This won't age well: MAGA journalist giddily predicts Democrats in 'wilderness' for 12 years
The curtain has yet to open on Trump’s second White House stint, but already the MAGA faithful are predicting a 1,000-year Reich. Just kidding (I think). But the cult does dream of Trumpism outlasting Trump. They need to. Because their boy isn’t going to be around long. He is the 78-year-old son of a father who died of Atzheimer’s — a physician reported that, at 86, Fred Trump "did not know his birth date [or] age” — and the condition is hereditary. Meanwhile, Trump’s obvious cognitive decline is picking up pace.
In an opinion piece for The Hill, ‘Democrats are looking at a dozen years in the wilderness’ Douglass MacKinnon promotes the inevitable continuation of MAGA in younger hands. His reasoning is pure hubris seasoned with wishful thinking and misplaced optimism. No one has a crystal ball. And MacKinnon bases his prediction of MAGA longevity on JD Vance engendering the same enthusiasm from the base his boss does. If any reader is unclear on what ‘magical thinking’ means, this is a nonpareil example of the affliction.
Let’s take a closer look.
We should consider the author’s bias. MacKinnon goes way back in Republican circles. He worked for Ronald Reagan, then George HW Bush as a ‘writer’ — and had done other Republican stuff since. If he were ever a ‘never-Trumper,’ he is now a committed fanboy for the incompetent fascist. Ergo, we should not expect a sober-minded analysis. And we don’t get one.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/7/2286127/-This-won-t-age-well-MAGA-journalist-giddily-predicts-Democrats-in-wilderness-for-12-years
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