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Sko Hayes's avatar

My thoughts exactly! My tweet yesterday:

"Trump is out here promising to lock up his enemies and close the borders, but let's all grab a fainting couch because the DNC sent out a snarky press release.

Fasten your seat belts, boys. It's going to be a bumpy ride."

(obligatory Bette Davis GIF at the end there).

https://x.com/skohayes/status/1747479395336393047?s=20

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Jeff the Original's avatar

Like I said in another comment...if this was a DNC tweet for Ron DeSantis dropping out of the race...you won't hear a peep out of me. To do it on a GOP guy calling out his own party???? That's not smart politics....and definitely not a cheap shot that I endorse.

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Sko Hayes's avatar

He never called out the party that I ever heard, although he had plenty to say about Trump.

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Jeff the Original's avatar

Considering that Trump is the frontrunner for the GOP...I think he's doing both....at great political cost. That's not who we should be targeting if we really want to win.

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Sko Hayes's avatar

What great political cost? He was term limited as governor, and he's 73.

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NLTownie's avatar

Hey, there s political life after 73 - even if there shouldn't be. I'm a boomer and I'd be the first to say boomers should be stepping aside and leaving a warm space for someone younger. The world needs supportive elders right now, not worn and weary boomers hanging on with grim determination. And that's not just in politics.

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Sko Hayes's avatar

Hello fellow boomer!

Sure, Asa can show up at the campaign events or get hired as "board member" to one of the Wingnut Welfare Academies or just go fishing for the rest of his life. He's made his mark, for good or bad.

And I'd like to add, there is great institutional knowledge among us elders and they have a lot to pass on to the new generations, so it's not really an age thing with me.

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Jeff the Original's avatar

I think the other thing that bugged me is the lack of imagination and the laziness of the post. They could have done something like "Thank you to Governor Hutchinson who attempted to speak the truth at the GOP debates. Perhaps a change of political venue is in order to a party where the truth is valued and upheld"

I'm sure others could say it better, but I think this sort of response would have kept things at a higher level rather than go down to the MAGA one.

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Jeff the Original's avatar

Well....I'm thinking he could have just gone away quietly like 99% of the rest of the GOP. I'm sure he's going to see his political circle shrink and it probably already has.

Again...my point is why attack someone who is supporting the effort to keep Trump out of office and is telling the truth about him?

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