At the 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York, Senator Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., Gave a speech after his defeat to Jimmy Carter for the presidential nomination. The speech was cliché liberalism. Kennedy criticized Republicans and Ronald Reagan for his ideas, which he said were from the past (today the past looks much better than the immediate future under Joe Biden and the Democrats).
It would be good for today’s Republicans to consider a part of their final sentence after the abbreviated one was Trump. Kennedy said that “the work continues, the cause endures, hope still lives and the dream will never die”.
Trump contributed powerfully to the Republican Party, giving the party a backbone that it seemed to have lost after the Reagan years. He also reminded people that conservative ideas work, including tax cuts, reduced regulations and constitutional judges.
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Add to these significant achievements the Trump administration’s intermediation of four Middle East peace deals that no one thought possible, let alone achievable, and the development of a coronavirus vaccine that several “experts” said would not be possible until the end of the year.
When Trump leaves office, where will the Republicans go in 2024?
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The president hinted that he could run again in four years. If he wins, he and his supporters can enjoy sweet revenge. But should he be a candidate? As much as he has done for the party and the country, should Republicans put all their faith and trust in him?
Much can depend on how President-elect Biden performs in office. Biden will almost certainly not seek a second term at age 82.
Last August, Trump was questioned at a press conference at the White House about polls showing his popularity was waning. Asked to explain, he replied, “Nobody likes me. It can only be my personality. That’s all.” It was a rare moment of transparency for him.
There is still a vestige of old-fashioned values that my grandparents’ generation embraced and tried to instill in their descendants. One was not to belittle, demean, demean, or curse other people. Trump has consistently ignored that advice. Although a large number of Americans still support him and the number who voted for him far surpasses any other Republican presidential candidate, or incumbent president, was not enough.
The reason can only be your personality.
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Most Americans expect a certain amount of dignity from those who temporarily occupy our highest office. Could Trump have achieved everything he has without cursing? I think so. At the very least, he could have resurrected a quote from a man who knew a lot about enemies, all of them domestic.
I have already mentioned Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Speech before, but it is worth remembering, even memorizing. At the beginning of the Civil War, Lincoln said: “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Although the passion may have been tense, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystical chords of memory will swell when they come back, as they certainly will be, by the best angels of our nature. “
Could such an attitude have delivered a second term to President Trump? It may have attracted enough votes for him from people who highly value behavior.
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Republicans can continue to embrace Trump’s policies while chasing someone without their luggage. Who can it be? My take on the perfect candidate is Vice President Mike Pence, who has been loyal to the President without cursing, while preserving his own personality, dignity, Christian faith and goodness.
Republicans could do much worse than Pence, but not much better.
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