Some nascent spines in the GOP Caucus

[Horace]

He would have been good at that. But brinksmanship over nuclear war with Russia is not what he ran on. It is hardly obvious that such brinksmanship would have ended up better for Ukraine and the west, but anybody is free to have that opinion and attempt to back it up, as they please.

[jon-nyc]

All the things that conservatives taught me long ago about deterrence and appeasement and freedom and tyranny, especially of the expansionist kind -- I can't unlearn them. It's too late.

Plus, I think they are true.

[Renauda]

But then again, the Trumpigula’s Republican Party abandoned American conservatism some time ago in favour of something else. Not sure what that something else is other than an illiberal reactionary populism with more than just a hint of oligarchic technocracy built around a cult of personality. In short, a disgrace.

[Horace]

The counter-factual of Trump being Trump with nuclear brinksmanship would be fascinating to watch, not just for the outcome with Ukraine, but for the public discourse surrounding it. It goes without saying that the American left leaning media would be going insane about Trump bringing about the end of Western civilization, but each individual's response would be informative still.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Horace said in Some nascent spines in the GOP Caucus:

The counter-factual of Trump being Trump with nuclear brinksmanship would be fascinating to watch, not just for the outcome with Ukraine, but for the public discourse surrounding it. It goes without saying that the American left leaning media would be going insane about Trump bringing about the end of Western civilization, but each individual's response would be informative still.

It also goes without saying that pretty much all of Trump's supporters would be creaming themselves, and posting those computer generated vaguely homo-erotic pictures of him in superhero costume and riding a big train that were at one time so popular.

[jon-nyc]

I think you nailed it. Maggots are closeted faggots. Hence all the Trump homerotica.

[Jolly]

Projection, much?

[Horace]

Nothing wrong with being gay, or having a feminine mindset. But if one has an issue with it, I would suggest not paying any close attention to the male phenotypes that end up resonating with left-leaning politics.

[kluurs]

You folks are all missing the goal of all of this...the Nobel Peace Prize - missed out last round - but this time he's gonna win that thing if he has to surrender Ukraine or threaten nuclear annihilation of Norway.

[Horace]

The field is wide open for Trump to earn a Nobel Peace Prize to a far greater extent than Barack Obama's glorified DEI participation trophy, but I'm sure even Trump is aware enough to know that the Nobel referees would sooner rewrite the rules mid-game than signal a touchdown for him.

[kluurs]

@Horace said in Some nascent spines in the GOP Caucus:
even Trump is aware enough to know that the Nobel referees would sooner rewrite the rules mid-game than signal a touchdown for him.

That's why he'll threaten to Nuke Norway - can seem the meme already.

[taiwan_girl]

@Horace said in Some nascent spines in the GOP Caucus:

Nothing wrong with being gay, or having a feminine mindset.

Link to video

I always think of that funny Seinfeld show. 555

[jon-nyc]

[Renauda]

I too am at a loss for words, but not at the simple question.

[kluurs]

The story about the Florida patient who beat and broke every bone in a nurse's face - read a comment with 15K likes suggesting that Trump will likely want him in his administration.

[Doctor Phibes]

[jon-nyc]

[89th]

I wish Kelly hadn't cut him off as I wanted to hear what his response would be. "Well in my closed door session, you'll note that just before Russia crossed into Ukraine territory, a satellite caught a Ukrainian soldier on the border appearing to do the "fake punch" taunt to a Russian soldier, so technicallyyyyyyyy Ukraine started this shit. Don't start nothing, won't be nothin', I always say."

[Renauda]

There is a word after all:

Sycophancy

[Horace]

He's certainly confused, and afraid to say the wrong thing. In this case, the confusion seems particularly stupid, as "Russia invaded Ukraine" crosses no rhetorical lines his bosses haven't crossed.