Former GOP consultant Stuart Stevens joins me to talk about the "long term" battle the majority must fight to defeat the GOP, which will continue as an authoritarian movement even after Trump.
You are the best. I follow your accounts wherever I can, as you give such a great perspective for fighting for democracy. Also love your book, it has a central position on my bookcase and in my life.
The current Republican Party is George Wallace's, the Koch brothers, extreme evangelists & Murdoch's party as well as Trump's now. They're the party of extreme bigots, corporatocrats/plutocrats, theocrats & fascists: the party of Conederates, Nazis & the Ku Klux Klan. We must try to facilitate their full implosion, or at least make sure that whatever is left of it is no more than a fringe party. Once that is accomplished, the main opposition party for the Democrats should come from the left.
The ideals may not just have been for marketing, but they are abstract and some of them require sacrifice. That is difficult. Trump offers an easy way out—or his followers think he does They dream they can be like the boss on The Apprentice. Rich with no perceptible effort.
It’s a sad statement on the modern GOP: the party’s racism is so deeply entrenched, so endlessly sprawling, that even artificial intelligence buckles under the task of cataloging it all.
I think it’s already over. If Harris wins, it’s just postponing the inevitable.
Fascism is what their people want and, between the structural advantages afforded them by the Senate and Electoral College and their successful capture of the judicial branch, I don’t see any way out of it.
Listen to the contrasting emotional tones between the #KamelaJoy and #UnravelTrumpMassPsychosis songs. Share them with soft-core MAGA, undecided, and independent voters to move the needle from red-to-purple-to-blue in the 7 swing states. If so moved, share this post and the songs on your social media outlet. https://open.substack.com/pub/equitymoonshot/p/how-might-we-unwoketheunwoke-to-makeamericathink?
This was the best morning coffee “ pump me up message” please take the time and watch this brilliant conversation.
And… as Stuart says, “ Dems, walk with swagger!” .. we are walking out on the field to win this election with Democracy in our back pocket! And, also share this with your friends and family !
WOW! Delighted to see two of my favorite brains, Stuart & Waj, who consistently show bravery and brilliance.
Thanks for getting together for your conversation and please don’t make this your last time together.
I’ve been to Russia. It’s unfortunate that so many American business people haven’t fully grasped how their lives and business will be impacted by voting to do business under an authoritarian like Traitor Trump. Totally insane.
Yes, we must play to win at all levels and keep beating them every time.
Thanks to you both for being on the frontline daily & telling the sobering truth. You’re appreciated. Cheers!
Again (and again) after 2012 Republicans vowed to stop being the Stupid Party. Then they decided that a better strategy would be to become even stupider in search of The Missing White Voter. Insane Clown brought that strategy to fruition beyond their wildest dreams. No doubt Scott Jennings is an execrable paid Insane Clown buttplug. But don't blame him. Blame the 3 or 4 liberal pundits who won't do anything beyond clucking their tongues and then proceeding with their prepared sleep inducing monologues. In turn blame Kamala and her smiley face pompom waving campaign that gives them nothing to pick up on and run with. Biden who finally speaks the unspeakable forbidden words Lock Him Up and wastes no time walking it back. If you think Kamala is running a brilliant campaign then you are mad. If you think Insane Clown playing the race card failed in 2020 you are mad. Insane Clown got 75M votes in 2020 he only lost because 4 years of clowning culminating in his pandemic response wore thin and Insane Clown basically threw the election bitching day after day how it would be stolen unless he won, preferring to incite a civil war to be fought over him.
Do you like the Democrats Monopoly on everything in Washington and the World ? More Genocide by Kamala the Black Indian, Black in the sense of Black Heart for the Genocide !
You are the best. I follow your accounts wherever I can, as you give such a great perspective for fighting for democracy. Also love your book, it has a central position on my bookcase and in my life.
thank you so much for the support!
Inshalla
I'm getting so tired of this crap!
The R’s, bless their shriveled souls, do think long term. Dem’s seem to think no farther than election. Excellent points.
Put your gloves on America. The fight has just begun.
The current Republican Party is George Wallace's, the Koch brothers, extreme evangelists & Murdoch's party as well as Trump's now. They're the party of extreme bigots, corporatocrats/plutocrats, theocrats & fascists: the party of Conederates, Nazis & the Ku Klux Klan. We must try to facilitate their full implosion, or at least make sure that whatever is left of it is no more than a fringe party. Once that is accomplished, the main opposition party for the Democrats should come from the left.
The ideals may not just have been for marketing, but they are abstract and some of them require sacrifice. That is difficult. Trump offers an easy way out—or his followers think he does They dream they can be like the boss on The Apprentice. Rich with no perceptible effort.
The GOP’s Racism Broke AI
It’s a sad statement on the modern GOP: the party’s racism is so deeply entrenched, so endlessly sprawling, that even artificial intelligence buckles under the task of cataloging it all.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-150895632?r=4d7sow&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I think it’s already over. If Harris wins, it’s just postponing the inevitable.
Fascism is what their people want and, between the structural advantages afforded them by the Senate and Electoral College and their successful capture of the judicial branch, I don’t see any way out of it.
Listen to the contrasting emotional tones between the #KamelaJoy and #UnravelTrumpMassPsychosis songs. Share them with soft-core MAGA, undecided, and independent voters to move the needle from red-to-purple-to-blue in the 7 swing states. If so moved, share this post and the songs on your social media outlet. https://open.substack.com/pub/equitymoonshot/p/how-might-we-unwoketheunwoke-to-makeamericathink?
This was the best morning coffee “ pump me up message” please take the time and watch this brilliant conversation.
And… as Stuart says, “ Dems, walk with swagger!” .. we are walking out on the field to win this election with Democracy in our back pocket! And, also share this with your friends and family !
WOW! Delighted to see two of my favorite brains, Stuart & Waj, who consistently show bravery and brilliance.
Thanks for getting together for your conversation and please don’t make this your last time together.
I’ve been to Russia. It’s unfortunate that so many American business people haven’t fully grasped how their lives and business will be impacted by voting to do business under an authoritarian like Traitor Trump. Totally insane.
Yes, we must play to win at all levels and keep beating them every time.
Thanks to you both for being on the frontline daily & telling the sobering truth. You’re appreciated. Cheers!
Again (and again) after 2012 Republicans vowed to stop being the Stupid Party. Then they decided that a better strategy would be to become even stupider in search of The Missing White Voter. Insane Clown brought that strategy to fruition beyond their wildest dreams. No doubt Scott Jennings is an execrable paid Insane Clown buttplug. But don't blame him. Blame the 3 or 4 liberal pundits who won't do anything beyond clucking their tongues and then proceeding with their prepared sleep inducing monologues. In turn blame Kamala and her smiley face pompom waving campaign that gives them nothing to pick up on and run with. Biden who finally speaks the unspeakable forbidden words Lock Him Up and wastes no time walking it back. If you think Kamala is running a brilliant campaign then you are mad. If you think Insane Clown playing the race card failed in 2020 you are mad. Insane Clown got 75M votes in 2020 he only lost because 4 years of clowning culminating in his pandemic response wore thin and Insane Clown basically threw the election bitching day after day how it would be stolen unless he won, preferring to incite a civil war to be fought over him.
Why Defeat the GOP ?
Do you like the Democrats Monopoly on everything in Washington and the World ? More Genocide by Kamala the Black Indian, Black in the sense of Black Heart for the Genocide !
Another day another Russian bot
Excellent conversation! Thank you!!
Good Read this evening, Wajahat, and will reStack ASAP 💯👍💙🌊