Biden drops out of race

[iris lilies]

Biden’s press secretary was interviewed today and doubled down on the message that Biden will not pardon Hunter Biden.


I guess that means Hunter Biden will be pardoned.

[gimmethesimplelife]

I am so excited now as there is a chance that Arizona may finally get it's day in the shade and in a positive way, for once! Apparently Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly is one of the top two names in Kamala Harris's VP pick set - the other being PA Governor Josh Shapiro. Mark Kelly is an intelligent man - I once heard him speak in regards to the constitutionality of peaceful protests and I was so impressed. Also he is a man of character who stuck by his wife Gabby Giffords when she was shot at a constituent meet and greet in Tucson in 2011 - and her recovery was indeed long and trying. I know I have the ulterior motive of wanting something GOOD to come out of this state in which I spent much of my life - but I also truly believe Mark Kelly would be an amazing VP. Rob

PS THANK YOU, Joe Biden for dropping out. Your having left the race allows for this chance for something good to possibly come to Arizona. Rob

[LDAHL]

Biden’s press secretary was interviewed today and doubled down on the message that Biden will not pardon Hunter Biden.


I guess that means Hunter Biden will be pardoned.

He’ll only pardon Hunter if God Almighty tells him to.

[iris lilies]

He’ll only pardon Hunter if God Almighty tells him to.

Haha, or Nancy Pelosi.

[jp1]

But in the long run, what should old-timey movement conservatives do? Henry Olsen has a piece on that in NR. He thinks conservatives should accept Trumpist populism as a fait accompli and become an influential minority within the GOP, rather than maintain their ideological purity in powerless isolation.

Maybe he’s right. If politics is about influencing events, dirty compromise may be preferable to impotent virtue signaling.

All the politician class republicans have admitted defeat by quitting, or were defeated by election, against the maga traitors. You might as well too I guess. Nothing to cap off a life of principled conservatism like giving up and going with the absolute opposite when that's the direction your political party chooses.

If the principled conservatives abandoned the republicans for a couple of elections and let them lose bigly things would change. Especially since trump will likely be dead or in prison by 2028 if he doesn't retake the white house and almost certainly and obviously quite mentally incompetent.

[jp1]

If I were a republican I hope I would have the guts to be like this guy.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opin...s/74583703007/

[LDAHL]

All the politician class republicans have admitted defeat by quitting, or were defeated by election, against the maga traitors. You might as well too I guess. Nothing to cap off a life of principled conservatism like giving up and going with the absolute opposite when that's the direction your political party chooses.

If the principled conservatives abandoned the republicans for a couple of elections and let them lose bigly things would change. Especially since trump will likely be dead or in prison by 2028 if he doesn't retake the white house and almost certainly and obviously quite mentally incompetent.

While I’m no great fan of Trump, I feel uncomfortable abandoning the field to the Democrats entirely as some kind of penance. Despite Trump’s bluster and egomania, l can see a pretty wide authoritarian streak in Harris as well. Especially the 2019 version of “If Congress won’t I will”. The 2022 version is pretty much an extension of Biden, and the current media creation being frantically promoted will melt away when we inevitably get the unscripted version.

I’ll probably vote for Chase Oliver at the top of the ticket and GOP otherwise. I can’t see handing the Democrats a mandate for all kinds of constitutionally questionable nonsense of their own.

[jp1]

Apparently there is a second honorable Arizona Republican. Thankfully he’ll be in office through the current election so that republicans with less ethical conviction can’t do anything to destroy this country. Sadly a lot of weak republicans seem to think that being team red is more important than being team America.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...izona-primary/

[ToomuchStuff]

Biden’s press secretary was interviewed today and doubled down on the message that Biden will not pardon Hunter Biden.


I guess that means Hunter Biden will be pardoned.

I am thinking so, but it was probably to be done by Kamala, after he stepped down if she wins.

[gimmethesimplelife]

I read today that Kamala Harris intends to disclose her running mate by Tuesday. Apparently there is a rally scheduled next Tuesday and there she will appear with her running mate. Crossing fingers that Arizona has it's day in the shade and Mark Kelly is chosen. It is just so wonderful that FINALLY Arizona has some of the best to offer instead of the usual political insanity/chaos (remember this is the state of two recalled Governors in this lifetime). I just hope this great Arizona resource is tapped. Rob