Kristi Noem For President?-For Humanity's Sake No

 

It's about three years before any meaningful analysis of who the next, realistic, GOP presidential candidates might be but of course the media and especially the conservative blogs, as per below examples, are setting out their favorites now.

That in the real world this has probably little meaning is by the by. Remember "Jeb is a lock for 2016" and countless other examples. Of course nobody knows what the political, economic and social situation will look like in early 2024 or who will be the president that year-Harris or Biden.

But a word on Governor Kristi Noem. I don't have a dog in the hunt except to advise that if President Donald Grover Cleveland Trump is renominated I would support him fully. 

As for Noem's proposed candidacy I would caution against it for common humanity's sake and for realistic political reasons.

Presuming Kamala Harris is the Dem's nominee running a white women from a 3 Electoral vote state is electorally sub-optimal. 

Every statement she would make, every policy proposal would be run through the MSM entirely through the prism of "Racism." The near total lock on Black female voters would be adamantine and the, crucial, overall black vote shift to the GOP from 2008's nadir would be halted if not reversed.

As for common humanity I would fear for Noem, or any female Republican candidate for president.

 The examples of how the media and the hate blogosphere used every mechanism, no matter how false, degrading and disgusting to attack Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann (and currently Marjorie Taylor Green) would not, for her and her family's sake, make a run worthwhile in the long term for her personal well being.

In my opinion, apart from Trump, the GOP's best choice on purely Electoral College considerations, would be Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina (with the added benefit of keeping "Nikki" Haley off of the ticket as two candidates from the same state can't run together. 

Scott cancels the race card and might increase Black male support while winning Georgia and keeping Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in play. Noem for VP? Sure, why not, it's a well balanced ticket in all respects

John Hinderaker at Powerline

KRISTI NOEM AT CPAC

Earlier today, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem spoke at CPAC. Regular readers know that I am a fan of hers. She grew up on a farm near my home town and has become an intellectual leader of the conservative movement. In a year when pretty much everyone knuckled under to authoritarianism in the face of an alleged emergency, she stood tall for freedom.

And at Twitchy

‘What I did is tell my people the TRUTH’: Gov. Kristi Noem DROPS Dr. Fauci for accusing her of ignoring medical advice and it’s GLORIOUS

OANN top headline;

S.D. Gov. Noem Blames Government Policies For Economic Damage During Pandemic

Bye Nikki And Good Riddance "She’s TOAST: Nikki Haley tries patching things up with Trump after she crapped on him in January and he ain’t havin’ any of it"

Via Twitchy  Nikki stabbed the wrong person in the back

"This editor used to adore Nikki Haley.

True story. Tough as nails, direct, fearless at the UN … but then she tried to save her own skin and dumped on Trump in January. And hey, we get it, a lot of people were jumping ship when the Left was working overtime to paint Trump as some sort of evil authoritarian inspiring an insurrection but trying to wiggle her way back in?

Yeah.

Not a great idea, Nikki."

Tara Palmeri

@tarapalmeri

Scoop: Nikki Haley tried to get a meeting with Trump yesterday but he turned her down, even despite her apparent attempt to patch things up through a @WSJ op-ed yesterday

Rebecca Schoenkopf's @Wonkette "Tim Scott Will Be Remembered As A Self-Hating Black Man."

 On February 9th I wrote;

"The Most Sensible Man To Run In 2024; "Senator Tim Scott: "

I included among a number of reasons why Senator Scott would be an ideal GOP 20204 candidate "Impossible for the Dems' to use the race card."

Clearly I did not account for the loathsome scum who inhabit Rebecca Schoenkop's @commiegirl1 loathsome "Wonkette" for whom the race card, in reverse, is a method of attack against an honorable person. 

There are, clearly, no depths to which they will not sink in pursuit of the "progressive" agenda.

So, true to form, they presented a major column attacking Scott, who they rightly perceive as a threat, and Hispanic Ted Cruz. 

"Tim Scott enabled and protected the twice-impeached thug at every opportunity. He's an embarrassment, and only a complete fool would think Scott deserves a special shout out during Black History Month.

 Enter Ted Cruz, esteemed Black Person Expert. Cruz apparently can't grasp why Black people might celebrate Stacey Abrams more than Scott. 

Why, she hasn't been elected statewide! Trust me, I don't think that comes up a lot at the beauty parlor.

 Abrams — like the late Rep. John Lewis, who also never won a statewide election — has devoted her life to removing barriers erected to keep Black people from voting. Scott voted to confirm Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who Coretta Scott King denounced for having used his office to suppress minority voting rights. He didn't even object when Republicans posthumously attacked Mrs. King"

"Tim Scott is on his own."

That was just the preamble-the loathsome scum in the comments section didn't hold back as this small sample advises:

"I keep getting Tim Scott mixed up with Dred Scott. Wonder why."

"Tim Scott will be remembered as a self-hating Black man. 

Because the only reason you can be a minority and be a member of the Rethuglian party is if you hate yourself or you believe that somehow these racists will look past the color of your skin. Rethuglians are all about their white selves. 

They will never consider minorities as equals."

"We’d like to report a murder’: Trump attorney Michael van der Veen just DECIMATES the media during "It's OK to lie a little bit" CBS interview

 The best I have ever seen-unmissable <LINK

We’d like to report a murder’: Trump attorney Michael van der Veen just DECIMATES the media during CBS interview

Redundant Headline "Liberals Losing Their Minds On Social Media" (Over Trump Acquittal This Time)

 The rest of the lib loons Tweets at REDSTATE

All the usual suspects.

Democrats had a lot of issues from the start: a snap impeachment without a hearing, no witnesses or evidence produced so no record for the House Managers to really work from, the question of whether it was even constitutional at all to proceed against a former president no longer in office and the failure of the facts to support the “incitement to insurrection” charge that was a massive overreach of a charge.

Liberals are now furious at what they feel was a cave at the last minute by the Democrats when they could have dragged it out and called witnesses. The reaction was glorious.