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[–] [email protected] 76 points 5 months ago (3 children)

If she can win ~5 states I think she gets to make certain demands at the convention. Such as giving a speech or requiring a platform be written.

No Haley fan, but I am interested to see what or if her plan here is.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Her plan is to be there as soon as Trump goes to prison to say "I'm here, not in prison, and I'm ready to run the country".

Don't mind the fact that project 2025 will be implemented with any Republican candidate.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The plan is to be able to step in if years of grifting or double quarter pounders with cheese catch up to the front runner.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

She also might be trying to place herself as a contender for the 2028 election. If Trump wins and doesn't completely up end the two term limit then in 2028 the Republican party will need a new presidential candidate. If he loses he may not live to see the 2028 election and it's the same thing. She's only doing what every sycophant and nonconformist has done throughout human history, planning ahead for when the king dies.

The rules for rulers

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

She might be burning her bridges with the Trumpers too though. Hard to know.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean, what are they going to do? vote democrat?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Vote for someone else in the primary. Someone who showed loyalty to Trump.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I suspect that Don. Jr. would be the next republican front runner if Trump doesn't live until, or cannot run in 2028.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Don Jr and Eric have no rizz. If big D dies, they'll treat him like Elvis. They'll keep buying the merch but no one bought any Lisa Marie albums.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I hope you're right.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago

I'm hoping that this one loss irritates him forever, like having a tiny rock in his shoe that he can't seem to get rid of.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I think she knows she's a protest vote.

What are the rules if Trump suddenly dies? I can't imagine they just crown her the nomination.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There really aren't any. No candidate has withdrawn or died before the election, and nobody ever really considered the possibility even as candidate ages grow older and older.

[–] Unforeseen 8 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They would just Weekend at Bernie's him.

Someone could expose the whole charade before the end of the Primaries... And he'd still get the nomination.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think the real reason that Koch foundation, etc al, funded her campaign until last week was still that they'd have somebody qualified in case it's rolled that Trump is ineligible.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Trump cannot be ineligible, he installed too many SCOTUS seats to be vulnerable to mere laws.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I think all his delegates would become unbound and there could be a floor fight at the convention if someone steps up to challenge Haley.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm cheering her on if only because any of her wins has to burn another ulcer in Trump's stomach.

Plus, Biden might be able to beat Trump again; I'm not so sure how he'd do against Haley, especially after she'd pivot post-primary to more moderate center messaging.

I'm still glad she's hanging in there being a distraction for Trump. She's definitely going to lead the party ticket in 2028, though. This is just a pre-game practice for her, and the Democrat party better be paying attention. I mean, assuming Trump fails to turn his presidency into a perpetual dictatorship a-la Putin, which is still on the bingo board.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

She's definitely going to lead the party ticket in 2028, though

After opposing their God-King? I wouldn't be so sure unless they make some drastic changes.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lol as if Presidente Trump is going to repeat the mistake of allowing another election

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

His supporters would probably back constitutional change removing the term limit, so a "good" president can stay in for longer

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Every Democrat in an open primary State should be voting for the least terrible Republican that isn't trump for this primary election. Trump getting booted from the general election is the best possible outcome.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

the least terrible Republican that isn't trump for this primary election.

And who might that be? While Trump is by far the worst, none of the others seem significantly better than each other.

Plus everyone, but Haley and Trump have dropped out.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Basically just Haley now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Chris Christie seemed passable, but I guess he's out now? He was on my ballot. So I guess just Haley.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Haley has a better chance of beating Biden if she's the nominee, and she would likely implement the same policies as Trump just with a more professional demeanor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

She's out. That fat ass unintelligible buffoon swept the primaries.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A woman of color running to be the face of the Republican party..... 🤦‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Right wing Indian Americans unironically think they're "Aryan" when the Nazis start up their spiels, they seem to genuinely believe they're in the club. There's actually a pretty interesting historical interaction between the Hindu nationalist movements and Nazism.

Nikki's kind of weird, though. Her parents were Sikh, and she says she's Christian, but I tend to assume political religious believers have only one tenet of faith, the tenet of personal gain.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I've known a number of gay republicans who are the same way and super antitrans, in their minds there's no universe where that'd ever backfire on them once the trans folk are successfully eliminated.

I've never understood these people who are like "I get it...... Til I don't, THEN I HATE IT." Like, gay republicans understand that gay hatred is misguided and stupid and born of falsehoods like waking up one day deciding dick is the way - then give that same ignorant hatred to the next marginalized group.

I have a friend, generic cis woman. Borderline leftist. Pro worker, pro woman/abortion/autonomy, pro gay, generally live and let live, BUT self professed TERF. Workers? Oppressed folk just trying to live life. Women? Oppressed folk just trying to live life. Gays, POC? Oppressed folk just trying to live life.

Trans folk? Trans women aren't real, they're men stealing womanhood and femininity right out from under real women's noses and must be stopped.

I DON'T GET IT. I don't understand how you can just have such an arbitrary wall where it's like "Hate is bullshit and we're ALL being kept down and fucked.......... Except THEM. They're comically sat morning cartoon evil."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I guess Trump didn't grab enough (pussy) delegates, this time.