According to several high-profile “conservatives,” Republicans are getting tired. Republicans are “exhausted” and fatigue is setting in because supposedly all of us have had enough of Trump and the Democrat Left are super mean.
Here’s the tweet that set me off:
Starting to encounter Republicans who wonder if maybe the President should step aside for Pence. They're absolutely in the minority on the GOP side, but there does seem to be a fatigue setting in — tired of always fighting and always having to defend.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) October 1, 2019
First of all, whomever the Republicans are that Erick speaks of, they need to quit whining. Secondly, the idea of Trump stepping aside from Pence and life in this Republic will go back to all hearts/flowers and unicorn farts? Horse shit. Utter horse shit.
Erick and the rest of you oh-so-tired pansies…pull your heads out and take a good look around. Just today, the WaPo helpfully published a story highlighting how peaches, yes PEACHES are now the symbol of Trump’s impending impeachment. Furthermore, the WaPo is here to tell us that the true facts of the Mueller Report meant that Russia’s attempt to interfere in the 2016 election actually meant that YES, Trump and Russia conspired together!
The Russia probe’s origins have already been examined by Mr. Mueller, congressional investigators and an aggressive, independent press. It is undeniable that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Mr. Trump, that Russian cutouts interacted with people in Mr. Trump’s circle and that multiple Trump confidantes lied to investigators. Mr. Trump nevertheless insists, without evidence, that the Russia probe was a “hoax” and has all but ordered his attorney general to find evidence that casts doubt on these conclusions.”
I busted a gut laughing at the “aggressive, independent press.” line. The media may be aggressive all right. But independent they are not. The mainstream media is firmly in the tank for the Left. Here’s the New York Times gushing over Rachel Maddow.
“Recently, I went to dinner at the home of Rebecca Kee, a preschool principal in San Francisco who turned to Maddow in her depression and confusion over the 2016 election. I brought a bottle of rosé, and she poured it into glasses decorated with charms that featured Russia-investigation figures on one side and characters from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” on the other. I sipped from the Hope Hicks/Beverly Crusher glass, and we watched Maddow’s show over veggie enchiladas. “I think of her as a news doula: You know the news is going to be painful no matter what, so we might as well have someone who helps us survive it,” Kee told me.”
This is the same New York Times that held an internal staff town hall in which we find out that the entire newsroom was working 24/7 since prior to the 2016 election to brand Trump as a colluder with Russia. Since that didn’t work, at the same town hall the pivot is now Trump Racist!! From the questions asked during that town hall, it is quite evident that all the staff desperately wants Trump to be the racist pig they “believe” he is.
The rest of the media isn’t any better. So you know what, Erick? You may be tired, but I’m not. I’m MAD and in the fight for the long haul. I’m not the only one:
please quit. My Gosh, you sound like whiny little rich kids who didn't get the latest iphone And you know what the dumbest part of this all is, you think this will go away when Trump is gone. It's like you don't remember Reagan being hounded, Bush being called Hilter, or every
— Adam Muceus (@AdamMuceus) October 1, 2019
conservative in this country being called a racist homophobic dumb ass daily by these crazy pagans on the left in media and politics for 30 years. They will come after Pence, or any official who wants to end their worship of child killing with the same amount of fury as trump.
— Adam Muceus (@AdamMuceus) October 1, 2019
Adam is absolutely correct. Read his entire tweet thread here. The media and the Democrats in Congress want to destroy this Republic in favor of their utopian socialistic government-must-rule-all and tax us into oblivion.
The media and Democrats remain silent while violent cretin thugs like Antifa attack true independent journalists and elderly ladies.
The media and Democrats in Congress rallied around Christine Blasey Ford because their hatred of Trump was so strong and their fear that SCOTUS would kick Roe v. Wade to the curb. They rallied around her while gleefully throwing the rule of law, due process, and our Constitution into the toilet.
The citizens of Hong Kong are fighting for their freedom and their lives against the dictatorship called China:
“Because Hong Kongers are up against terrible odds in defying Beijing. China has 1.4 billion people, a huge military, a massive domestic security apparatus and a communist party that has preserved its monopoly rule for 70 years by persecuting, imprisoning or killing those who dissent (remember Tiananmen, 1989). Hong Kong has 7.5 million people, no army of its own, a chief executive handpicked by Beijing, and a police force evidently enjoined by that chief executive, Carrie Lam, or her bosses in mainland China, to enforce not the interests of Hong Kongers, but the desires of Beijing.”
No Erick, don’t you DARE tell me that Republicans are tired. The citizens of Hong Kong stand to lose EVERYTHING, and they continue to fight.
This found via Ace of Spades is apt:
Erick and the rest of the buttercups need to pull on their big boy panties and suck it up. Why? Because rolling over to the Democrats and the Left will accomplish only ONE thing, Erick: the destruction of this amazing Republic.
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Paladin says: Whoa! Nina rides Erick-the-Limp for the Gelding Stakes.
Micha Elyi says: Talk is cheap and you’re full of it.™
I don’t see you or any of the self-styled “Victory Girls” walking precincts for your Orange Man.
Jodi Giddings says: Whoa! Don’t tell me you have spies watching us in every precinct! It’s obvious that you don’t. You’ll need to figure out why that is all on your own. 😉
Nina Bookout says: Hi Micha!
It’s been interesting reading your comments here. Seems you have an idea of what we should and shouldn’t be doing in the political realm, blogging I guess, is not one of those acceptable avenues according to you.
That’s ok. I’ll keep exercising my free speech rights here in this internet echo chamber and in public (while wearing my camouflage Trump 2020 hat) to keep fighting for this Republic.
Thanks so much for reading! Cheers!
Joe in PNG says: Even as the Red Army was surrounding Berlin in 1945, there were still Russians defecting to the Nazis.
GWB says: an aggressive, independent press
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… *breath*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… *breath*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh. Stop. I’m gonna pee. Stop!
Mr. Trump nevertheless insists, without WITH PILES AND PILES AND FRIGGIN’ PILES of evidence, that the Russia probe was a “hoax”
FIFY, WaPo
But, you know what? I AM tired! I am SO friggin’ tired of the constant fight against those who would destroy our Republic and enslave my posterity to achieve their utopian vision and take their place at the top of said utopia. I am tired of constantly being harangued and slandered because I love Freedom, Justice, Truth and the American Way. I am tired of having to fight to keep the technocracy at bay.
Oh yes, I am also tired of Trump saying stupid crap on Twitter and often being needlessly antagonistic.
But I’m glad he’s on my side for the most part, and I’ll stand beside him.
And I’ll stand beside any Republican who fights for our rights, our principles, our Constitution, and our Republic.
What Erick and others don’t understand is that there is real fatigue out here in conservative-land. But it’s the fatigue of fighting a long war – a long war for our very existence.
And, when we get tired of fighting that fight, we won’t surrender. We’ll finally decide to let fully slip the dogs of war. And Shiva will then come to visit those who would be our tyrants. And puss**s like Erick will be cowering in their bunker wondering where it all went wrong.
Exactly, GWB.
First thing that came to my mind? The scene in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” where Indiana, with a very tired look on his face, pulls out the .45 and plugs the bozo playing tough guy with his sword. (I seem to recall, on one of the “Iconic Movie Scenes That Weren’t In the Script” that Ford was actually tired and had injured himself that day – the script called for him to deal with the guy with the bullwhip.)
Erickson, Will, French, etc. – need to realize that if/when the fascists are dealt with in a final way, their enablers will be dealt with in the same manner.
Joe in PNG says: From the DVD, Harrison, and a fair number of cast and crew had food poisoning.
Ford was really wanting to be back at the porcelain throne, and a day of filming a fight scene in the hot sun wasn’t really appealing that that point.
So he asked “why I don’t I just shoot him”, and cinematic history was made.
Ah, thank you. Semi-perfect memory, anyway…
I am hoping, in the same glass half-full way, that we don’t get to the point where the majority of us don’t say “Why don’t I just shoot the guy?”
Joe in PNG says: I’ll add that I was tired in times past of having spineless establishment Republicans oh so eager to cower and lick the boots of the Democrats in the name of “bipartisanship”, or hurriedly dump all those values they campaigned on to suck up to the media.
Cowards willing to ignore the words and actions of Democrats as they would rather lose gracefully and return to their accustom role of house lickspittle for Jon Stewart.
Trump fights back, and has seemingly started others of the GOP to do the same.
Frgough says: I am NOT tired of Trump’s tweets. You are in the same mindset as Erickson: “If Trump would just stop tweeting, we’d have peace.”
No. We. Wouldn’t.
You don’t win a street fight with Marquis of Queensbury Rules.
GWB says: You are in the same mindset as Erickson: “If Trump would just stop tweeting, we’d have peace.”
If you think that’s what I wrote, then you’re just as blind as any leftist. Nice to have you in the fight, but you’d be much more effective if you thought instead of reacting.
ray ward says: One good way to overcome fatigue is to stop the attackers permanently. No need to argue with a dead leftist, or with one hiding under his bed.
I’m puzzled. How can Erickson be tired of fighting when he’s never fought? (Same for Bill Kristol, Jonah Goldberg, Mona Charen, George Will, Jeff Flake, and the rest of those weirdos.)
These weasely milquetoasts have sided with the left, primarily because President Trump is uncouth. They ought to reconsider, because things are likely to become nastier, and they’ve staked out a position that everyone else hates: the unprincipled wimp.
Joe in PNG says: “Hilfswilliger” and “Hiwi” also work.
Micha Elyi says: I laugh at #LazyTrumpists who yammer on and on in these Internet echo chambers about who has “never fought”. Four of your fingers are pointin’ right back at’cha, Steelie Boy. Hah ha.
Walk those precincts, bubbie. Never let fair weather go to waste.™
Rush had a great comment IMHO. To the effect that the RINOs would rather LOSE, have the Dems in charge, because then they get all the perks of being in office as “kept pets” while not having to have responsibility. They can line their pockets, and have laudatory articles written by the enemedia – while they hope and pray they can fatten themselves at the public trough fast enough before the country crashes.
Pete says: Totally certain the Left would treat President Pence with absolute respect, because look at how they rewarded John McCain for his support when he decided to run.
Kristian H says: “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
Also, “Be the America Hong Kong thinks you are (http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8448)
GWB says: Good reminders, Kristian!
Robin says: this
D Rogers says: Love this site and the chiquita’s that comment here!
For the 1,042nd time: this #onetimenervoustrumper in 2016 could not support the President any more. My resolve and cold anger(non-violent) only grows with each day!
Jodi Giddings says: #MeToo
Cameron says: It’s OK, Erick. We’ll do the heavy lifting. Just don’t expect us to treat you kindly when it’s all done.
And yes, I am tired also. I’m tired of being called a Nazi, a White Nationalist, a cisheteronormativepatriarchalcolonial oppressor. But after some introspection, I realized that punching back is a good solution. Not even physically. Just demand they back up their arguments with something other than their chafed buttocks and watch the fun begin.
Micha Elyi says: I’m not impressed by cheap talk and posturing from #LazyTrumpists. Do the “heavy lifting” of walking those precincts, organizing public rallies, and marching down your home town’s Main Street carrying your homemade signs. Prep the 2020 political battlespace. Prove that you have some ground game that doesn’t involve made-in-China tiki torches, bubbie.
You talk of “punching back” from your orifice centered between each of your “chafed buttocks”. You are like so many other Trumpists who hide in these Internet echo chambers and fear wearing your MAGA caps in public.
DD says: I’ll try and reduce this down to the level you might understand. You aren’t the center of the universe. You don’t get to make the rules on what is or is not done to ‘establish credentials’. You have no power to dictate the behavior of anyone else.
Individuals, like the bloggers here, each work in their own ways to build our society. We the people are tired of being ‘nice’. We play by our rules, not yours.
I think Erickson has been listening to NeverTrumpers, and of course they’re tired! They never were anything else.
Also, I believe it was Melissa Harris Perry who wore the tampon earrings, not Ms. Maddow.
GWB says: Oh, and big kudos, Nina, for the Lilli von Shtupp scene! It was the first thing I thought of when I saw the headline.
Nina Bookout says: Thanks!! Definite h/t to Ace on this one. 😉
Well said!
I do understand temporary fatigue. We’ve all had those days when we just had to step away from the fight for a while. Usually, I shut down the computer, get some fresh air and exercise, and indulge in some binge TV (NUMB3RS is my fav for that – or, Monk).
It’s like R & R. Even in the midst of a long siege, it’s a good practice to take some occasional breaks from standing on the battle line. Get away, have a few drinks, and Dance!
If you don’t build in periodic refreshing moments, you will burn out.
But, no, don’t just walk away. Don’t permanently abandon the field to your enemies.
You owe it to the rest of us to stick around, and fight.
Failure to stay marks you as a man/woman/whatever to be shunned, forever. When you walk into the room, all good people should turn their backs. Any drinks you buy for the group should be turned over onto the floor.
Robin says: I’ve seen many R presidents attacked by the media. No president is perfect but there are times I wish they would have stood up against the lies and unjust statements that were laughably false. This president is draining the swamp. But you can’t drain the swamp without the swamp monster fighting back.
GWB says: I don’t think he’s draining the swamp so much as stirring it up so all the bottom-feeders come up for air.
But, it’s a start.
Skip says: When the going gets tough, the tough get going. “Over? Did you say ?over?? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no!” John “Bluto” Blutarsky
Clyde says: Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? When?
GWB says: Somebody needs a Pop Culture for Dummies. 😉
(It’s from Animal House. If you haven’t seen it, you may have to dig to find it and watch, as it’s certainly not very woke. But certainly do watch it.)
GWB says: And, of course, a moment after I hit POST, my brain said “The right answer was:
Forget it, he’s rolling.”
*facepalm*
I don’t recall ever seeing a presidential primary cycle where *all* the leading contestants of one party openly condemn the voters of the other side, and campaign on the harm they’ll visit on opposition voters if elected. I cannot understand what the neverTrumpers imagine will happen if Trump is brought down. Do they think Green New Deal, citizen disarmament, gutting of the First Amendment, abolition of private health insurance, confiscatory taxation, etc. are mere quibbles?
GWB says: openly condemn the voters of the other side
“You people are all a bunch of hicks and inbreds and idiots! You suck and are NAZIs to boot! Now vote for me, damnit!”
A winning strategy for sure.
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cheeflo says: Tired of fighting? When did the GOP establishment ever actually fight for anything? They routinely play by Marquess of Queensbury rules, even in a street fight, because they don’t want to get their hair mussed.
Mark says: Rachel Maddow is mockable for any number of things, but the tampon earring stunt is not among them. That was Melissa Perry. Just, you know, for the record.
Nina Bookout says: Thanks for the catch!
W. A. says: I knew it the minute Erikson posted this yesterday. By way of how you began the 2016 election and now this skewed observation? How many ways do we have to say it Mr. Erikson, you no longer matter. Folks, if you are a true Conservative and aren’t fired up today? You’re not a Conservative, not even close.
Deserttrek says: These are the same limp wristed cowards who were never Trumpers to begin with
Little girlie men need a pedicure and a nice soak to feel better
Mike-in-Keller says: Dear tired Republican elite: Shut up and do your job.
“But but but, defending Trump is not my job!”
It is, when defending him is consistent with defending the Constitution and the rule of law. It is when lawless rabble are attempting a coup d’etat.
BZZZzzz... says: He said we’d get tired of WINNING……………….I’m not there, quite yet.
Dirk says: Correction: It was MSLSD hostette Melissa Harris-Perry who wore the tampon earrings, not angry young man Rachel Madcow.
Steve S says: If you’re so tired, then get the hell out of my way and stop trying to usurp the camera as if you are some kind of a leader. Hey – leadership is hard, huh?
Poor baby. Why don’t you have a nice quiet lie-down for a while?
Chris Cha says: To those “tired” Republican wussies, I say pull up your big boy pants / big girl panties and fight for your country. The Ukraine hoax is a refinement of the Russia hoax. The Democrat / Media were able to throw unsubstantiated crap at the President for 2 1/2 years to impede progress on his agenda. They will continue doing this until we throw it back in their faces…. by which I mean indict and imprison those who broke the law.
Chris Cha says: ….indict, CONVICT, and imprison…
James Raclawski says: oh…bloody krap-doddle… you gotta be kidding! IS this for real?! some number of gopeas are getting …. a little overwhelmed …. and maybe even getting a bit too tired to support and defend the REPUBLIC… the CONSTITUTION… your kid’s and grandkid’s chance at what you’ve enjoyed?!?!
IF TRUE… then splash some cold water on your ugly mug….. grab an energy bar… pair up with a “battle-buddy”…. and quit your twitterpation.. POTUS is in one non-stop firefight… you gonna leave him all alone ?? not me ….
Semper Fi
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