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Reagan survived the Iran Contra scandal because the illegal elements in it were popular, while the popular things were illegal.

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When liberals insist that only fascists will defend borders, then voters will hire fascists to do the job liberals won't do.

As President Trump is cruel, vengeful, egoistic, ignorant, lazy, avaricious, and treacherous, so we must be kind, forgiving, responsible, informed, hardworking, generous, and patriotic.

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If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.

At the very beginning of the first Trump presidency, back in 2017, I posted on Twitter the following thought: “Regular reminder that Donald Trump’s core competency is not dealmaking with powerful counter-parties. It is duping gullible victims.”

An American-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein - and the replacement of the radical Baathist dictatorship with a new government more closely aligned with the United States would put America more wholly in charge of the region than any power since the Ottomans, or maybe even the Romans.

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