one of four is good enough, except I want one of the three remainders to make one more statement
For all intents and purposes, LIz Cheney has announced she is voting for Trump. She is also on tour — she has a book to promote, and I have little doubt a cause she fervently believes in which she hopes series into lucrative career options beyond this moment to build something politically from the ashes. “America can survive bad policy, but it cannot survive four more years of Trump”. So goes her bumper sticker.
After that, I cannot quite figure out a hue and cry for endorsements by Haley and Pence and Christie. Of the three, Haley is the only one that is a disappointing embarrassment on this score. She played her game out, and in the end stumbled about in an electoral zone away from Republican politics and in a no-man’s zone — a couple progressive podcasts and Saturday Night Live. And she departed with a speech that left her open for a future endorsement of Trump, or should she just disappear acceptance that a Trump vote may be viable, saying it is up to him to win her supporters’ support.
As though Trump has not foreclosed the possibility of has shown any sign of changing to meet any real criteria for this. The further trouble is Haley comes with no real intrinsic support that can carry over, and Pence and Christie have been less and have moved anyone over as much as they will ever be able to. Cheney is just going to be the one voice rambling about regularly giving voice to anyone, with Christie lagging back with a quip here and there. Pence has said his piece. Haley is useless and would have to do if not a 180 than a 120 to be useful.
The former president Friday shared a clip on his Truth Social account that contained an image of Mr Biden painted on the tailgate of a pickup truck.
The US president is depicted bound by his hands and ankles in the bed of the vehicle, which Mr Trump said was spotted in Long Island, New York, on Thursday, where Mr Trump this week attended a memorial service for a recently killed police officer.
It is a curious matter on “whatabout”ism that falls apart on impact. The only great “What about” is Kathy Griffin. But the real what about for Kathy Griffin is Ted Nugent, not Trump. Griffin and Nugent are not running for anything. And no Democratic party official or organisation promoted Griffin as Trump did here. Sure, it is only a sputtering of items in the internets but you go back to Haley and her campaign suspension speech. Trump is going to actively heed your call and do something differently now?