The 2024 election will be yet another Flight 93 life-or-death event. And so will the one after that. And the one after that.
These thoughts are inspired by Michael Anton’s excellent August 29 Weekend Long Read,
“A Tyranny Perpetual and Universal?” I agree with almost everything he
says. My only disagreement with Anton, if you can call it that, is that
when he talks of a Biden-Harris America, he is too much of a sunny
optimist. He is a scholar (and a gentleman, no doubt) who takes the long
view—but I don’t believe the transformation he predicts will take long
at all. With Biden and Harris in the White House, the Left will resume
and accelerate Barack Obama’s “fundamental transformation” of the
country. Like a pack of starving hyenas feasting on a wildebeest
carcass, the Left will move quickly to consolidate power—very quickly.
Every election from now on will be a Flight 93 election. Any lost election, ever,
will be the last meaningful election we’ll ever have. This is a
frightening prospect. Once, I was not much of a Trump supporter. (Seems
like another lifetime ago.) My 2016 vote was more against Hillary Clinton than for Trump. If the term “Reluctant Trumper” existed, that would be me circa 2016.
Since then, I not only have changed my mind about Trump, I believe that only Trump, and no one but
Trump, could have defeated Hillary and the Democratic-Media Complex.
None of the others who appeared viable—Marco Rubio, Jeb! (I’m
embarrassed to admit I sort of leaned towards the Bush brother early
on), Ted Cruz, Scott Walker—could have pulled it off. And even Trump’s
miraculous victory was by a razor-thin margin.
But Trump is sui generis..............To Read More....
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