CPAC 2023 Conspicuous Absences
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 08:27 last edited by Axtremus 3 May 2023, 08:27
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republicans-torn-reduced-cpac-party-divides/story?id=97632392
... the conference in recent years began shunning those who didn't espouse the populism that has engulfed the grassroots since Trump's 2016 campaign.
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Prospective candidates like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and more chose to spend their time elsewhere -- including, some, at a donor retreat in Florida hosted by the anti-tax Club for Growth, a powerful group embroiled in a feud with Trump.
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 10:37 last edited by
Joe Biden was also not there.
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 11:27 last edited by
Good sign.
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 12:34 last edited by
Surfing through the channels last night, I came across Trump's speech at CPAC.
- He looked old
- He looked tired
- I watched for about 90 seconds, and it was all stuff I heard in 2016.
Having had (more than) enough, I watched "Legends and Lies," about the Revolutionary War, narrated by Kelsey Grammar.
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 12:44 last edited by
How'd you like Kelsey's show?
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 12:48 last edited by
@Jolly said in CPAC 2023 Conspicuous Absences:
How'd you like Kelsey's show?
I watched 2 ½ episodes. Enjoyed them. The actors don't look very much like the people they're portraying, but overall it was a nice telling of the tales. The scene where Adams secured the innocence of the British soldiers was particularly well done.
The commentaries by Brand and others were good as well.
Having read several biographies of Washington, and also those of Adams, Hamilton, Franklin, I found this was a nice reminder, distilled into an hour.
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 15:20 last edited by jon-nyc 3 May 2023, 15:21
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 15:27 last edited by
Be a hoot if he gets elected, though.
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 15:28 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in CPAC 2023 Conspicuous Absences:
one of his attractions is that he resents the same people his supporters do . . .
He ought to. He made it his business to.
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 15:31 last edited by
@Jolly said in CPAC 2023 Conspicuous Absences:
Be a hoot if he gets elected, though.
Be an even bigger hoot if he gets slaughtered in the primaries. Watching his 'it's so unfair' routine never gets old.
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 15:34 last edited by
It's waaay too early, but right now he's killing it in the primary polls...
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 15:57 last edited by Copper 3 May 2023, 15:58
Trump vs Biden?
That's and easy decision for me.
I'll be surprised if that ends up being the choices.
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Trump vs Biden?
That's and easy decision for me.
I'll be surprised if that ends up being the choices.
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 18:10 last edited by
The biggest gift the democrats could get for the next President election is if President Trump was the nominee.
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 18:11 last edited by
Not if Biden is their nominee.
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 18:18 last edited by
@Jolly I very hope that President Biden will not be, but if it is Trump vs. Biden again, I think the results will be the same.
People have short memories. In two years, I think inflation will be down, stocks will be up, COVID will be a memory, etc.
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 19:06 last edited by jon-nyc 3 May 2023, 19:06
@Jolly said in CPAC 2023 Conspicuous Absences:
Not if Biden is their nominee.
You mean Killer Joe, the Donald Destroyer?
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 19:16 last edited by
Basement strategy won't work this time.
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wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 19:30 last edited by
You think a campaign based almost entirely on past personal grievance is what the country is looking for?
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You think a campaign based almost entirely on past personal grievance is what the country is looking for?
wrote on 5 Mar 2023, 20:15 last edited by@jon-nyc said in CPAC 2023 Conspicuous Absences:
You think a campaign based almost entirely on past personal grievance is what the country is looking for?
Nope, but I think a lot of the country is worried about the economy and inflation. And I think the length of the COVID mandates can be linked to Biden.