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Subject: Re: OT US Politics Again.
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:57:28 -0700
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On 8/15/2024 9:46 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:59:40 +1200, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 15/08/24 13:10, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> On 8/14/2024 10:10 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>> snip
>>>> Nehemiah Scudder was a religious demagogue who on the strength of his
>>>> politically tinged faith gained power and ended the US republic.
>>>>
>>>> How the heck you equate that to Trump is beyond me.
>>>
>>> Project 2025, written by Christian Nationalists many of whom were in the
>>> Trump administration and expect to be there again.
>>>
>>
>> As not a customer of the restaurant where waiters can be only Democrats
>> or Republicans serving up the same old central kitchen crap, I had not
>> read of this but found the Wikipedia article very scary. It will be a
>> worry if they are as powerful as you imply.
> 
> Unless they do something /really/ stupid, like dump Kamala for Hilary,
> the Dems should win as they will /not be running a Boomer/ for
> President. Registrations of younger voters are up. And I expect that
> they will vote anti-Boomer in large numbers.
> 
> I haven't bothered with the details because they will find a few
> roadblocks:
> -- Trump's own ego, since he didn't write it
> -- Civil Service rules (founded on Civil Service /laws/ passed by
> Congress) once they try to replace below a certain level
> 
Trump has already tried to negate those rules, almost succeeded despite 
basically do it on a whim and doing so in a planned, thought out way is 
one of the first steps in the Project 2025 playbook.  Also keep in mind 
that the current Supreme Court can be counted on to shoot down any legal 
challenges.

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I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky 
dirty old man.