As much as I’d like to accept what you say here on faith, the left just spent the last week losing their shit over the end of affirmative action. That kind of reaction fits precisely into Ramaswamy’s definition of woke.
I don't know the answer to this...but that seems like a plan that Trump boasted about a lot (though conveniently never attempted). Is it still popular enough with enough of Trumps supporters, that its something the other candidates need to fake until the primary is over? Obviously leaving NATO isn't happening, and shouldn't happen.
Does that mean you agree that offering to leave NATO to Russia is disqualifying? I heard it on SiriusXM POTUS channel. I’m not the only poster that’s heard it. Look back to the one I responded to.
Nope, I googled his name, it came up with a link to his campaign site that is below. He mentions only two things there, other than a need for money. First was to defeat woke, the second to "restore American excellence".
winred.vivek2024.com
I don't see the same thing you're describing.Nope, I googled his name, it came up with a link to his campaign site that is below. He mentions only two things there, other than a need for money. First was to defeat woke, the second to "restore American excellence".
I just donated to Vivek for 2024!
I am standing with Vivek Ramaswamy to end wokeism and save America. Donate today to help Vivek WIN the White House.
It isn't irrelevant as it shows his core beliefs. It may not happen, but the fact he wants to do those things leads one to question his judgement.
On the left side I see a bar with donation amounts. Below that are some checkboxes, the first for monthly. The second is that they need to hit their July mid-month goal. It then says "If you want to defeat wokeism...". Below that one can mark that they are retired. It appears on my PC and my Android.
I’d be good with ending birthright citizenship. The time for that is past. Most countries don’t have it and they’re probably right.
as giggity said the neocon bush type. i'm not going to get into a debate with you on foreign policy other than at the surface level because i do not know enough. what i do know is the surface level is the extent of most voters understanding of same. i think when trump said we are not going to be the policeman to the world it resonated. i don't think young voters today want old school conservatives. bush types. i don't. and i recognize you are a military man so you are vested in this stuff and i respect your opinion and service and aloha the neocons approach might be right. it might be prudent and sound. but i don't think it's what people (and younger) people today want. they want to focus on america. make america great. through trump policies. through wokeism. whatever. not go into iraq or afghanistan or anywhere else. i don't think low recruitment figures are a coincidence. i think they are a sign or maybe even a totem.
Thanks. I thought that was all just T&C's regarding the donation. Didn't really read it close enough.
Nope, I googled his name, it came up with a link to his campaign site that is below. He mentions only two things there, other than a need for money. First was to defeat woke, the second to "restore American excellence".
I just donated to Vivek for 2024!
I am standing with Vivek Ramaswamy to end wokeism and save America. Donate today to help Vivek WIN the White House.
Who’s a Neocon now? What does it mean? I believe isolationism is wrong and dangerous, and that we should have the best military in the world, but those things don’t equal Neocon.
Not something he has committed to or even proposed but when Dave Smith pressed him on it, he far from took it off the table.
we're trying to find a conservative you like. my guess is you are a fan of the bush types. neocons. that's a dying breed in the republican party imo. i suspect we are going to see more and more younger politicians willing to engage globally economically but not militarily. so yes there will be greater isolation, as promoted by trump and i trust many others. vivek and if you'll recall desantis also said that he doesn't believe support for ukraine is in the best interest of the united states. vivek and desantis are both elites, both harvard/yale, both exceptionally young.
Dave Smith is a full blown end the state libertarian in the mold of Ron Paul and helped blow up and remold the '22 Libertarian Convention as part of the Mises caucus. There's little wonder that he brought it up. I kind of like the way Vivek handled that.
A NeoCon is someone who fails to see how antagonistic foreign policy makes us less safe not more.
nonzero.substack.com
I don’t like DeSantis or Trump. Vivek offering Russia the US pulling out of NATO is a nonstarter. Pence has too much Trump stank in him to have a chance. I like Haley and Scott best. I’d take Hutchinson if he managed to win the primaries. I like Christie too, but he also has some Trump stank on him. He’ll be fun to watch in the debates.
Lol…thanks for the post. It’s amazing how false narratives get pushed so quickly. @Aloha Hoosier he didn’t say he wanted to leave NATO. In my best Trump voice, FAKE NEWS.
So right of the bat you’re wrong. I don’t support an antagonistic foreign policy. Most everything in that is either totally wrong or mostly wrong, ending with our interests are best served via the barrel of a gun. Wrong.A NeoCon is someone who fails to see how antagonistic foreign policy makes us less safe not more.
Bringing NATO to Russia’s doorstep had predictable results.
The memo that failed to prevent war
Why didn’t the Bush administration pay more attention to a warning about Ukraine issued in 2008?
Russia made clear that Georgia and Ukraine admittance to NATO was a red line. Yet NATO continued to kick around the idea. Merkel went as far as to say “We’re just biding time” following the Minsk agreement.
George Kennan also warned of NATO expansion leading to conflict after the end of the Cold War.
The idea of NATO being a defensive alliance is no more comforting to Putin than a Cuban -Russian defensive alliance would be to us.
A NeoCon is someone who believes we were attacked on 9/11 because “They hate our freedom”. Someone who acts surprised every time a U.S. backed regime change in Libya, Syria or Iraq only makes things worse.
Someone who thinks American interests around the world are best secured via the barrel of a gun.
An Aloha.
i don't think that's going to work for politicians going forward. again i don't think it's a coincidence recruitment is down. i was at my favorite deli last week and some dude was in a full fatigues military outfit in line behind me. i did a double take. it was anachronistic. almost like seeing a nun. i had my deli guy put his lunch on my tab. grab these immigrants at the border. they're already tough. get them educated up and give them a path to citizenship through service. the smart ones at least
And that is the last we’ll hear from you on the topic of NATO expansion being provocative because your position is wrong. Dead wrong.
I have an incredibly solid base. Some say the most solid base in the history of bases. Quite extraordinary, actually. My base is leterally the envy of other bases around the world.
I didn’t say he wanted to leave NATO. Don’t change what I said. What Goo and I both said was that Vivek said he’d considering pulling out of NATO in exchange for peace in Ukraine. It wasn’t that video interview, it was on POTUS and that is definitely what I understood him to say. That position is a nonstarter for me. If he rolls that back or changes it, he might be back to viable. He’s pretty smooth in his interviews too.
He who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man.
Well that settles it, if your cousin Jethro doesn’t care, no one does.🙄
Just one thing: the "party" does not equate to "the conservatives." It could, but it is not necessary and, I think most of the party is not conservative anymore in the meaningful sense that word has been used for the last 100-200 years.
One thing I noticed is that he repeatedly promises to do X, but that it could only be temporary and he would stop doing X later. For example, he wants to "temporarily" end birthright citizenship. Can't remember other specific examples, but he did it repeatedly to the point that it seemed he was hedging on just about everything.
This is probably why he won't win: he does hour-long interviews. That kind of transparency leads to more opportunity to screw up and have people take you out of context and find things to attack you on. I don't think many voters value the willingness to put yourself out there like that or penalize those who don't.
I think he’s piggybacking on some of Desantis’ anti woke slash compromised agencies rhetoric. Dumping agencies has obviously been done but it ain’t easy and requires congress
