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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1 ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: No Sticky Nikki Please
Date: 07/13/26 3:06 PM
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BTW Kurt Schlicter wrote a column that was channeling you:

There’s a huge space there for someone young who can also appeal to normal people. They tried that with Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger and that shrill shrew from New Jersey, whose name escapes me at the moment. They ran on the “We’re just moderate moms!” platform, though Abigail was running next to a guy who touched himself like platinum in a toilet to the thought of murdering Republicans’ children. But once they got into power, they ruled like every other lefty. They didn’t even pretend. They’re one social media campaign away from passing a bill outlawing heterosexuality.

But what if a Democrat was actually normal? What about a Democrat who could say no to the most unpopular positions of the Democrat Party? Imagine a young Democrat who could be on the 80 side of at least a few 80/20 issues. It’s not like the Republicans are beloved. The GOP’s intermittent success is largely due to the Democrats’ failure. Bill Clinton pulled this off in 1992. He came out against crime. He came out against perpetual welfare cheats. He said he wanted to stand up for the people who “worked hard and played by the rules.” And he won.

Can you imagine any Democrat doing that today? They literally want to defund the police and close the prisons. They literally want to give free money to bums. And they literally don’t want people to play by the rules. Look how they moan when we deport illegal aliens. Bill Clinton won because he made it safe to vote for Democrats again because he was a Democrat who wasn’t going to cater to the deadbeats and who wasn’t going to let criminals run rampant. If you make people safe and secure and don’t insult them by stealing their money to give it to slobs who won’t work, you’re going to get a lot of leeway from the American people to do other liberal things. And they would let things slide, like Bill Clinton’s many, many trysts to ease the agonizing pain of being married to Hillary.

townhall.com - No democrat has the brains or courage to not be crazy
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