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Is There Something More Radical than MAGA?
J.D. Vance Is Dreaming It.

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Posted By: Trapper, 3/16/2024 12:30:26 PM

J.D. Vance arrived at Saddle Up Saloon — a Western-themed bar 30 miles outside Manchester — dressed for the part: blue jeans, pale-blue button down and a bright red MAGA hat. As he grabbed the mic and took his place in front of a “Trump 2024” backdrop, he slid seamlessly into a stream of classically Trumpian attacks: on Joe Biden; on the liberal elites who want to send American jobs to China and American troops to Ukraine; on the radical Democrats who allow inflation to wreck the economy and immigrants to flood the country; on the liberal media who lie about it all.

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Fascinating article on JD Vance, in Politico of all places. A good weekend read

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 3/16/2024 12:45:38 PM (No. 1678962)
I agree with the OP. Everyone should read this one. I've been slowly becoming aware of Vance, and his ideas (good ones) and this is very encouraging.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: halfnorsk 3/16/2024 1:09:54 PM (No. 1678993)
The writer's haughty snark toward Vance serves only to heighten my respect for Vance's intellect and principles.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Italiano 3/16/2024 1:35:31 PM (No. 1679004)
The Never Trumpers hate and ridicule him. That being the case I'm all in behind him, for now at least. But Marco Rubio? Swamp all the way.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Mcscow sailor 3/16/2024 4:24:46 PM (No. 1679081)
I have read his thoughtful, and intelligent, discussions of current issues. He is a prize
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Imright 3/16/2024 4:30:30 PM (No. 1679084)
Thanks for posting....Long, but good!!
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Reply 6 - Posted by: smokincol 3/16/2024 4:54:54 PM (No. 1679094)
if anyone wants to know anything about our Senator from Ohio they should read his book: Hillbilly Elegy ... = It was required reading for a Sociology course I was taking at a local community college and = upon reading it was immediately a diehard disciple of JD Vance and = nothing pleased me more than to see him enter politics and rise to the place where he is right now = he is a son of the America that few people know or even want to know and = deserves the kind of respect that few people in political life represent just because of where he came from and = what it took for him to rise to a level where he just might become our President
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Reply 7 - Posted by: thomthomp 3/16/2024 5:44:46 PM (No. 1679114)
Don't know that much about him, but if he gets Politico's panties in a bunch...
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Reply 8 - Posted by: sw penn 3/16/2024 6:13:01 PM (No. 1679130)
A tiny bit of nit-pickkery? China has hit the skids. Government reaction to property construction ponzi scheme leads to property values collapse, leads to banking collapse, leads stock market collapse. Total shi'ite show. No, no. Your elites aren't busy shipping American jobs to China. Your elites are busy shipping Chinese jobs to India and Vietnam. On the positive side the more sensible business peeps are "reshoring" jobs to America, (except NY and CA), and "near-shoring" jobs to Mexico just as fast as they can...
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Reply 9 - Posted by: DanvilleBill 3/16/2024 8:42:21 PM (No. 1679162)
After reading Hillbilly Elegy, I became a fan.
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