Dan Patterson (@DanPat)

My comment on The Conservative Treehouse this morning. J D Vance: Help me get behind Vance for 2028; I’m just not there. H1-B for example. But worse is the funding behind his run for office, and despite his rhetoric he presents as a lukewarm supporter of things American and Constitutional. I know he is a former Marine. I know his family story. I know his public support of Trump. My hesitation is not with concrete examples but intuitive and I cannot quiet that inner voice. Is it his vocal pattern? His body language? His facial structure? I don’t know either, but it is damned sure something. There is an unseen and unspoken allegiance to something and some people outside the American border and outside the American concept of liberty, the rule of law, and private property. It is a feeling, so stop yelling at me. And elections are aaallll about money so I have no Mister Smith Goes to Washington fantasy, though I embrace the concept. He just gives off that McCain vibe. “Reach across to my friends on the other side of the aisle to get things done” kind of deceit. The sort of Swamp accounting that dismisses DOGE, balanced budgets, fiscal reality, chyneez espionage, and the very real threat of islamification of the US. That last point is vital to the health of the health of our nation; there is no moderate moslem, only a deadly threat. I see Vance as a “Yes, but…” on that and many other points. Maybe I am off base.