You are correct that we cannot have it both ways. That is kind of what Branca's point was. the very things people say make Trump so objectionable (specifically his ego) are the very same traits that gave him any prayer of winning on 2016.
On the flip side, there are ways to have backbone without being unnecessarily confrontational. I am not saying that Trump was unnecessarily confrontational. The media twisted everything he ever said or did to gaslight the public into thinking he was evil. In stark contrast to how they cover anybody on the Left. I also recognize that the media will inevitably be similarly aggressive to whomever the next non-Trump GOP candidate is (in '24 or '28).
My point is that I don't think displaying a spine necessarily translates into being a jerk. While I recognize that Trump was unfairly labeled a jerk simply because he was a threat to institutional power rather than anything he said or did.
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Trying to post this again since Locals doesn't seem to like me:
Good morning Joe and Diggers. I am a long-time morning listener, but the story last night about the Youtuber who aborted his child because of Downs Syndrome hit a particular nerve for me and I wanted to share my story and why that is uniquely horrifying for me.
In 2022, my wife and I decided we wanted to have our first child, we tried and tried but were unsuccessful. We went to fertility doctors and they had us take some supplements, do some tests, and come back if we were still unsuccessful. A couple months passed and we were back discussing IVF/IUS and what the correct course of action would be: IVF.
Months of cycle tracking, expensive injections for my wife, and fighting with insurance, pharmacies, and the doctors later, the day for extraction came. It was a minor operation if a doctor’s office on the other side of DC from us. We got breakfast afterwards and walked around the local mall. It was pleasant until the email from the doctors ...