Yeah, the new school that Trump demonstrated, where persona and braggadocio are worth more than anything resembling a track record.
Which is a logical outgrowth of the long-running Republican platform that all government is evil, and therefore competence in governance is considered proof of corruption.
And now as the House caucus tries to figure out how to not autocannibalize while a tail of self-aggrandizing gloryhounds wag the dog, they're painfully rediscovering why administrative competence actually counts for something.
The problem Gaetz has is that the exact trend JVL was talking about with youth sports is in play here- the first one in is the one who profits, everyone else just has to play along to keep up, and things equalize again. Gaetz has no stronger constituency at present than MTG, or Kari Lake, or the constituency pretty pretty Madison Cawthorn had for half a term or so.
Hell, MTG is another example- six months, a year ago? It was all MTG all the time. But since she got expelled from the FC and tried to put on a veneer of respectability, she's been left in the dust. DeSantis went from MAGA darling to staring at career death in mere months. And he pathetically tried to recapture some relevance by piling onto the Bud Light story a full month after everyone else had already weighed in.
That's the life for the MAGA fringe now- desperately chasing those moments and hoping that they catch just the right one to go somewhere.
Gaetz is in it for the fame, glory, and grift.... and to maybe be governor of FLA and then President.
As JVL said, it is about wanting to feel relevant and powerful. Pure ego.
All of this is a good advertisement for doing away with ELECTED representatives for a better system of representation.... not that it matters.
Yeah, the new school that Trump demonstrated, where persona and braggadocio are worth more than anything resembling a track record.
Which is a logical outgrowth of the long-running Republican platform that all government is evil, and therefore competence in governance is considered proof of corruption.
And now as the House caucus tries to figure out how to not autocannibalize while a tail of self-aggrandizing gloryhounds wag the dog, they're painfully rediscovering why administrative competence actually counts for something.
The problem Gaetz has is that the exact trend JVL was talking about with youth sports is in play here- the first one in is the one who profits, everyone else just has to play along to keep up, and things equalize again. Gaetz has no stronger constituency at present than MTG, or Kari Lake, or the constituency pretty pretty Madison Cawthorn had for half a term or so.
Hell, MTG is another example- six months, a year ago? It was all MTG all the time. But since she got expelled from the FC and tried to put on a veneer of respectability, she's been left in the dust. DeSantis went from MAGA darling to staring at career death in mere months. And he pathetically tried to recapture some relevance by piling onto the Bud Light story a full month after everyone else had already weighed in.
That's the life for the MAGA fringe now- desperately chasing those moments and hoping that they catch just the right one to go somewhere.