Colleen’s views on the 2024 Presidential race do not necessarily reflect those of the OB Rag.
By Colleen O’Connor
It is an odd time in U.S. politics. The majority of Americans do NOT want a rematch between Biden and Trump. Advancing age, declining mental acuity, multiple wars, global financial maladies, and fear, rather than fortitude, seems in ascendancy.
The GOP nomination is almost guaranteed to be Trump. The Democrats to be Biden. The pairing few want. The political quagmire, unsavory tactics, and lack of any adult governance (GOP House majority can’t keep a Speaker or deliver a budget) is beyond disturbing. It is bottomless.
Something needs to be done and quickly. What to do? How to do it? And why?
Prayer is preferable, but those praying seem to be “lost in the wilderness.” And have chosen “the Second Coming” as the answer. They may be right.
Don’t laugh. It could happen, but most would prefer some sanity and peace on this earth now.
Nikki Haley lost New Hampshire’s GOP primary race last night. Even so, Fox News voter analysis looked at 1,800 voters in the New Hampshire Republican Primary and found that over one-third of them said they would NEVER vote for Donald Trump. So, weak spot for Trump.
But she provided a brilliant comeback speech. Lots of joy, promises that the “race is not over.” Smiles, jabs and many references to Trump’s intellectual failings. In fact, to his recent slurred speech, ridiculous claims that he won New Hampshire primary and general elections in 2016 and 2020.
One would assume New Hampshire residents know this to be false.
Add Trump’s rambling, incoherent, attempts to describe a missile defense: “‘Ding, Ding, Ding, Boom, Whoosh!’
Things could change. A conviction for Trump, a Supreme Court decision that invokes the 14th Amendment and disqualifies Trump, or more evidence of mental fragility. Still, that would only bring about more chaos, more madness, and more belief in fiction not facts.
Beyond that, there is a centuries’ old fix. One that could solve everything without another Civil War or non-stop riots. One the Greeks employed and almost every generation after. Deux Ex machina. Literally translated, “God in the Machine.”
According to Wikipedia: Deus ex machina is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly or abruptly resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence.
Its function is generally to resolve an otherwise irresolvable plot situation, to surprise the audience, to bring the tale to a happy ending or act as a comedic device.
All the great storytellers, mystery writers, playwrights, and even Shakespeare made use of the device. Write a great story, but can’t solve the puzzle, find an appropriate crowd-pleasing ending, or any satisfactory ending at all, then call in “Deus ex machina.”
Sound effects instead of the English language!
Pray for the plot device. Trump could implode in public. And Biden could retire from the race.
“Deus ex machina” is as good as it gets for now.
“The majority of Americans do NOT want a rematch between Biden and Trump.”
I have been contemplating this statement ever since I first heard about this “poll”. I think this may be true only because most Americans don’t want EITHER of these two to run again. Trump has to lose at almost any cost, but that doesn’t mean Biden is a desirable candidate.
Once Trump is gone, then Biden will. To what? Desantis? Newsome? More of the same crap.
For about a year, I’ve been hoping Biden would see the light, and retire to Rehobeth Beach. Time to enjoy the grandchildren and honor the almost promise that he would only serve one term. Many people voted for him only because he wasn’t Trump and implied he’d only serve for four years.
His poll numbers continue to go South.
As for Trump, I’ve continued to hope for enough indictments and etc. that he’ll be off the ballot in several states, have another messy affair, something.
Who to vote for? Let’s see who’s on the ballot come the beginning of November.
I have been hoping for the same thing Tessa. Rehobeth Beach really is a nice place. Much nicer than D.C.. It’s not that Biden is a bad president. He is not. But he is not the right president. He served his purpose, he was the alternative when we needed him to be.
I have talked to many people though, that believe there is no way Orange Chaos gets in again. I think there may be too many people in some of these primary states that are only voting FOR him because they know he has the least chance of winning in November against Biden. So they would rather see him on the ticket than any other candidate.
I was/am still hoping that a conviction happens on at least some of these felony charges although I am skeptical that it would make much of a difference to many on the right. As much as the left thinks “anybody but Drumpf”, the right feels like “anybody but Joe” and will vote for the Racist Rapist anyway. It’s such a shame what we’ve become because of him.
Sorry Colleen, doesn’t look to be the case. Time to get over it and prepare for what you don’t want. Your GOPhers have no agenda except to be a disruption to any common sense. They’re blinded by their border security and worried about their white base being eroded by immigrants. Their corporate masters feed the illusion of freedom while subjecting you to economic slavery.
And if Biden does decide control of the border is important, he will likely win crossover votes. Funny thought?
God in the machine is a ploy. Wishing for something out of nowhere to happen. Let’s sit around and wait, and hope, and pray? Really? We sit around and let Ukraine slip away while chastising Israel for wiping out the terrorist system in Gaza because of innocent civilian casualties. Innocent civilians in Gaza should be spared, no more so than innocent Ukrainians. But yet many people stand on both sides of the aisle in opposite views.
My question in this God society, because it prevails throughout the world, would be, why are evil people allowed to live? To take innocent lives through no fault of their own? Your God, mine, or anybody else? When does it become right? Or are we fooling ourselves?
Stop beating around the bush with these goofy ass messages. I want to be kind, but have to call it out for what it is. BS
CS, some of your comments are just too brutal to respond to. Your “innocent civilian casualties” number more than 25,000.
Israel doesn’t put up with terrorists. But Hamas doesn’t care who’s in the way apparently when they attacked. So Israel is supposed to back off and let it go? Ukrainian bodies don’t matter to you either it seems with your response about the Gaza numbers. Putin, Xi, Kim, Iran, all these terrorists move on if Trump, in the pockets of the Saudis, gets power and withdraws from the world. Israel goes to hell then? A free for all for dictators? Interesting. But, in the end, I did say…….. Innocent civilians in Gaza should be spared, no more so than innocent Ukrainians. So reacting to mean I don’t care about Gaza civilians is wrong. Or that I completely justify it. That’s a point of itself. Defending oneself after being attacked is wrong? For Israel? For Ukraine? For the US after 9/11 in Afghanistan? Not Iraq. Thought that was WMD BS.
It’s now way over just a matter of “self-defense.” Israel has now committed the same error the US did after 9-11. Iraq had nothing to do with the attacks, just like most of the 2+ million people in Gaza. The opening sentences here are way off. Everything you say about Hamas can be applied to IDF 20 fold. And your overly broad brush strokes confuse so many issues, it’s not worth it to try to parse through them. So all the “terrorists” withdraw do they if Trump is elected – OMG!
No they don’t withdraw. Putin moves on to eastern Europe. Xi moves on to Taiwan. Kim moves on to South Korea. Iran moves on to Iraq. I have no doubt Trump would leave Israel on its own, which would undermine a Christian part of his base, but his using and discarding of people is second nature. Trump wants to be part of the dictator club trying to coalesce power in the US. The party is falling in behind him. I’m having doubts a court case will get going in time to be a meaningful deterrent. The deterrent is becoming the election, and then, is it enough to overcome the gerrymandering.
Okay, was just wondering where you were going with your rant.
And the circus continues. Trump on the sideline trying to torpedo border security legislation with minions questioning giving Biden a win while undermining help for Ukraine. It’s all about them.
https://news.yahoo.com/trainwreck-conservative-gop-senators-break-004108227.html
It probably isn’t surprising that the author didn’t note that 70% of Haley voters in NH were not Republican. If over 1/3 of Haley voters said they would never vote for Trump, that sounds like a lot of non-Republicans will at least consider Trump.
I find it somewhat hard to believe that so many people seem to think that it is a given that Trump will be on the ticket this November. 91 felony indictments and it’s Trump again? I also wonder if Trump is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s. Don’t get me wrong, I hope that he is Biden’s Republican opponent. I just think that it is far from a given though.
Pretty sad that democrats are cheering for Trump to be their opponent. You’re playing with fire. He has a legitimate chance of beating Biden. I would focus on strengthening the Democrat ticket before you wake up and find Trump is your next (and last?) president.
So there’s only been 11 contested primaries in NH in 104 years? That doesn’t smell right.
Whelp, my VA primary ballot (I’m independent so can choose Dem or GOP ballot) has an extraordinary amount of white space on it: just 3 choices- Marianne Williamson (isn’t she the spiritual crystal reader from the last race?!), Joe Biden, and Dean Benson Phillips (Rep, for 3 whole yrs, from Minn., with an education at the Carlson School of Mgmt). Um, yeah, those are the choices.
But why not factor the Doomsday clock into all of this? :). Maybe gallows humor, but after all, we’re at 90 secs now, almost anything could move the clock again… https://wapo.st/3HyaqC5
Dean Phillips looks pretty darn good compared to Biden or Trump.
He’s throwing his own cash in, assessing quite possibly that the train to elect Trump has left the station if Biden is at the helm.
But it’s early yet…..months to go….
Biden opens up lead on Trump amid growing gender gap: Quinnipiac poll–50% v. 44%. Women are reason why. No surprise there.