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Erick Erickson's column is aptly titled--off the rails again. He begins by saying 2024 started as a contest between two disliked men, one with a great economy (until the pandemic undid it) and one with a bad economy. I could quarrel with his characterization of Trump's economy vs Biden's, the facts exist for anyone interested, but the bigger issue I have is that it's not a damn popularity contest. The problem isn't that Trump is disliked (though it's true)--it's that his policies and the policies of his party call for the end of democracy and the installation of a Christian Nationalist theocracy which is opposed by the vast majority of Americans. Read Project 2025, the majority of the authors of which either worked for Trump or for the party--far from not knowing anything about it, it's the blueprint for the next "conservative" president. Consider that according to Business Insider (not exactly a bastion of liberalism) 40 of his 44 cabinet appointees don't endorse him (including his former VP)--these are the people that worked most closely with him who call him the greatest threat to democracy and the rule of law and others have noted he's "dumb as shit." Take a gander at the text of his latest rally or his "press conference", it's an incoherent rambling word salad of documented lies. Incoherent and rambling being concerns often levied against Biden before he refused the democratic nomination. Even without considering his felony convictions (which most Republicans say should disqualify people from voting), people don't like his policies or his vision. At any rate, the presidency is not a popularity contest where the press, or in this case Erickson, try to make it about who is more well-liked. Let's leave the hyperbolic generalizations about Harris and Walz and their "left wing extremist agenda" intent on "turning us communist" behind and debate the issues and stay away from Tik Tok influencers and the owner of Twitter/X and his "interviews".
Erick Erickson's column is aptly titled--off the rails again. He begins by saying 2024 started as a contest between two disliked men, one with a great economy (until the pandemic undid it) and one with a bad economy. I could quarrel with his characterization of Trump's economy vs Biden's, the facts exist for anyone interested, but the bigger issue I have is that it's not a damn popularity contest. The problem isn't that Trump is disliked (though it's true)--it's that his policies and the policies of his party call for the end of democracy and the installation of a Christian Nationalist theocracy which is opposed by the vast majority of Americans. Read Project 2025, the majority of the authors of which either worked for Trump or for the party--far from not knowing anything about it, it's the blueprint for the next "conservative" president. Consider that according to Business Insider (not exactly a bastion of liberalism) 40 of his 44 cabinet appointees don't endorse him (including his former VP)--these are the people that worked most closely with him who call him the greatest threat to democracy and the rule of law and others have noted he's "dumb as shit." Take a gander at the text of his latest rally or his "press conference", it's an incoherent rambling word salad of documented lies. Incoherent and rambling being concerns often levied against Biden before he refused the democratic nomination. Even without considering his felony convictions (which most Republicans say should disqualify people from voting), people don't like his policies or his vision. At any rate, the presidency is not a popularity contest where the press, or in this case Erickson, try to make it about who is more well-liked. Let's leave the hyperbolic generalizations about Harris and Walz and their "left wing extremist agenda" intent on "turning us communist" behind and debate the issues and stay away from Tik Tok influencers and the owner of Twitter/X and his "interviews".