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As Trump snarkily dismissed Hillary Clinton’s impeccable vaunted establishment credentials in 2016, “sure, she’s got experience. But it’s bad experience.”

This can also be applied to Nikki Haley.

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Feb 16, 2023·edited Feb 16, 2023

Much like Kamala Harris in 2020, Haley is not in the race to win so much as she is in to get the right kind of attention from People Of Influence And Authority, by saying the things the bigwigs want to hear, and thus to position herself for Bigger And Better Things.

Also like Kamala Harris, Haley is as ambitious as Lucifer, and about as unprincipled.

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Haley, Trump, Desantis ... Cream certainly doesn't rise to the top in the political world. I guess it comes down to this. What sane, kind, insightful person would ever put themselves in the viper pit? Thus it is we keep electing the vipers.

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