“My opponent…”
Only in America does one hear such a thing. The theory is that if you even say the name of your opponent, you’re giving him or her free advertising, even if your sentence ends with “… is so stupid he would lose an argument with a duck.”
And we’re now led into Trump’s world where massive mistakes are made that dwarf the one above.
If you are the average MAGA living in Louisiana, there are probably about 20 politicians in the U.S. that you recognize. Yes, that is counting Obama, Biden, and “Kamala” as Trump says so condescendingly. There are not many people outside of the beltway and Maryland who have heard of former Maryland governor Larry Hogan. People are too busy. They don’t have time to keep track of governors two time zones away. No shame.
Larry Hogan may run for president because he’s very smart, very competent, very… “reasonable,” very Republican, and he’s very much NOT MAGA. So how many MAGAs have heard of Larry Hogan? None. Until this morning. When Trump decided to introduce Hogan at MAGA-Central-HQ. Truth Social.
Trump gave Hogan about $250K in advertising this morning by putting Hogan on his Truth Social account. Trump is so scared of possible opponents that he MUST try to destroy them before anyone knows them! Hogan is counting on getting to know every Republican in Iowa and New Hampshire and then really introducing himself to the nation. He has done it to others, too – Nikki Haley, for one.
Trump has already called Hogan a “RINO.” That is not necessarily a bad thing with all Republicans these days. So, how about a commercial? From Trump’s Truth Social account, three days ago:
Let me make it easy on RINO Larry Hogan, who is not going anywhere, ZERO chance, whether he announces for President, or not. I don’t want Larry Hogan’s endorsement, and won’t accept it if it is given to me. Is it possible to say it any simpler than that? Thank you.
(Who is he always “thanking”?)
Hogan likely said, “No, thank you! Because if I am not going anywhere, ZERO, whether I announce it or not, why are you even bothering to talk about me? Because that actually makes me sound “big,” someone that some of your supporters will want to get to know.”
Larry Hogan is as Republican as anyone. But if someone said we “must” have a Republican in office in 2024, we would all like it to be Larry Hogan or Chris Sununu. Hogan is the governor who, upon hearing that it was completely on the states to get COVID supplies (gloves, masks), used his wife’s South Korean connections to get a 777 cargo plane to fly directly from Seoul to Baltimore and even had the state police in control of the airport and an escort, lest Jared and his federal thugs try to intercept the merch and “federalize it” to determine where they want it to go.
That is the kind of thinker who makes a good president. Plus, he’s not mad at anyone, comes across fine, and – most important, if we really were in trouble, like a war, major earthquake, something, well – Democrat or Republican, we want someone uber-competent in office. This guy is.
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[email protected], @JasonMiciak, SUBSTACK: MUCH LEFT ADO
I still wouldn’t vote for Hogan.
I’m with P J😁
In theory – totally in theory – if someone made you vote for a GOPer. who would it be?
I’m not trying to be a jerk or combative at all. Genuine curiosity. Maybe you have someone in mind that I’d like better.
Romney? He turned the Olympics around and ran them perfectly when a year before it looked like a greasefire, stuff wouldn’t be completed, overbudget… and they inserted him.
Just curious. Teach me, and I say that with total sincerity.
Can’t speak for P J, but, in my case, hold a gun to my head and tell me, “Name a GOPer you’d vote for or I’ll kill you” and my actual response would be “Pull the trigger.”
I live in one of the handful of moderately “blue” parts of Alabama and if there’s a GOPer running unopposed in any election, I skip the race.
I’ve only voted for two GOPers in my entire life and both of those were largely not by choice: The first was Richard Shelby (when he ran for reelection in 1992 as a Democrat and he switched parties just two years into his term); the second was Parker Griffith (as a Representative, he switched from the Dems to the GOP in 2009 then lost in the 2010 GOP primary–big shock–and got crushed in a 2012 primary rematch then begged to rejoin the Dems in 2014 to run for governor; I voted for him in the primary, despite his treasonous behavior, because he wasn’t going to get anywhere near the Governor’s Mansion and his opponent wasn’t likely to get any closer).
Why would anyone expect a pompous, self important, criminal traitor to think through anything?
Jason, about this:
“They don’t have time to keep track of governors two time zones away.”
Um, Maryland is just ONE time zone away from Louisiana.
Not really sure why you picked on the MAGAts from Louisiana in this piece (Montana, Utah and Wyoming are all “two time zones away”) but just thought I’d point out the mistake.