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[Semi-elite R2R athlete]

Congrats, Dems. China owns you all. Likely half the Republicans in the Senate, too.

You got the wrong country there Dumbcoach.

 

[Semi-elite R2R athlete]

So we passed right through any sort of self awareness and straight back to the twitter slop. Brain legitimately doesn’t work on its own anymore.

These type of people on both sides are dead weight on our society and it’s only going to get worse.

 

[ILisBest]

Bad move by Rubio.

I am not sure he should do this with the current unrest in the ME. Maybe he disagrees with the direction there, but this timing is not going to help him.

 

[ILisBest]

This checks out.

 

[dtrain79]

So we passed right through any sort of self awareness and straight back to the twitter slop. Brain legitimately doesn’t work on its own anymore.

These type of people on both sides are dead weight on our society and it’s only going to get worse.

This is legit hilarious.

 

[Semi-elite R2R athlete]

This checks out.

Replace the cute kid with an overweight sweaty boomer and it’s pretty accurate.

 

[dtrain79]

Alright, let's talk about 2028. Here's my thoughts on each of the Top 6 contenders as of today.

JD Vance - If he doesn't run, it's one of the all-time most hilarious political outcomes of my life. If he runs for the nomination and doesn't win, it's similarly hilarious and even more pathetic. This populist jag bag may have been the clear leader a week ago, but his position at the top of the GOP heap seems in massive jeopardy.

"Little" Marco Rubio - The once Trump rival and now Trump SOS is probably the most gifted speaker on the GOP side. His most comfortable position in the party is straddling the line between Reaganite and reform conservative (traditional rightist with a more working class flavor). Seems easily the best general election candidate in the party. Could he catch fire in a primary? Unknown.

Ron DeSantis - Ron DeSantis was a monster from 2018-2024. He started off an eminently capable Governor, owned the Covid response (because he cared about data and facts), and looked to be Presidential timber. And then Donald Trump showed back up, and idiotic GOP voters shunned RDS for Dear Leader. Since, his wannabe Trump posture has been less than impressive and his power in Florida has waned. Because DeSantis is deeply enmeshed in reality (something that cannot be said about much of the GOP), his pre-election hostility towards Trump and his sycophants appears to have brought back the late 2010s/early 2020s DeSantis. Not a warm and fuzzy personality and a candidate who would need to win a general election on competence, of which he has plenty.

Tucker Carlson - This Putin-loving former Fox News host has fashioned himself a friend of evil world leaders and newfound support of Iran. If the GOP is looking for anti-Semite (and who knows, the party nominated Trump thrice despite all his massive flaws, even if Trump is definitely not anti-Semitic), "Tuck" is their man. And if you think Vance is a bad GE candidate, just give this guy a shot. 2026 would look like child's play in terms of the level of disaster.

"Lyin'" Ted Cruz - Everyone's favorite podcaster is back and looking ready to run for President again. Why? Who knows? Ted Cruz is a genuinely capable thinker and a reasonable conservative with impeccable credentials. What he is not is a person one particularly well liked among any group of Americans. This campaign will happen, but don't be shocked if it never reaches above the ground floor.

Brian Kemp/Glenn Youngkin - Two old order GOP Governors (GA/VA) who are both excellent conservatives. Neither meaningfully fellated Trump, and Kemp often opposed him. In a sane world, these two great candidates are duking it out on Super Tuesday for the nomination. In the current GOP, they are more likely to fall short, even if both would make excellent GE nominees.

The Likeliest Nominee - Rubio (2026 was not missed by all but the extremists)
The Upset Contender - DeSantis
The Democratic Dominance Death Wish - Vance
The End the Party Death Wish - Tuck

 

[JeffT819]

Replace the cute kid with an overweight sweaty boomer and it’s pretty accurate.

Actually the age demographic that Trump did best with were 45-64. That is mostly Gen X.

 

[Uncoach]

This checks out.

The sad thing is it isn't just Democrats saying that. We have some ***** Republicans who are thrilled they gave the country away to nutcase leftist extremists and terrorist sympathizers because Trump.

 

[bung23]

Gay TJ is gonna have to beg for Doug to delete this thread too.

Don’t forget @bung23 and @BigWill

They’ve been just as aggressively MAGAtard. They just hide now.

Not hiding you ******* *****. This is on the dumb ***** who don’t know their *** from a hole in the ground and who cut their nose off to spite their face. In no way am I defending the missteps of the Trump administration, and there were several, but the Dems are so disgustingly anti-American and pro-crime and pro-foreigner that it can only be complete morons who vote for them.
Tough times ahead for sure.

 

[dtrain79]

Not hiding you ******* *****. This is on the dumb ***** who don’t know their *** from a hole in the ground and who cut their nose off to spite their face. In no way am I defending the missteps of the Trump administration, and there were several, but the Dems are so disgustingly anti-American and pro-crime and pro-foreigner that it can only be complete morons who vote for them.
Tough times ahead for sure.

Did Bung give the GOP's closing message this year?

Not sure it'd been more effective than yammering on about the Reflecting Pool and DC-area construction projects, but it does seem the sentiment of the party.

 

[illinimike]

Actually the age demographic that Trump did best with were 45-64. That is mostly Gen X.

That was ‘24, in these midterms the GOP did best with 65+.

 

[Uncoach]

 

[Uncoach]

Warning: NSFW language

 

[Uncoach]

 

[stoneaxe27]

You are a complete NUT!

 

[Uncoach]

You are a complete NUT!

Ironical. You need a cranial RFBE.

 

[dtrain79]

Good news to share with all about the Canada/US trade war (i.e., US aggression towards Canada for no explicable reason).

Mark Carney has in excess of 60% approval rating among Canadians.

Donald Trump just ate the biggest midterm election beating since freaking Watergate and has about a 37% approval (if that).

SO MUCH WINNING FOLKS, SO MUCH WINNING!!!!!

Thank you to TJ, Dumbcoach, Passive Bestgressive, and Big Swill for their heroic actions in saving America. We salute you folks, we are forever in your debt.

 

[Uncoach]

 

[Semi-elite R2R athlete]

Not hiding you ******* *****. This is on the dumb ***** who don’t know their *** from a hole in the ground and who cut their nose off to spite their face. In no way am I defending the missteps of the Trump administration, and there were several, but the Dems are so disgustingly anti-American and pro-crime and pro-foreigner that it can only be complete morons who vote for them.
Tough times ahead for sure.

No. This is on you. You were warned in primary. You chose to go down with the ship because daddy says a bunch of mean stuff to those damn libs.

Pro-foreigner? You might want to check Trump on that instead of repeating something you heard on your Facebook group.

You earned what is coming. Patriot.

 

[Semi-elite R2R athlete]

I didn’t vote for a single democrat in 24 or 26.

Stop putting this on “RINOs”. That’s not who did this.

 

[Uncoach]

 

[Uncoach]

This is the guy who has ideas.

 

[Uncoach]

The dumbest *** poster on the forum laughed at the post where I said RDS had a great night.

 

[dtrain79]

Do you morons know that Democrats are going to have 260 members in the lower chamber?

I mean, it's hilarious you think that the lefties run the show. Thanks to Dear Leader, they have the least power they've had in years on the left. Dems are likely to have a 42 VOTE CUSHION.

 

[dtrain79]

The dumbest *** poster on the forum laughed at the post where I said RDS had a great night.

Way better than Vance, no doubt there!

 

[ILisBest]

Let the games begin. Yuk it up morons.

 

[dtrain79]

Let the games begin. Yuk it up morons.

When Passive Bestgressive mutes the people who actually know what is going on, he misses the posts reminding everyone that Trump facilitated 260 Dem seats in the House, thus completely nullifying the power of the far left!

THANK YOU TRUMP!

 

[Uncoach]

Bad move by Rubio.

It looks like that was fake news. Marco has more intestinal fortitude than I thought.

 

[Semi-elite R2R athlete]

@Uncoach @bung23 @tjfleck6 @ILisBest @AzIllini @BigWill

 

[Uncoach]

Wow. This is absolutely crazy.

 

[tjfleck6]

It’s not just liberal female minds that are twisted.

 

[Semi-elite R2R athlete]

It’s not just liberal female minds that are twisted.

Also SaltyGoat17:

 

[dtrain79]

It’s not just liberal female minds that are twisted.

Pretty sure there's only one person here you argue with who'd vote for an Islamist.

But all of the ones you don't like won't vote for Trump.

Weird, that.

 

[dtrain79]

Also SaltyGoat17:

What Trump has up his sleeve is seating the most Dem Congress since like the 1970s or so, and then fighting with it about DC renovation plans while his extraordinary corruption is exposed to his dwindling fan base.

It's gonna be great, though less exciting than Seasons 5 and 6 of "Trump: Reality TV Buffoon President."

 

[stoneaxe27]

What idiotic ********. There will be at least 255 Democrats in the house and 5 DSAs . Dumbass

 

[ILisBest]

What idiotic ********. There will be at least 255 Democrats in the house and 5 DSAs . Dumbass

There is some big money and a motivated voting block associated with the DSA and their confidence is very high rn. Bernie came an eyelash from representing your party for the WH race a couple of cycles ago. AOC has to be near or at the top of the 2028 race candidates. Calling names and laughing doesn't make this reality less real.

 

[tjfleck6]

Love Ron’s vocabulary.

 

[Uncoach]

 

[dtrain79]

Someone these clowns are so blind they don’t know where to put the blame. It was Trump.

On the RDS voting record, not sure that alienating a big chunk of the GOP voters is a great way to start the campaign. That said, are we certain he even voted Trump and didn’t leave the ballot blank? He hates Trump, thinks he’s an idiot.