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WaPo's conservative yappers pine (in vain) for a 2024 savior [1]

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Date: 2023-02-24  

The S.S. Trumptanic heads for the briny deep.

It has been a fun few weeks for observers of the Washington Post’s stable of conservative blabbermouths. Pundit after pundit has penned a column (or two) extolling the virtues of a 2024 GOP hopeful who is “Not-Trump.”

Today, George Will got in on the act with this drivel:

I’m not even going to bother quoting from Will’s latest inanity. At this point, I could create a Mad Libs™ template for these pieces that would save the Post’s fact-challenged right wing columnists a lot of time and energy.

In just the past two weeks, we have seen the following headlined Opinion pieces from the conservative braintrust at the Post:

Henry Olsen: What the GOP’s history says about Tim Scott’s future

Nikki Haley’s path to winning is narrow. But it’s real. Marc Theissen: What Ron DeSantis got right — and wrong — on Ukraine Gary Abernathy: The GOP needs a MAGA candidate who doesn’t pick fights. Like Nikki Haley.

What is darkly comical about their write-ups on the potential 2024 GOP field is just how full of "wishing" these columns are.

[Note that I didn’t include Hugh Hewitt on that list. Hugh still cannot plant his lips up Don's ample backside deeply enough.]

Well, here’s a newsflash, fellas: No one, repeat, NO ONE, is going to "save" you and your party from Trump. You had your chances to get rid of him, and you cowards ran and hid and provided cover for his criminal behavior, over and over. Now, he is going to destroy what is left of the rusting, decaying hulk of the Republican Party. Either he wins the nomination and gets pounded in the general, or he loses the nomination to DeSantis and nukes the party on the way out the door by either running third party or telling the MAGA faithful not to support DeSantis. Don’s narcissistic injury will allow nothing else.

So pine away, pundits! Wish for a savior to emerge! Claim that Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Glenn Youngkin, Chris Sununu or some other “But-I’m-Not-Trump!” token can overtake the two fascists at the top vying for the nod. You know they can't. You know it is not possible and not true. The MAGA base, the people who vote in the primaries, want a strongman fascist wannabe who spits blood on culture issues. And no one can spit blood and bile like Don and Ron. (I doubt that Ron can beat Don, anyway.)

It's going to be fun to watch. No “saviors” are forthcoming.

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