I’ve said it a time or two in the past – Trump is as Trump does.  I didn’t vote for him in 2016, but he impressed me enough to figure he was worth holding my nose and voting for him in 2020 as the lesser of two evils – holding my nose because of his really terrible down-ticket performance.  Four years of Biden, and I didn’t hold my nose two years ago, hoping that his election-time hijinx would moderate a bit. 

Yeah, about that. 

You’ve no doubt heard Trump endorsed Mike Lindell for governor.  

Joe Doakes., once of Como Park, emails:

Trump endorsed candidate for governor, Mike Lindell, goes wobbly on immigration.  Idiot.

I know, he didn’t actually call for amnesty, he called for a temporary moratorium so illegals could get legalized.  That might have been a reasonable position a couple of years ago.  But after the craziness of attacking ICE officers, billions lost to fraud, and Walz actually pardoning a child molester to keep him in the country, the Overton Window has shifted.  

I don’t want illegals to be legalized, I want them to be gone.  All illegals, criminals, workers, families, all of them, gone, and cut off from all government money, welfare and scams alike.

Mitch called it – Lindell is a terrible candidate and will go down in flames.  I hate when that happens.  

Joe Doakes

 

 

The race appears to be coming down to Lindell vs. Demuth – and between voters who think in terms of magical thinking about big statements, stories and proposals, and doing a dirty, ugly job well.   Which means negotiating, which in a divided government inevitably means compromise.   

Like Pawlenty before her, Demuth is a legislative leader.  And Demuth accomplished a lot in two years – stopping the DFL cold and elevating the fraud issue outside the legislative branch to the national stage.  It’s boring stuff with exciting results.  

And she – and Qualls, for that matter – deserve. better than to have Trump plotz the entire race. 

But here we are.  

Joe Doakes, once of Como Park, emails:

Too many Americans, and Far too many Republicans, think there is only one important issue, my issue, and any time President Trump spends on Other issues is time not spent on My issue, and therefore wasted time, the big dummy.

Imagine you wanted to change the global economy to make America the dominant superpower for decades to come. How would you do it? Maybe by getting all the oil producing nations on our side? Capturing Venezuela’s production, uniting the Middle East against Iran, isolating Russia, securing the Strait of Hormuz. Doing that.

Imagine you wanted to change the American economy to make America the dominant superpower for decades to come. How would you do it? Maybe by imposing tariffs on imports to spur domestic production, bringing manufacturing back to our shores instead of sending it offshore, renegotiating trade agreements with Canada and Mexico in our favor, and kicking out illegal aliens working for cheap who undercut American employment and wages. Doing that. 

Imagine you wanted to guarantee free and fair elections to keep America the dominant superpower for decades to come. How would you do it? Maybe by cutting off the money-laundering schemes running through welfare and non-profit and foreign aid programs which funnel money to America’s enemies, and by exposing foreign influence and domestic corruption in recent elections. Doing that. 

Imagine you wanted to do all that while most of Congress is actively opposing you, the judiciary keeps blocking you, the media puts you under a blackout, and people keep trying to shoot you.  

I used to think President Trump was only the third greatest president, after George Washington and Ronald Reagan. I’m reconsidering my opinion. 

Joe Doakes

 

I’m with Joe, and Trump, on a lot of this.

His gubernatorial endorsement, on the other hand…