{"id":65734,"date":"2021-08-15T01:00:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=65734"},"modified":"2021-08-14T10:41:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T14:41:50","slug":"qotd-a-bold-new-electoral-strategy-for-the-us-republican-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/08\/15\/qotd-a-bold-new-electoral-strategy-for-the-us-republican-party\/","title":{"rendered":"QotD: A bold new electoral strategy for the US Republican party"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; padding: 0px 15px 10px 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-48672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>To save our country from President *&#8217;s reign of error, the Republican Party is going to have to think outside the box, push the envelope, and execute other similar cliches. I have a suggestion for an innovative strategy for the 2022 election cycle that might well overcome the usual GOP establishment tendency toward failure. I say \u2013 and you may want to sit down \u2013 that this time we should pick some candidates that don&#8217;t suck.<\/p>\n<p>Hear me out. It&#8217;s kind of crazy, but it just might work.<\/p>\n<p>A nominee who doesn&#8217;t suck has certain advantages over the usual losers we see all too often idioting up our ballots. One of those advantages is that people are more likely to vote for someone who is not terrible than one who manifestly is. And getting more votes than the Democrat \u2013 who is always terrible \u2013 is a very, very important part of electoral victory, though you would not know that from the GOPe&#8217;s actions. Its members seem to think the goal is polite defeat, but us unwashed Jesus people who like guns and America and don&#8217;t live near Washington have this weird notion that candidates should attempt to win their elections.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe we should try that in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Kurt Schlichter, <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/kurtschlichter\/2021\/05\/13\/draft-n2589300\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Idea: In 2020, Let&#8217;s Nominate Candidates Who Aren&#8217;t Awful&#8221;, <em>TownHall.com<\/em><\/a>, 2021-05-12.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To save our country from President *&#8217;s reign of error, the Republican Party is going to have to think outside the box, push the envelope, and execute other similar cliches. I have a suggestion for an innovative strategy for the 2022 election cycle that might well overcome the usual GOP establishment tendency toward failure. 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