Tag: Nikki Haley

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

That this is such a big issue in modern day America says a lot about how fucked up everything is. The Civil War was about slavery. And, yet, here we are — fighting over it and relitigating it because, I dunno, modern Republicans are cowards who want to pretend the Civil War was about anything but slavery?

The question is, will this really matter? I have my doubts. When the Republican front runner is a fascist, it’s possible that this gaff on Haley’s part won’t really mean anything. And she did escape giving the type of answer that would hurt her in the Republican primaries.

Only time will tell, I suppose.

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I only write any of this because, well, no one can predict the future. But it is at least within the realm of possibility that Trump’s moment has come and gone and, as such, he won’t even be the Republican nominee.

Now, absolutely nothing points to this at the moment other than Nikki Haley surging in the polls. And, really, it definitely seems as though no matter what, because of the cult-like obsession with Trump on the part of MAGA that even if she over performs in Iowa and New Hampshire, she would crash and burn once we reach Southern states.

And this doesn’t even begin to address how Trump will probably run as a third party candidate if somehow, miraculously, Haley manages to be a political giant slayer.

But, as I have said — I can’t predict the future. And while Haley is Not Great relative to my political POV, she at least seems like someone who will stay within democratic norms.

Only time will tell, I suppose.

For the time being, it definitely seems as though it will be Biden versus Trump again and, well, Godspeed.

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

As we enter the primaries, we find ourselves in something of a quandary. Trump continues to support extremely unpopular things — like getting rid of Obamacare — and we all just shrug as if he’s some sort of unstoppable political force.

But what if he’s not?

At the moment, this is crazy to even suggest, but what if the polls are wrong and Nikki Haley manages to become a viable contender to Trump? The best case scenario for her, as of late 2023, is she shocks everyone in the early states, gets to be a media darling until Super Tuesday…and then it’s over.

There will be talk of her being Trump’s veep, but, ultimately, he picks some crazed MAGA half-wit who will be just as bad, if not worse, than he is should they ever become POTUS.

But this does raise the issue of what happens if Trump either isn’t the nominee or he loses in the fall. If he’s not the nominee, then think he runs third party and tries to win in the House when no one reaches 270. If he doesn’t win as the Republican nominee…oh boy. I still worry that he’ll scream bloody murder about the need for a National Divorce and, as such, a civil war.