Real Republican Party or something like that.

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I want to see your reaction to the State of Things to Come after the State of the Union Address which I just watched live.

I thought I LITERALLY saw Holy Mike Johnson wipe away a tear from behind his glasses. Biden’s speech was EFu*ckin’ amazing. Do you think Haley might hold out a little longer now, or is her onrushing doom unaffected in velocity?

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Haley is not worth the dirt on your shoes Rick. Here's how South Carolina's DSS were destroyed on her watch and transformed into a child trafficking operation: https://bitchute.com/video/7QKbzznSgXEl [5:21mins]

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Rick, You, no one, should endure the terrorism you and others have experienced. But remember this, you have millions more of us on your side. I’m a lifelong Democrat and more than party affiliation, I respect and will stand by those who understand what we are seeing before our eyes and standing up to it.

Most of the WWII fighters have died but perhaps it’s best they don’t witness their sacrifices to fight Fascism abroad is now spreading in their country. It’s a slap in the face to veterans who have fought in battles to witness the blatant disregard the RescumliCons show for our Constitution, our laws, our veterans, our public, our safety.

No one deserves the death penalty more than trump. The right wing cult needs to be removed/impeached off the SCOTUS bench. We seem powerless to apply our laws. This has to end. Those who terrorize other people because they don’t go along with psychopathic illegal actions, should also be put in prison.

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Excellent words and thoughts Seeking!! I am with you on this!

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> “will prove it was all for nothing. The abyss is calling, and she’s peering down into the darkness.”

It's not all for nothing, because her campaign is entirely for the sake of building herself up as the 2028 candidate and anything else she wants to do in the interim. She's not running for the sake of people like you.

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She's almost there already. This, from her "suspending my campaign" speech:

“It is now up to Donald Trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond who did not support him and I hope he does that.”

The END of that sentence should have been after "... who did not support him." Her hoping Trump earns the votes (as if!) of people not supporting him is all but an endorsement. Oh Nikki, the Abyss. The Abyss.

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“The more chordate of Trump’s lieutenants”

Wow - being bitch-slapped by all 25 volumes of the OED and not even recognizing the name of the town on the cover…..

Effing bloody brilliant!!

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The super PAC that supported her has already changed its name to "Haley Voters for Biden" and has pledged to work on bringing the Haley voters to voting for Biden.

Until they collapse, I will express hope for anyone and everyone who tries to oppose Trump.

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I hope your "hope" provides you the emotional support needed to cope with an inevitable Trump victory.

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Drop dead, Trumpscum. Make America Really Great Again. Take a few of your fellow morons with you.

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Excellent piece, Rick. Not being in politics I had no idea how some of these forces work and people are swayed. And I haven't seen such insights elsewhere - only the results of those forces, which often seemed inexplicable. Thanks.

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I hope that she receives at least one call from you, to share this perspective.

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I’m going to feel sad about Nikki until 9AM PST.

Have fun tonight! You and Molly will slay! Laughter is the best medicine. And music. And dancing. And all the art we can inhale.

I can’t find “L’emmedeur” with subtitles. Before he retired, Mr. Ward measured his days by how big a pain in the ass he could be. I mean, he did work at ODOT, so it was a bit redundant.

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The "I am supporting/endorsing/campaigning for Donald Trump" countdown has begun

She's proven herself to be one of the most vacuous major candidates I've ever seen

But I'm only 70

There is no position, no principle, no stance she's ever taken that she hasn't or won't reverse

A VERY weak candidate and a totally inauthentic person

You lost to Trump because you deserved to

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She had guts. Too bad she was pretending. (I had no intention of voting for her anyway. I'm an "innovative liberal".)

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It disgusts me that she would turn around now and endorse that pig. I can’t even.

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PRAY GOD: SHE DOESN'T!!!

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Are you KIDDING?

It's a matter of days; maybe hours

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It hasn’t happened yet!

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Gonna pray until it happens.

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And in his final act of humiliation Senate Minority Leader Granny Clampett endorsed a morbidly obese rapist. I can imagine Scott Jennings absolutely beaming with pride.

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And I assume you have evidence of that, like a verdict or something from a jury trial?

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Slightly off topic. Rick, I saw that Matthew Dowd believes that 90+% of Republicans will vote for tfg. Part of the thinking being that all Rs eventually come back to the party. I know that the exit polling from these primaries/ caucuses show different data but do you believe that Dowd is correct?

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I'm not Rick, but he's right

He's 10000% right

They'll ALL come back home, except for maybe the most outspoken like Liz Cheney

But they are very few in numbers

This is a party that stands for nothing except performative cruelty

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Cope and seethe

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It would have been a powerful gesture if she refused to endorse him, but I have no doubt she will.

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