Just once I would like to have a Republican senator running on an ultra-conservative platform get elected and the reveal they are secretly an ultra-progressive.
Not even reveal they’re ultra-progressive*, just sign progressive policy into law, while going, “Huh? What?? I didn’t do that, you’re imagining things!”
You know, like how conservatives openly deny reality nowadays.
Edit: my autocorrect changed “ultra-progressive” to “ultra-conservative”. Chat, has my phone been hacked by the deep state?
The MAGA party seems pretty easy to trick. They don’t believe in facts so you could literally be a progressive behind closed doors, so long as you’re racist in public.
The problem isn’t necessarily the voting bloc. The problem is the Republican establishment. You start voting with the Democrats and Republicans more influential than you will start batting at you. You could fight this by calling out fake news, that your opponents are part of the problem. They are Washington insiders, part of the swamp.
But you really have to have the cult personality to do so.
My version of this would be to run a campaign on the basis of “You know Joe Manchin, and how he’s an absolute thorn in the side of the Democratic Party? Well, how about we elect a Republican version of him, who is technically a Republican but who is a goddamn pain in the ass for the Republican party! Vote for me, and I’ll live rent free in every Republican’s head and drive them absolutely fucking crazy!”
Also you have to be fine being openly racist and shitty. Then just hope the left will understand your motives and forgive.
I think it’s easier for dems to move right as they get older on account of mental decline. Fetterman had a stroke. RFK had brain worms. Brains don’t magically “get better” with age. They can however be injured and get worse.
Just once I would like to have a Republican senator running on an ultra-conservative platform get elected and the reveal they are secretly an ultra-progressive.
You’re talking about Teddy Roosevelt. I know you meant a modern example, but that was very much Teddy Roosevelt.
Not even reveal they’re ultra-progressive*, just sign progressive policy into law, while going, “Huh? What?? I didn’t do that, you’re imagining things!”
You know, like how conservatives openly deny reality nowadays.
Edit: my autocorrect changed “ultra-progressive” to “ultra-conservative”. Chat, has my phone been hacked by the deep state?
I’ve actually given this considerable thought.
The MAGA party seems pretty easy to trick. They don’t believe in facts so you could literally be a progressive behind closed doors, so long as you’re racist in public.
The problem isn’t necessarily the voting bloc. The problem is the Republican establishment. You start voting with the Democrats and Republicans more influential than you will start batting at you. You could fight this by calling out fake news, that your opponents are part of the problem. They are Washington insiders, part of the swamp.
But you really have to have the cult personality to do so.
My version of this would be to run a campaign on the basis of “You know Joe Manchin, and how he’s an absolute thorn in the side of the Democratic Party? Well, how about we elect a Republican version of him, who is technically a Republican but who is a goddamn pain in the ass for the Republican party! Vote for me, and I’ll live rent free in every Republican’s head and drive them absolutely fucking crazy!”
Also you have to be fine being openly racist and shitty. Then just hope the left will understand your motives and forgive.
I think it’s easier for dems to move right as they get older on account of mental decline. Fetterman had a stroke. RFK had brain worms. Brains don’t magically “get better” with age. They can however be injured and get worse.