You called it. From the beginning of your piece, I questioned the person's "independent" longing for the middle. They clearly outed themselves when they "othered" people on the right. You nailed it. Clearly a leftie though they are in denial.
Your reader is living in an old paradigm and hasn't evolved their thinking to understand the seismic shift in the political "spectrum" with the 2007/2008 economic collapse that saw the birth of We The People Populism where those lower in the power heriarvhy finally took back control over the"UNIPARTY"...AKA the moderate middle who got us in all these messes.
Winston Marshall'# Oxford Union debate on Is Populism a Threat to Democracy vs Nancy Pelosi is must see content to understand the full context of this sea change.
Sasha isn't MAGA.. she's Blue MAGA....and that's fine by MAGA. Her only alternative was to join the Marxists and Anarchists occupying the Populist basement of the Democrat Party.
To these so called independents calling for kumbaya - it might help if the left stops threatening all MAGA supporters with personal & professional destruction once they have power again. And we know they’ll follow through on their threats. Look for antisemitism on steroids as well, nothing good to come of this latest op. Look who’s calling for harmony with the left. Who’ll be next to join this crowd - T. Carlson? Bannon? Jones?
I voted for Trump when he was America First. But when he became Israel First and put their interests before Americans by starting another foreign war, fully against his campaign commitment, and also didn’t release the Epstein Mossad files, I left him. I want America First in action and not just words. And starting wars with countries who were zero threat to America is not America First. (And yea they were zero threat). And I don’t want to fund the slaughter of children in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran; I’m weird that way.
I also don’t want a president who mocks my pope and portrays himself as Jesus Christ.
I am a Catholic US military veteran who voted for Trump several times , left the bandwagon, and am hoping for a GOP candidate that will act on America First and not betray it again.
Libertarian, old friend: while I share your objection to launching the Iran War at this particular moment and in this particular way, the claim you and others make that the Islamic Republic of Iran is "zero threat" to the US leaves me dumbfounded... Actually, the Islamic Republic has been a threat to the US since they took 54 American hostages in 1979... Their proxies have murdered some hundreds or maybe thousands of Americans since then, including the Beirut Bombing in 1983--241 fine US servicemen and women killed by Hezbollah, whom we are still dealing with. Multiple US presidents from both parties have acknowledged that Iran cannot have a nuke, although not one of them really did anything about it until now. And my final point: when somebody chants "death to America" 10,,000 times or more, I say believe them. Responding to that sort of threat is certainly a part of my definition of "America First," although again, I would have handled it in a more targeted way than has Trump. How in the name of God can you not see that? Honest question.
Standard talking points from libertarian who hides behind the shield of (righteous) Catholic and (selfless) military vet pretending that those two things exclude him from being cast as the anti-Jew that he is. His pitiful response that "David", ie Jewish, is a tell, tells you all you need to know in just how deeply deluded he is on behalf of antisemitism.
I share this opinion, but are we allowed to have honest and principled disagreements, as you so very well expressed here, without being called names or accused of TDS?
It seems to me that in order to form a strong consensus, we first have to respect each other’s points of view, trusting that each is formed by our experiences. In doing so, we can at least understand why we’ve come to that position and work from there.
I appreciate and like your comment, but please don't let your opinion be used by the likes of "her" to vote Democrats in. Choose your public postings carefully; unless you're a Chinese bot, that is.
Trump certainly has is faults and occasionally needs a filter between his brain and his mouth, but I shudder at what the alternative would have been like. He is America First and that's what I want in a President.
This is an interesting comment. So in America, where we have free expression, speech, association etc- you’re saying the answer is that it’s ok to have an opinion, just don’t share it otherwise risk being exploited by the left.? A close relative of mine agrees with this take- but honestly, is it productive? Especially when we’re heading into an election where we’re voting for the actual people responsible (in many cases, not all) for failing to deliver on Trump’s agenda?
Trump saying he wanted no new wars, to me, meant no US boots on the ground. Air strikes in Iran don't really count, although I agree some people may see it differntly.
The Epstein Files have been released, and all members of Congress have access to the unredacted raw data.
As for Trump reacting to Pope Leo, I know that his own denomination, PCUSA, has continually attacked him and every one of his positions since 2016. He basically just said screw you to the Presbyterians, so don't be surprised that he will say the same to the pope.
"We need a better leader". And I'll bet this person voted for Kamala Harris, who would have "led" this country further towards socialism, done nothing about the border, trashed the economy, driven investment out of the country, continued with the climate change hysteria, etc. Trump, although annoying at times, is anything but a bad leader. He has pushed through many initiatives that have benefitted the country despite the blowback from the left. He's not afraid to tell the truth, such as that men should not be in women's sports, that illegal aliens need to be deported (speaking as a legal immigrant), and all the other things that have led to the TDS on the left. Yes, they would have ruined the country.
Kamala blew through a BILLION dollars during her very short campaign...!!! and apparently it didn't even phase her. She even had to pay her friends to stump and entertain for her!!! WHAT would she have done to our country?? Boggles the mind. Thank God we didn't have to find out.
Nearly 48% of Americans (if can trust the current voting system) voted to find out what that alcoholic hyena would have done to this country. Or, rather, what her handlers from Arabella Advisors prompted her to say and do. As she skews higher with younger and more easily manipulated voters, if she tries again in '28 she just might make it.
Absolutely! 911 shook our country but eventually it clawed its way back with bumps in the road. Harris as president would have had the same effect as those terrorists did on 911. It would shake us to the core with no return. It’s hard enough even with Trump in office trying to stop the momentum of the machine.
I was also wondering who they voted for. There was a Republican primary, and Trump won. There was a Democrat primary in 2020 and 2024, and Biden won. Did this person stay home.
It sounds like this person did not read The Fourth Turning, or didn’t understand it if she or he did read it.
The Salem Witch Trials did not end because independents/moderates managed to soothe and reconcile both sides. They ended because enough people completely rejected the entire premise of witches living among them as ordinary people.
The Fourth Turning makes this clear. One side or the other will emerge victorious. It will not end with independents convincing everyone that both sides had some good points.
The problem is that the sinister far left exists in a bubble of cancel culture of their own making. Despite the gaslighting, they don't allow any diversity of ideas.
Whereas on the right, we're all individualists – all seeming to be going in different directions.
People in the leftist bubble don't see this – they only see the propaganda.
We don’t. We don't argue with them or try to convince them. It feeds them to do that. They at some point some of them look at us living our lives in reality and decide they want that- some have already done that. If they can't they are destined to live in a bubble. It is not our responsibility to break them out.
"Liberals can't link." She may think she understood what you were saying, but she is unable. When (if) she hits bottom, she will flounder in the cesspool for a bit and then eventually say, "You know, Sasha made some good points. Maybe I was wrong."
Or not. Either way, keep on keeping on, Sasha. You're doing the Lord's work.
I think it's meaningful she starts out by saying she's "registered independent" - so was I, my entire voting career, until in response to the Butler assassination attempt so many lefties cheered and mocked. I generally, not always, voted to the right; on some level I cherished the badge of "fair and unbiased independent" - but actually, while I did and do consider myself fair, I am NOT unbiased. So going back to your AWFL correspondent (I will bet my entire pension check that's what she is): no one who calls someone as earnest as you "radical right" is herself anywhere near the middle of the spectrum. It's a term consistently used by, yes, the radical left - not normie Democrats, not fair-minded lefties/progressives. Do NOT agonize over where you went wrong or could have done things differently with this AWFL, Sasha - she was never fair and she never gave you a fair hearing; what she wanted was you to slam Trump (you regularly criticize him, but she didn't listen or read long enough to see that I guess) and say "both sides" - just like she does. >shakes head<. You didn't lose anything when she left other than someone sure to have posted trolly comments.
You are so correct (not using the word RIGHT INTENTIONALLY) that we, as a country, are very far from that middle ground. Years ago I considered myself slightly left of center. However, with this insane push to the EXTREME left, and the absurd levels of TDS, I moved farther and farther away to the right. I am NOT a extreme right zealot by any means. I just can't get on board with the "democratic socialist" garbage. And I will NEVER be ok with permanently disfiguring children via "affirmation care."
We have miles to go before we are back to a middle ground.
Great answer. As a fellow life-long Democrat from the San Francisco Bay who used to consider myself very liberal, I am sick of being called a right wing extremist if I don't hate and obsess over Trump. I never thought I'd vote for him, or any Republican really, but I did. I try not to broadcast that fact to most of my friends and acquaintances who just assume that our common religion is to hate Trump. Trump has done a lot of good things in my opinion, and although I don't really understand this war, I'm still more on board than not at the moment.
I’m 87 next month & always have been a Trump supporter— warts & all. He’s still got his heart in the right place. My family has given me Trump T-shirts, hats, Knicknacks, etc— I wear these only around my house even tho I use a walker, I am in fear of wearing in public even if only of the angry faces. What happened to people?
Very thoughtful post, Sasha!👍 You are correct that we are far from being able to come together. Seems like the first step needs to be for the broader public to understand and accept that the actions of the left, over the past decade, were a concerted effort by the US justice system to overthrow the Trump administrations and, in between, an attempt to use that same system to impoverish and incarcerate the former/future POTUS. In addition, countless lives/careers were destroyed as collateral damage from the primary efforts to get Trump. It’s hard to overstate the underlying evil 👿 of those behind these despicable actions.
The big question is “How do we expose, prosecute and incarcerate those who are responsible?” Those in the judiciary who participated are hard to punish and those very same jurists will actively protect the guilty whenever it is in their power to do so. The legacy media, though diminished in power and credibility, still has a big megaphone which reaches and impacts those who lack intellectual acuity. I appreciate you doing your part to keep up the fight for exposure and accountability. God bless you 🙏🙏
The left has been trying to use anything, lawfare, assassination, anything to nullify an election that didn't go their way. We have radical left judges who think that they should be the ones making the laws instead of congress. I also can't believe that the Democrat Party champions violent illegal criminals by throwing up roadblocks to keep these criminals in the country. If it's not stopped, they will turn this country into the ****holes they came from.
Biden actually flew Haitians in. I wonder what the leftist swells think when their beloved pets are snatched for a backyard barbecue.
The word "progressive" is best understood by using the medical definition of the word; a terminal condition that will never improve, and only continue to worsen until the patient is dead.
Real liberals, these days, are on the right, as paradoxical as it sounds. The "right" is now everything that's not a far-left progressive.
Sasha, your lost subscriber is just another leftist who is so self-assured that she calls her self a centrist. By thinking of herself as in the middle of the political spectrum she can have the illusion that everybody who disagrees with her to the right is a radical. I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if she has used the term Hitler a few times in her descriptions of people with whom she disagrees.
In the year 2000 we had some electricians working in our house and they would listen to Rush Limbaugh. I of course only listened to NPR. I thought of myself as open minded and when I told them I was a centrist they said “Yeah that means you’re a leftist.” The nerve.
They got me listening to Rush and I never looked back— he was hilarious and cut through the sham veneer of the liberal elite in a way that few have been able to replicate. When leftists are able to see the absurdity of their arguments and actually laugh at them, then there might be hope for them. But I suspect they have so much invested in their righteous rage that the brain damage is too severe.
The thing is that Trump is the middle. Trump is not an ideologue, which is why many on the populist right have turned on him. He is, and always has been, a deal-making pragmatist. He will talk and work with anybody who is willing to make a deal. If the Democrats could only get over their TDS they could get quite a bit out of Trump but they would rather appeal to their radical base.
Trump is not a Neocon but he is willing to work with them. Some, like Bill Kristol have decided to turn their back on everything they said they believed in because they don't like the cut of Trump's jib. Others like Marco Rubio have been willing to work with Trump and have gotten a lot done.
Trump only appears radical to those who have become completely untethered from reality and believe that boys can become girls or that a secret Jewish cabal of cannibalistic pedophiles rule the world.
It is Trump's style more than his policies that prevent so many from seeing who he really is. If Trump fails, we will see what radical really looks like and we will long for the good old days of mean tweets.
You called it. From the beginning of your piece, I questioned the person's "independent" longing for the middle. They clearly outed themselves when they "othered" people on the right. You nailed it. Clearly a leftie though they are in denial.
On fB, I noticed that nobody will admit to being a Democrat anymore. They all want to claim "independent" even though they are CLEARLY Democrat.
The Dem party has become a real embarrassment.
Then, polls are even more skewif if Dem's are now claiming they're 'independent'.
Your reader is living in an old paradigm and hasn't evolved their thinking to understand the seismic shift in the political "spectrum" with the 2007/2008 economic collapse that saw the birth of We The People Populism where those lower in the power heriarvhy finally took back control over the"UNIPARTY"...AKA the moderate middle who got us in all these messes.
Winston Marshall'# Oxford Union debate on Is Populism a Threat to Democracy vs Nancy Pelosi is must see content to understand the full context of this sea change.
Sasha isn't MAGA.. she's Blue MAGA....and that's fine by MAGA. Her only alternative was to join the Marxists and Anarchists occupying the Populist basement of the Democrat Party.
They're (the Marxists and anarchists) pouring, overflowing out of the basement onto the main floor. Let's be real, here.
I agree.
The subscriber lives in a fantasy world. Trump isn't radical right at all, he is simply an American. First.
Yep,,shes a scared rabbit or secret leftie phoney
To these so called independents calling for kumbaya - it might help if the left stops threatening all MAGA supporters with personal & professional destruction once they have power again. And we know they’ll follow through on their threats. Look for antisemitism on steroids as well, nothing good to come of this latest op. Look who’s calling for harmony with the left. Who’ll be next to join this crowd - T. Carlson? Bannon? Jones?
https://x.com/catturd2/status/2051685479053959404?s=20
I voted for Trump when he was America First. But when he became Israel First and put their interests before Americans by starting another foreign war, fully against his campaign commitment, and also didn’t release the Epstein Mossad files, I left him. I want America First in action and not just words. And starting wars with countries who were zero threat to America is not America First. (And yea they were zero threat). And I don’t want to fund the slaughter of children in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran; I’m weird that way.
I also don’t want a president who mocks my pope and portrays himself as Jesus Christ.
I am a Catholic US military veteran who voted for Trump several times , left the bandwagon, and am hoping for a GOP candidate that will act on America First and not betray it again.
Libertarian, old friend: while I share your objection to launching the Iran War at this particular moment and in this particular way, the claim you and others make that the Islamic Republic of Iran is "zero threat" to the US leaves me dumbfounded... Actually, the Islamic Republic has been a threat to the US since they took 54 American hostages in 1979... Their proxies have murdered some hundreds or maybe thousands of Americans since then, including the Beirut Bombing in 1983--241 fine US servicemen and women killed by Hezbollah, whom we are still dealing with. Multiple US presidents from both parties have acknowledged that Iran cannot have a nuke, although not one of them really did anything about it until now. And my final point: when somebody chants "death to America" 10,,000 times or more, I say believe them. Responding to that sort of threat is certainly a part of my definition of "America First," although again, I would have handled it in a more targeted way than has Trump. How in the name of God can you not see that? Honest question.
You may not realize it, but "Israel First" and "Epstein Mossad files" are kind of a tell.
Standard talking points from libertarian who hides behind the shield of (righteous) Catholic and (selfless) military vet pretending that those two things exclude him from being cast as the anti-Jew that he is. His pitiful response that "David", ie Jewish, is a tell, tells you all you need to know in just how deeply deluded he is on behalf of antisemitism.
So is “David”.
But you just hate Zionists and the Netanyahu government, right? Not Jews?
If you think Iran is no threat to the US, you aren't paying attention
I share this opinion, but are we allowed to have honest and principled disagreements, as you so very well expressed here, without being called names or accused of TDS?
It seems to me that in order to form a strong consensus, we first have to respect each other’s points of view, trusting that each is formed by our experiences. In doing so, we can at least understand why we’ve come to that position and work from there.
No, most people's "views" were created in their heads by propaganda & misinformation....
I agree, Granny62 and I did intend to be respectful and note that I recognize you are being so also. Thanks.
I appreciate and like your comment, but please don't let your opinion be used by the likes of "her" to vote Democrats in. Choose your public postings carefully; unless you're a Chinese bot, that is.
Trump certainly has is faults and occasionally needs a filter between his brain and his mouth, but I shudder at what the alternative would have been like. He is America First and that's what I want in a President.
This is an interesting comment. So in America, where we have free expression, speech, association etc- you’re saying the answer is that it’s ok to have an opinion, just don’t share it otherwise risk being exploited by the left.? A close relative of mine agrees with this take- but honestly, is it productive? Especially when we’re heading into an election where we’re voting for the actual people responsible (in many cases, not all) for failing to deliver on Trump’s agenda?
I am sincerely curious.
Trump saying he wanted no new wars, to me, meant no US boots on the ground. Air strikes in Iran don't really count, although I agree some people may see it differntly.
The Epstein Files have been released, and all members of Congress have access to the unredacted raw data.
As for Trump reacting to Pope Leo, I know that his own denomination, PCUSA, has continually attacked him and every one of his positions since 2016. He basically just said screw you to the Presbyterians, so don't be surprised that he will say the same to the pope.
Yep.
To the "America Never" left, that is radical
To be a proud American today *is* radical. To trash her and wish her overrun with the dregs of the Third World is embraced and celebrated.
It was a nice 250 years while it lasted. I'm not too sure how much longer it has left.
"We need a better leader". And I'll bet this person voted for Kamala Harris, who would have "led" this country further towards socialism, done nothing about the border, trashed the economy, driven investment out of the country, continued with the climate change hysteria, etc. Trump, although annoying at times, is anything but a bad leader. He has pushed through many initiatives that have benefitted the country despite the blowback from the left. He's not afraid to tell the truth, such as that men should not be in women's sports, that illegal aliens need to be deported (speaking as a legal immigrant), and all the other things that have led to the TDS on the left. Yes, they would have ruined the country.
Kamala blew through a BILLION dollars during her very short campaign...!!! and apparently it didn't even phase her. She even had to pay her friends to stump and entertain for her!!! WHAT would she have done to our country?? Boggles the mind. Thank God we didn't have to find out.
Nearly 48% of Americans (if can trust the current voting system) voted to find out what that alcoholic hyena would have done to this country. Or, rather, what her handlers from Arabella Advisors prompted her to say and do. As she skews higher with younger and more easily manipulated voters, if she tries again in '28 she just might make it.
That should keep you up at night. It keeps me up.
We never would have found out. Kamala was just some window-dressing by the Puppet Masters....
Absolutely! 911 shook our country but eventually it clawed its way back with bumps in the road. Harris as president would have had the same effect as those terrorists did on 911. It would shake us to the core with no return. It’s hard enough even with Trump in office trying to stop the momentum of the machine.
I was also wondering who they voted for. There was a Republican primary, and Trump won. There was a Democrat primary in 2020 and 2024, and Biden won. Did this person stay home.
Too bad they didn’t know of Sasha’s background.
how bad does it get before we just say,,,we are under socialism
The Puppet Masters never intended Kamala to "win", - they installed Trump....
It sounds like this person did not read The Fourth Turning, or didn’t understand it if she or he did read it.
The Salem Witch Trials did not end because independents/moderates managed to soothe and reconcile both sides. They ended because enough people completely rejected the entire premise of witches living among them as ordinary people.
The Fourth Turning makes this clear. One side or the other will emerge victorious. It will not end with independents convincing everyone that both sides had some good points.
The problem is that the sinister far left exists in a bubble of cancel culture of their own making. Despite the gaslighting, they don't allow any diversity of ideas.
Whereas on the right, we're all individualists – all seeming to be going in different directions.
People in the leftist bubble don't see this – they only see the propaganda.
So how do we break them out of this?
How do we break them out of the 'Matrix'?
We don’t. We don't argue with them or try to convince them. It feeds them to do that. They at some point some of them look at us living our lives in reality and decide they want that- some have already done that. If they can't they are destined to live in a bubble. It is not our responsibility to break them out.
There might be some that are still within reason.
The fact is that side of the spectrum has two distinct factions – the far left and the Liberals.
The Liberals go along with the left because of the promises of 'equality' with collectivism, even though they never pan out.
They believe in all their crap,,until it stings them and then they say,,,Republicans!
The "left-right" is a DELUSION!....WAKE UP!....
"Liberals can't link." She may think she understood what you were saying, but she is unable. When (if) she hits bottom, she will flounder in the cesspool for a bit and then eventually say, "You know, Sasha made some good points. Maybe I was wrong."
Or not. Either way, keep on keeping on, Sasha. You're doing the Lord's work.
I think it's meaningful she starts out by saying she's "registered independent" - so was I, my entire voting career, until in response to the Butler assassination attempt so many lefties cheered and mocked. I generally, not always, voted to the right; on some level I cherished the badge of "fair and unbiased independent" - but actually, while I did and do consider myself fair, I am NOT unbiased. So going back to your AWFL correspondent (I will bet my entire pension check that's what she is): no one who calls someone as earnest as you "radical right" is herself anywhere near the middle of the spectrum. It's a term consistently used by, yes, the radical left - not normie Democrats, not fair-minded lefties/progressives. Do NOT agonize over where you went wrong or could have done things differently with this AWFL, Sasha - she was never fair and she never gave you a fair hearing; what she wanted was you to slam Trump (you regularly criticize him, but she didn't listen or read long enough to see that I guess) and say "both sides" - just like she does. >shakes head<. You didn't lose anything when she left other than someone sure to have posted trolly comments.
You are so correct (not using the word RIGHT INTENTIONALLY) that we, as a country, are very far from that middle ground. Years ago I considered myself slightly left of center. However, with this insane push to the EXTREME left, and the absurd levels of TDS, I moved farther and farther away to the right. I am NOT a extreme right zealot by any means. I just can't get on board with the "democratic socialist" garbage. And I will NEVER be ok with permanently disfiguring children via "affirmation care."
We have miles to go before we are back to a middle ground.
Great answer. As a fellow life-long Democrat from the San Francisco Bay who used to consider myself very liberal, I am sick of being called a right wing extremist if I don't hate and obsess over Trump. I never thought I'd vote for him, or any Republican really, but I did. I try not to broadcast that fact to most of my friends and acquaintances who just assume that our common religion is to hate Trump. Trump has done a lot of good things in my opinion, and although I don't really understand this war, I'm still more on board than not at the moment.
I’m 87 next month & always have been a Trump supporter— warts & all. He’s still got his heart in the right place. My family has given me Trump T-shirts, hats, Knicknacks, etc— I wear these only around my house even tho I use a walker, I am in fear of wearing in public even if only of the angry faces. What happened to people?
Sad you have to hide who you voted for. I don’t think it was meant to be that way but maybe I’m naive.
Thank you so much for your writing. This article helps.
Brilliant.
You are a bargain.
He/she complaining is not an independent. (Mind reading, I know)
It is difficult for me to converse with Leftist Maniacs without excessive scatological references and other profane invectives...
Does that also qualify me as "Radical Right"?
If it does, I'm right along with you. I do my absolute best to keep a civil tongue, but there are some leftists who make that impossible.
"Excessive scatological references" used as unequivocal evidence.
Very thoughtful post, Sasha!👍 You are correct that we are far from being able to come together. Seems like the first step needs to be for the broader public to understand and accept that the actions of the left, over the past decade, were a concerted effort by the US justice system to overthrow the Trump administrations and, in between, an attempt to use that same system to impoverish and incarcerate the former/future POTUS. In addition, countless lives/careers were destroyed as collateral damage from the primary efforts to get Trump. It’s hard to overstate the underlying evil 👿 of those behind these despicable actions.
The big question is “How do we expose, prosecute and incarcerate those who are responsible?” Those in the judiciary who participated are hard to punish and those very same jurists will actively protect the guilty whenever it is in their power to do so. The legacy media, though diminished in power and credibility, still has a big megaphone which reaches and impacts those who lack intellectual acuity. I appreciate you doing your part to keep up the fight for exposure and accountability. God bless you 🙏🙏
The left has been trying to use anything, lawfare, assassination, anything to nullify an election that didn't go their way. We have radical left judges who think that they should be the ones making the laws instead of congress. I also can't believe that the Democrat Party champions violent illegal criminals by throwing up roadblocks to keep these criminals in the country. If it's not stopped, they will turn this country into the ****holes they came from.
Biden actually flew Haitians in. I wonder what the leftist swells think when their beloved pets are snatched for a backyard barbecue.
The word "progressive" is best understood by using the medical definition of the word; a terminal condition that will never improve, and only continue to worsen until the patient is dead.
Real liberals, these days, are on the right, as paradoxical as it sounds. The "right" is now everything that's not a far-left progressive.
Sasha, your lost subscriber is just another leftist who is so self-assured that she calls her self a centrist. By thinking of herself as in the middle of the political spectrum she can have the illusion that everybody who disagrees with her to the right is a radical. I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if she has used the term Hitler a few times in her descriptions of people with whom she disagrees.
In the year 2000 we had some electricians working in our house and they would listen to Rush Limbaugh. I of course only listened to NPR. I thought of myself as open minded and when I told them I was a centrist they said “Yeah that means you’re a leftist.” The nerve.
They got me listening to Rush and I never looked back— he was hilarious and cut through the sham veneer of the liberal elite in a way that few have been able to replicate. When leftists are able to see the absurdity of their arguments and actually laugh at them, then there might be hope for them. But I suspect they have so much invested in their righteous rage that the brain damage is too severe.
She is just lying,,,what the media wants is the accusation
The thing is that Trump is the middle. Trump is not an ideologue, which is why many on the populist right have turned on him. He is, and always has been, a deal-making pragmatist. He will talk and work with anybody who is willing to make a deal. If the Democrats could only get over their TDS they could get quite a bit out of Trump but they would rather appeal to their radical base.
Trump is not a Neocon but he is willing to work with them. Some, like Bill Kristol have decided to turn their back on everything they said they believed in because they don't like the cut of Trump's jib. Others like Marco Rubio have been willing to work with Trump and have gotten a lot done.
Trump only appears radical to those who have become completely untethered from reality and believe that boys can become girls or that a secret Jewish cabal of cannibalistic pedophiles rule the world.
It is Trump's style more than his policies that prevent so many from seeing who he really is. If Trump fails, we will see what radical really looks like and we will long for the good old days of mean tweets.