George Conway's idea of flooding the airwaves with ads of Trump's greatest hits is absolutely brilliant. Give the motherfucker a heart attack or stroke.
The question never-trumpers keep asking themselves, over and over and over and over (infinity) again...
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS BEHIND THIS ALLEGIANCE TO TRUMP???
Why are people hell-bent on re-electing, and in no particular order mind you, a draft dodging, lying, election denying, cheating, promise breaking, name-calling, fact denying, Putin loving, loudmouthed, self-centered, conceited, pumpkin-headed, arrogant, fraudulent, adulterous, traitorous, two time impeached, four time indicted, or indicated as the brainchild spells it, soon to be three time divorced 77-year-old LOSER. I can keep on going but let's stick to what we already know is true.
My question to ALL of his cult members is, "how the fuck is a Trump presidency going to benefit any of you? Give me one GOOD reason and I'll come back with ten to prove you wrong. What part of Trump-is-in-it-for-himself don't you understand? With all that being said, let's delve into some of the possible adjustments Trump could make during his first term, ALL FOR YOUR BENEFIT.
1. He will finally build his wall. A big, beautiful wall around the White House to protect him from you. Any attempt to deface or breach his wall will result in imprisonment...that's only if you survive the gunshot wound(s) courtesy of his personal armed guards whom you will pay for along with top of the line surveillance with all the bells and whistles including facial recognition. This brings me to my second point.
2. Taxes. Anything that is not taxed, will be, while taxes already in place, will increase. YOU are going to be responsible for paying all of his lawyer's fees being racked up in an attempt to keep his irresponsible ass out of jail where he belongs. Have I convinced you yet? I didn't think so. Now, this is where it gets good.
3. Real ID. He will forfeit the Real ID Act and REQUIRE every single United States citizen to be chipped. This chip will act as a GPS tracker and contain your personal information that will be added to a national database. One particular point of interest he will focus on is your political party affiliation. You won't be able to lie about this because your past voting record will be available at the click of a button. A Democrat voting Republican will be deemed a win. On the other hand, a Republican voting Democratic, will be red-flagged in the system and prompt an investigation resulting in some sort of penalty. Any non-vote will be a vote for him. The purpose of all of this is for him to be able to manipulate the numbers in his favor every four years, keeping him in power until some biblical event occurs, such as the Rapture. You can thank ol' Vlad Putin for coming up with this ruthless tactic. Next, we will take a look at the topic that keeps you Maggots tethered to him like an umbilical cord.
4. Our government. Assuming our enemies don't destroy us the day he takes office, what will remain of our government and how will it affect the economy? One thing is certain. There WILL be a complete overhaul of a number of federal agencies, and by the time Trump and his administration, a starting lineup of some of the most reprehensible deplorables (thank you Hillary) you can think of, such as Stone, Flynn, Giuliani, you get the idea, are done hacking away and changing our legal system for their benefit, we'll be lucky to have an economy where the working class, that includes you Maggots as well, can keep their heads above water because the entire system of checks and balances will be reconfigured to benefit ONLY the wealthiest one percent. You think you have it bad now? Trust me, you haven't seen anything yet!
5. Immigration. IF Trump and his fucking minions honestly cared about illegal immigrants and the amount of deadly drugs crossing our border, the motherfuckers would have done something about it while he was in office the last time. But you Maggots go to these fucking rallies, or pity parties as they have recently become, you drink the fucking Kool-Aid and you believe everything the cocksucker says. If it seems as though I'm using more sentence enhancers, it's because you fucking gullible retards JUST DON'T GET IT! Instead, you'd rather believe in this fucking QAnon bullshit. You wanna know how stupid you assholes really are? You have been punked by some fucking bored-assed teenager who was sitting in his mommy's basement, chatting online with some acquaintances of his while combining a bunch of past cult ideologies, adding some baseless facts pertaining to their political views and then throwing all of this at 8chan to see if it would stick and you dumbfucks bought right into it. As far as the illegals are concerned, Trump will probably set up a bunch of trading posts at the southern border with the intention of swapping illegal drugs for weaponry. Those who are compliant will be bussed to cities where these bands of smash-and-grab thugs are stealing whatever isn't nailed down and used as a sort of law enforcement with orders to shoot to kill. Their reward will be automatic citizenship with the opportunity to fill any vacant job they are qualified for that you fucking lazy-ass Americans are too good to apply for. This will probably drive a band of Americans across the Canadian border...if they'll have us.
It will be interesting to see what measures, if any, are taken to address the issue of letting all of these Chinese entities buy up land on American soil in locations within top secret facilities and the like. If it were up to me, I would send in shitloads of armed illegals to these places and grant them the ability to take as many Chinese hostages as possible to use as bargaining chips. In return, I would give them this land and the resources necessary to build communities while producing goods and services to help the economy. WE MUST TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! Otherwise, the sign on the Statue of Liberty will read "Enter At Your Own Risk.!"
DISCLAIMER: The above scenarios, although fictitious at the time of composition, are very possible under another Trump presidency. Any doubt that any of these could happen, just goes to show your complete ignorance and the failure to recognize the sheer number of times the word "unprecedented" has been used since he's taken office the last time. Let's put it this way...if that word was worth a penny and you doubled it everyday for one month, you would be a millionaire.
Any false comments made in this composition, are strictly from the composer's imagination and therefore releasing him from any legal action.
Our county has been taken over by Trump worshippers! I am reading and listening to everything you have out there so i can fight for our democracy, not only for the country, but my county, too.
My experience as well: wealthy, educated people who are convinced that Trump and his ilk will save the country and cut their taxes and that all Democrats are socialists whose policies with ruin their economy. The only things that hold some back have been Dobbs, family and friends who are gay and on the rare occasion, how Trump's behavior violates their religious beliefs.
LP and Resolute Square supporter. Keep turning his brain mushier than it already is. FYI I predicted the outcome and bailed on the GOP when the Tea Party crap started up. When they primaried Richard Lugar that was the end.
Well said and full steam forward! Keep provoking that SOB! My monthly contribution to the Lincoln Project helps keep me sane and know that the ad-war is being taken to the opposition! God Speed!
You made me look up "ab initio"! I do wonder if a Republican candidate whose message was as straightforward as yours while commiting to not support Trump and to work against him in the general would help peel off some voters.
You are the voice of realism, reason and reckoning in the this maddening political cult world of wishful thinking and outrageous conspiracy theories. Loved "Everything Trump Touches Dies" (a prophecy!) and "Running Against The Devil (a blueprint for victory). Glad to support Substack.
In work for campaigns, associations, corporate clients with skin in the game of politics, and a constellation of SuperPACs, we fed the monster and trained it. I know how patronizing that sounds; the thought that we could activate and – call it what it is – manipulate voters. Well, we did. As the tools of data, targeting, and analytics improved, we got very, very good at it.
We kept feeding the monster. We rewarded its darkest impulses. We brought it out when the time was right. The portfolio of messages, political rhetoric, and communications venues we build comprised a suite of powerful political tools.
Tools are morally agnostic. A scalpel in the hands of a doctor is a tool. A scalpel in the hands a serial killer is a horror.
Then Trump came along. We lost control of those tools, the party, and the movement. The monster is out of its cage, and its new trainers encourages only its darkest, most capricious, cruel and violent behaviors. This book is, I hope, one of a number of poison darts in the neck of the monster.
Rick, I would love to hear your insights into how around half of the Republican base transitioned over a period of a decade or so from apparently normal Americans of a particular political orientation into a true, textbook-definition cult. You may (or may not) have a deep, theoretical historical/political/sociological explanation, but you have unparalleled deep knowledge of how their desires and inclinations evolved, based on your long career of studying, provoking, and influencing them. Who better to try to answer this question--and what it may portend for the future.
The armor that keeps the MAGGOTS impervious to what you’ve so perfectly and incisively unpacked is their 24 karat, aged to a perfect vintage, stultifying, blithering stupidity. Trump once said “I love the uneducated.” But the stupids knew he meant them. They felt so loved. And still do.
Trump supporters I know aren’t as you describe, Rick - die-hard MAGA types. The ones I know simply just do not acknowledge that MAGA has control of the GOP, or dismiss the notion, and that the GOP is fighting socialism, aka the Democrats. They are educated, successful professionals. What percentage of Trump’s supporters are in this demographic?
An essential psychological element of all authoritarian movements is the assertion they remain as an embattled minority even as they control the tools of the state.
My question is, to what extent are they amenable to reasoned, fact-based argument? I have observed that being an educated, successful professional does not generally ensure an openness to non-cult-like thinking. And the question then becomes, in what practical ways do they differ from the demographic that Rick describes? I imagine that some fall in the LP's target audience, but many others do not.
They believe that all government monies are going to Black welfare cheats, lazy millennials, LBGTQ, or other (in their eyes) undeserving groups. One told me “all the Dem party does is tax & spend.”
They do not see government as helping them, even as they collect their SS & medical reimbursement checks.
They see the regulations they don’t like & ignore the ones that assist them.
I'm a LP and Resolute Square supporter with my heart and $. I know that you will be vital to defeat that orange imbecile and if I could give more, I would. It feels great to know that I'm a part of building up the good guys and torturing TFG with the big F*&k YOU. As a bonus, I learned 3 new phrases in your writing today : ). I really feel like it's a valuable investment (aside from my vocabulary) because it's obvious how hard you all work.
George Conway's idea of flooding the airwaves with ads of Trump's greatest hits is absolutely brilliant. Give the motherfucker a heart attack or stroke.
Perhaps this will help.
LIFE UNDER A SECOND TRUMP PRESIDENCY
The question never-trumpers keep asking themselves, over and over and over and over (infinity) again...
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS BEHIND THIS ALLEGIANCE TO TRUMP???
Why are people hell-bent on re-electing, and in no particular order mind you, a draft dodging, lying, election denying, cheating, promise breaking, name-calling, fact denying, Putin loving, loudmouthed, self-centered, conceited, pumpkin-headed, arrogant, fraudulent, adulterous, traitorous, two time impeached, four time indicted, or indicated as the brainchild spells it, soon to be three time divorced 77-year-old LOSER. I can keep on going but let's stick to what we already know is true.
My question to ALL of his cult members is, "how the fuck is a Trump presidency going to benefit any of you? Give me one GOOD reason and I'll come back with ten to prove you wrong. What part of Trump-is-in-it-for-himself don't you understand? With all that being said, let's delve into some of the possible adjustments Trump could make during his first term, ALL FOR YOUR BENEFIT.
1. He will finally build his wall. A big, beautiful wall around the White House to protect him from you. Any attempt to deface or breach his wall will result in imprisonment...that's only if you survive the gunshot wound(s) courtesy of his personal armed guards whom you will pay for along with top of the line surveillance with all the bells and whistles including facial recognition. This brings me to my second point.
2. Taxes. Anything that is not taxed, will be, while taxes already in place, will increase. YOU are going to be responsible for paying all of his lawyer's fees being racked up in an attempt to keep his irresponsible ass out of jail where he belongs. Have I convinced you yet? I didn't think so. Now, this is where it gets good.
3. Real ID. He will forfeit the Real ID Act and REQUIRE every single United States citizen to be chipped. This chip will act as a GPS tracker and contain your personal information that will be added to a national database. One particular point of interest he will focus on is your political party affiliation. You won't be able to lie about this because your past voting record will be available at the click of a button. A Democrat voting Republican will be deemed a win. On the other hand, a Republican voting Democratic, will be red-flagged in the system and prompt an investigation resulting in some sort of penalty. Any non-vote will be a vote for him. The purpose of all of this is for him to be able to manipulate the numbers in his favor every four years, keeping him in power until some biblical event occurs, such as the Rapture. You can thank ol' Vlad Putin for coming up with this ruthless tactic. Next, we will take a look at the topic that keeps you Maggots tethered to him like an umbilical cord.
4. Our government. Assuming our enemies don't destroy us the day he takes office, what will remain of our government and how will it affect the economy? One thing is certain. There WILL be a complete overhaul of a number of federal agencies, and by the time Trump and his administration, a starting lineup of some of the most reprehensible deplorables (thank you Hillary) you can think of, such as Stone, Flynn, Giuliani, you get the idea, are done hacking away and changing our legal system for their benefit, we'll be lucky to have an economy where the working class, that includes you Maggots as well, can keep their heads above water because the entire system of checks and balances will be reconfigured to benefit ONLY the wealthiest one percent. You think you have it bad now? Trust me, you haven't seen anything yet!
5. Immigration. IF Trump and his fucking minions honestly cared about illegal immigrants and the amount of deadly drugs crossing our border, the motherfuckers would have done something about it while he was in office the last time. But you Maggots go to these fucking rallies, or pity parties as they have recently become, you drink the fucking Kool-Aid and you believe everything the cocksucker says. If it seems as though I'm using more sentence enhancers, it's because you fucking gullible retards JUST DON'T GET IT! Instead, you'd rather believe in this fucking QAnon bullshit. You wanna know how stupid you assholes really are? You have been punked by some fucking bored-assed teenager who was sitting in his mommy's basement, chatting online with some acquaintances of his while combining a bunch of past cult ideologies, adding some baseless facts pertaining to their political views and then throwing all of this at 8chan to see if it would stick and you dumbfucks bought right into it. As far as the illegals are concerned, Trump will probably set up a bunch of trading posts at the southern border with the intention of swapping illegal drugs for weaponry. Those who are compliant will be bussed to cities where these bands of smash-and-grab thugs are stealing whatever isn't nailed down and used as a sort of law enforcement with orders to shoot to kill. Their reward will be automatic citizenship with the opportunity to fill any vacant job they are qualified for that you fucking lazy-ass Americans are too good to apply for. This will probably drive a band of Americans across the Canadian border...if they'll have us.
It will be interesting to see what measures, if any, are taken to address the issue of letting all of these Chinese entities buy up land on American soil in locations within top secret facilities and the like. If it were up to me, I would send in shitloads of armed illegals to these places and grant them the ability to take as many Chinese hostages as possible to use as bargaining chips. In return, I would give them this land and the resources necessary to build communities while producing goods and services to help the economy. WE MUST TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! Otherwise, the sign on the Statue of Liberty will read "Enter At Your Own Risk.!"
DISCLAIMER: The above scenarios, although fictitious at the time of composition, are very possible under another Trump presidency. Any doubt that any of these could happen, just goes to show your complete ignorance and the failure to recognize the sheer number of times the word "unprecedented" has been used since he's taken office the last time. Let's put it this way...if that word was worth a penny and you doubled it everyday for one month, you would be a millionaire.
Any false comments made in this composition, are strictly from the composer's imagination and therefore releasing him from any legal action.
@RickWilson we need you!
https://www.thedailybeast.com/far-right-ottawa-county-commissioners-in-michigan-to-vote-on-whether-to-defund-health-department
Our county has been taken over by Trump worshippers! I am reading and listening to everything you have out there so i can fight for our democracy, not only for the country, but my county, too.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/far-right-ottawa-county-commissioners-in-michigan-to-vote-on-whether-to-defund-health-department
My experience as well: wealthy, educated people who are convinced that Trump and his ilk will save the country and cut their taxes and that all Democrats are socialists whose policies with ruin their economy. The only things that hold some back have been Dobbs, family and friends who are gay and on the rare occasion, how Trump's behavior violates their religious beliefs.
"We’re not trying to win over MAGA voters" - TRUE
BUT, you CAN make 10 % of them stay at home in 2024
Those are the "Ads" that work. It's all I've been doing for 3 years.
You convince them that it's all hopeless and that their vote is pointless. It works. I have the receipts. :)
LP and Resolute Square supporter. Keep turning his brain mushier than it already is. FYI I predicted the outcome and bailed on the GOP when the Tea Party crap started up. When they primaried Richard Lugar that was the end.
Well said and full steam forward! Keep provoking that SOB! My monthly contribution to the Lincoln Project helps keep me sane and know that the ad-war is being taken to the opposition! God Speed!
You made me look up "ab initio"! I do wonder if a Republican candidate whose message was as straightforward as yours while commiting to not support Trump and to work against him in the general would help peel off some voters.
You are the voice of realism, reason and reckoning in the this maddening political cult world of wishful thinking and outrageous conspiracy theories. Loved "Everything Trump Touches Dies" (a prophecy!) and "Running Against The Devil (a blueprint for victory). Glad to support Substack.
It's like the establishment Republicans never read Frankenstein. (*rump is your creation. He will kill you. )
I wrote this in Everything Trump Touches Dies:
In work for campaigns, associations, corporate clients with skin in the game of politics, and a constellation of SuperPACs, we fed the monster and trained it. I know how patronizing that sounds; the thought that we could activate and – call it what it is – manipulate voters. Well, we did. As the tools of data, targeting, and analytics improved, we got very, very good at it.
We kept feeding the monster. We rewarded its darkest impulses. We brought it out when the time was right. The portfolio of messages, political rhetoric, and communications venues we build comprised a suite of powerful political tools.
Tools are morally agnostic. A scalpel in the hands of a doctor is a tool. A scalpel in the hands a serial killer is a horror.
Then Trump came along. We lost control of those tools, the party, and the movement. The monster is out of its cage, and its new trainers encourages only its darkest, most capricious, cruel and violent behaviors. This book is, I hope, one of a number of poison darts in the neck of the monster.
Rick, I would love to hear your insights into how around half of the Republican base transitioned over a period of a decade or so from apparently normal Americans of a particular political orientation into a true, textbook-definition cult. You may (or may not) have a deep, theoretical historical/political/sociological explanation, but you have unparalleled deep knowledge of how their desires and inclinations evolved, based on your long career of studying, provoking, and influencing them. Who better to try to answer this question--and what it may portend for the future.
I'll do a piece on this.
The armor that keeps the MAGGOTS impervious to what you’ve so perfectly and incisively unpacked is their 24 karat, aged to a perfect vintage, stultifying, blithering stupidity. Trump once said “I love the uneducated.” But the stupids knew he meant them. They felt so loved. And still do.
They think uneducated means people who didn’t go to college, not necessarily dumb.
Trump supporters I know aren’t as you describe, Rick - die-hard MAGA types. The ones I know simply just do not acknowledge that MAGA has control of the GOP, or dismiss the notion, and that the GOP is fighting socialism, aka the Democrats. They are educated, successful professionals. What percentage of Trump’s supporters are in this demographic?
An essential psychological element of all authoritarian movements is the assertion they remain as an embattled minority even as they control the tools of the state.
My question is, to what extent are they amenable to reasoned, fact-based argument? I have observed that being an educated, successful professional does not generally ensure an openness to non-cult-like thinking. And the question then becomes, in what practical ways do they differ from the demographic that Rick describes? I imagine that some fall in the LP's target audience, but many others do not.
Some do...more since Dobbs.
They believe that all government monies are going to Black welfare cheats, lazy millennials, LBGTQ, or other (in their eyes) undeserving groups. One told me “all the Dem party does is tax & spend.”
They do not see government as helping them, even as they collect their SS & medical reimbursement checks.
They see the regulations they don’t like & ignore the ones that assist them.
The only successful way to fix trumpism would involve a DMC DeLorean with a flux capacitor. Get up to 88mph and head to 2015.
A time machine would be extraordinarily useful.
I'm a LP and Resolute Square supporter with my heart and $. I know that you will be vital to defeat that orange imbecile and if I could give more, I would. It feels great to know that I'm a part of building up the good guys and torturing TFG with the big F*&k YOU. As a bonus, I learned 3 new phrases in your writing today : ). I really feel like it's a valuable investment (aside from my vocabulary) because it's obvious how hard you all work.
Thank you so much for all you do!
Thank you!