RiverDog wrote:There's already rumors starting that Trump may run again in 2024. I've also heard that he may start his own syndicated television program. He's one of those guys that always has to be the center of attention.
How the Republicans re-constitute themselves over the next 4 years is going to be interesting. They aren't going to have to blow up the party like everyone, including me, thought that they'd have to. If they find a standard bearer that that doesn't have the personal flaws that Trump has, they'll be very formidable in this decade.
My personal opinion is that most of the GOP tolerated Trump, but don't like him barring a few true believers. I know almost no one that loved Trump. Almost all of what I saw from friends voting for him were always of the mind, "Yeah, Trump's a jerk, but he has good policies and he stands up to the left." Trump was liked for flipping the middle finger to the Democratic left, who they hate. I don't think Trump himself is much liked as other than a vessel for their own dislike of the left and desire to do what Trump did to them. I don't think I ever heard anyone say, "Trump's a real smart guy. I really like him." He was more that guy that went off emotion like so many of these right wing voters do that are tired of the left putting down America, constantly focusing on all the negatives of our history, and looking to tear down the country as they see it. When I listen to right wing voters, they aren't supportive at all of police brutality, racism, hate, or the like. They are just tired of having a nation they love constantly attacked, put down, and pushed in a direction they don't believe in or desire.
Just like when I talk to reasonable Democrats, they aren't interested in vilifying cops, destroying all business, and aren't a bunch of socialists who hate the military.
But the worst elements of each party are on full display at their media mouthpieces. It makes both parties and voters look far worse than they actually are. Something needs to be done when the media is acting less as a news organization and more as an antagonistic, divisive, and propaganda driven mouthpiece for each party whose goals and agenda are not in line with working Americans. They are not providing a quality vision of America. A quality vision if America is not a Trump America or a Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez America. Those are both terrible examples of a future for America.
I'm not sure where we find better leadership, but we need it and need it soon. I hope Biden will at least be a decent stopgap for now. I'm doubtful Kamala is as far left personally as Fox News would have us believe. I think she can move centrist as a national politician versus a California state politician having to pander to elitist liberals that infest that state.