1. To give credit where credit is due, Tom Cotton really played the New York Times like suckers. He got them to valid his ideas as a legitimate part of the discourse and also gets now to play the free speech martyr to political correctness. He's a smart guy.
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3. Going back to 2016, I've been saying that Trump is not really the American Mussolini as some fear. Rather Trump is the Yankee Gabriele D’Annunzio, the feckless adventurer who shows the weaknesses of the system and thereby prefigures the Duce to come.
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4. Cotton has some liabilities (he's as charismatic as a trip to the dentist). But he knows how to hit the Trumpian themes and he's better integrated into GOP policy/journalism (which means he won't have the staffing problems Trump has had). More here:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/tom-cotton-trump-2-0/ …
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why would republicans want a smarter trump? I think the voters will be drawn to the candidate who emulates trump but is even dumber and less competent
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Exactly! Cotton is a bore and a dope within showmanship, which is what they really like/admire about Trump. ‘Smart’ people can’t grasp this—Trump rallies are for him to do his standup routine, not expose policy proposals.
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He's probably more Cruz 2.0 than Trump 2.0. Very smart and cunning, but so utterly unlikable that he has no real chance in a presidential race.
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And he's going to absolutely crush Biden.
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And without an ounce of Trump’s occasional opposition to military adventurism
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He is vying for that and it’s absolutely terrifying
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He's not the only one. Hawley is similar but taking a more theocratic bent. But why do all these guys look like such weasels?
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Trump is incompetent but he has people like Stephen Miller and Bill Barr making policy. Also, this thread is dated but still relevant:https://twitter.com/kevinmkruse/status/930918835246551041 …
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