Now that the Republican National Convention is done, and with Donald Trump acting more crazy and corrupt by the day, it is time for action by well known Republican leaders!
Many former Republican members of past Presidential administrations, as well as many who had worked for Donald Trump until they were forced out or quit on their own, have condemned Trump and crossed party lines to endorse and support Joe Biden.
Also, many former Republican members of Congress have done the same, and so have many conservative commentators who are columnists for newspapers and online media.
The amount of rejection of Donald Trump is a record breaker, and has never been matched by any previous President so outraging party members that they abandoned ship.
Sadly, the same cannot be said for Republican office holders in the House of Representatives and US Senate, although privately, many have expressed unhappiness, but are unwilling to speak up in opposition, particularly if they are on the ballot themselves this year. So, as a result, many of them will go down in a flaming and crashing defeat this November, and have, in the process, lost all their dignity and self respect!
But at this time, there are three high profile Republicans who need to stand up and show their principles, reject Donald Trump openly, and endorse Joe Biden to save the nation!
The first is former President George W. Bush, who had through confidential sources, made clear he is not supporting Donald Trump, who has trashed him and his family for years, including the departed George H. W. and Barbara Bush, brother Jeb Bush, and the former President himself.
It is time for Bush to speak up, as a retired President, and openly condemn Trump and endorse Biden, who he knows very well, gets along with, and respects. Party lines do not matter now, but the nation and its future, so come on, George W, and redeem some of your reputation harmed by your eight year Presidency!
Secondly, Utah Senator and 2012 Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who voted for impeachment conviction of Donald Trump on one of two counts, and has been a strong critic of Trump, needs to go further than not voting for Trump, as in 2016, and then voting for his wife.
That is silly, and passing the buck, and what Romney needs to do is endorse Joe Biden as the person he might not agree with on many issues, but is a safe choice to lead the nation, but leaving Romney the opening to disagree on future policies if he feels a need to do so.
There is no gamble on doing this, as Romney does not face election for his Senate seat until 2024, and may very well choose not to run for another six year term at then the age of 77. And if he did, as a Mormon in Mormon dominated Utah, which saw Independent Evan McMullin, a conservative, won 21.5 percent of the popular vote in 2016, and with Hillary Clinton winning 27.5 percent, it meant together they had more popular votes and percentage than Donald Trump, as Mormons do find Trump distasteful. So Mitt Romney needs to step up like a man and endorse Joe Biden!
And finally, another leading figure, former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, who served as Ambassador to China under Democrat Barack Obama, and ambassador to Russia under Donald Trump, needs to show courage and endorse Joe Biden over his former boss. Huntsman was very quiet while in Moscow, but it seems clear he was uncomfortable, and chose to leave before this campaign year.
This author and blogger has always admired Huntsman, going back to when he agreed to go to China for Barack Obama, and then sought the Presidency in 2012 as a Republican contender. Huntsman is solid on foreign policy, and very decent and principled and rational in a party which has had horrific contenders for the most part in 2012 and 2016.
Seriously, other than Huntsman in 2012 and John Kasich in 2016, no one else made this blogger and author comfortable enough to imagine being able to accept as a potential President, with Huntsman more so than Kasich.
As a fan of Huntsman, and respecting him despite differences on some domestic issues, since I am a proud progressive, I say it is time for Huntsman to condemn Trump, and fully endorse Joe Biden.
And after the hoped for election of Biden, it would be appropriate and smart for Joe Biden to offer Jon Huntsman a top Cabinet position, such as Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, or Secretary of Homeland Security. It is common for a Democratic President to have one Republican in his Cabinet, and who better than Huntsman, who has been bipartisan and is only nearing 61 years of age in March 2021.
Come on, President Bush, Senator Romney, and most significantly, Ambassador Huntsman, do the right thing and fully endorse Joe Biden for the safety and security of the nation!
“W,” eh? Well, i guess for a man walking across a desert with an empty water jug, even a mud puddle looks like a flowing, bubbling spring.
Given that Biden already has the endorsement of War Criminal Colin Powell [as discussed in an earlier rant], having another one on the Team certainly can’t hurt, eh?
But why stop with Bush the Lesser? Why not go for a thumbs-up from the man who was really the president back in the day: the Chickenhawk hisself, Dick Cheney?
Anyway: Even if any or all of the three You cited did endorse Biden, how many Voters’ minds do You think that will change? Or is the purpose not to convert voters, but to tap into new sources of campaign funding?
Exactly, Professor. For the sake of our democracy, they need to reject the wannabe dictator currently pretending to be “president”.
Trump’s Steadfast Campaign of White Nationalism
He knows that most Americans don’t support his agenda. He’s going full steam ahead anyways.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/09/02/why-trumps-campaign-doesnt-care-about-polling/
Trump Is Corrupting the Entire Federal Government to Help His Reelection
He’s using the levers of his office to peddle baseless conspiracy theories.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/09/02/trump-is-corrupting-the-entire-federal-government-to-help-his-reelection/
New poll shows Trump’s apocalyptic anti-protester message is failing, big-league! 🙂
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/2/1974523/-New-poll-shows-Trump-s-apocalyptic-anti-protester-message-is-failing-big-league
Poll news: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/2/1974458/-Quinnipiac-s-New-National-Poll-Has-Joe-Biden-Beating-Trump-52-42
Trump doesn’t want Americans knowing that Russians are interfering again –
DHS Withheld Intel Bulletin Warning Of Russian Attack On Biden’s Mental Health
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dhs-intelligence-bulletin-russia-joe-biden_n_5f4f83d9c5b6250f655d5301
Near chaos in Virginia as start of absentee and early voting nears
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/2/1974366/-Near-chaos-in-Virginia-as-start-of-absentee-and-early-voting-nears
Trump is pushing the CDC to rush a vaccine.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/health/cdc-covid-19-vaccine-distribution/index.html
I’m seconding Fauci’s concern that rushing a vaccine means it may not be safe and effective.
Polling from CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/politics/cnn-poll-conventions/index.html
Darn the Russians and darn the ReThugliCONs for trying to mess up the election.