Trump Gets Knocked Down. Trump Gets Up Again.
A quick post, a special offer, and Tubthumping for #FreedomMusicFriday
Today is a travel day for me, so I only have time for a quick post before I hit the road.
This is a last-minute trip, and when I realized the timing of it, I asked my wife for a suggestion for a quick #FreedomMusicFriday selection. She immediately thought of Chumbawamba’s massive hit Tubthumping—which I suspect everyone on the planet has heard by now. Her reasoning, of course, was based on the assassination attempt against Donald Trump. Just as the song’s well-know refrain says, he got knocked down, but he rose up again, defiant.
Longtime readers know my position. As an ancap/voluntaryist/market anarchist/whatever-you-want-to-call-me, I do not favor the American or any other system of involuntary government. I do not believe that voting actually constitutes “the consent of the governed.” However, within that, there are obviously gradations of desirability, just as there are among candidates and ideologies.
I am not a Donald Trump “fan.” But if I have to live under a presidential system, I would rather that president be Donald Trump than Biden or anyone else the Democrats might throw up there.
I also do not believe that Biden actually legitimately won in 2020, nor do I believe the Democrats and their creepy allies are going to play fair this time. And philosophically, I believe that leftism, writ large, is absolutely diabolical. So there ya go.
On Monday, I wrote about the various theories surrounding the assassination attempt. I am not sure what level of conspiracy theory is true, but the one I really don’t buy is that Trump himself was somehow involved in “faking” it. The margin of error on a sniper shot like that is way too high.
He got shot, and he got up again in angry defiance rather than in fear. So I am going to go with my wife’s suggestion and just let Tubthumping’s well-known refrain speak for itself. Plus, it’s one of the happiest and most anthemic songs to come out of the 90s!
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And now I have to go pack the car :-)
I pretty much echo all of your thoughts on Trump, was never an actual 'fan' of Trump, but to see the way the media has villainized and blatantly lied about him over the years tells me one important thing - they fear him and that brings me to the conclusion that he may truly be an outsider. I will always cheer for the outsider. I was also amused at how horribly the assassination attempt backfired for the Dems, it literally could not have gone more wrong for anyone wanting to take him out. Lol.
Can I get an extra year for half price?