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Thanks for this well thought out synopsis of the Ramaswamy campaign. I agree wholeheartedly. I’ve waited to make my feelings and thoughts known about him, seeing if he’d hang himself at some point and the wizard curtain would fall down and expose a fraud. Not so…at least thus far. And as you say, Trump hasn’t taken any shots at him so he remains a plus in the attack of the anti-Trump club. He is brilliant with some strings attached but could ge a weapon for a Trump presidency.

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A perceptive take on Ramaswamy, Cap.

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Vivek is doing exactly what he was put there to do. Wondering if he was coached by Obama’s teacher on mannerisms and speech patterns. He sounds just like him; the pauses the gestures all remind me of Obama. Love him in the debates-that I see clips of-crushing the uniparty and the msm. I don’t think we’ll get to 2024 without the truth coming out thankfully.

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Thankful for your thoughts on this. Vivek even says some of the same things Obama said. Glad for clarity. I’m all in for Trump and think we will see him back before the 2024 election even happens.

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Like you--and perhaps most if not all that subscribe to your substance--I am an AMERICA FIRST Trump supporter. I saw Vivek speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition at the Venetian Resort some weeks back. He SOUNDS America First as he truly benefited from the free-market our Nation offers to anyone and I see him not quite ready for prime time. A cabinet position? Department of Commerce maybe? I think he would do better moving to CA and running for Governor there and really get his baptism of fire in California socialist legislature and appointed croney-bureaucrats in that sad, sorry state. If he can fix that, maybe...just maybe he can rmake a run for the WH.

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Sustainability is key. Trump won't live forever and we have to have people on the bench ready to go in. Finding the non-compromised, non-deep state ones is going to be tricky. The swamp creatures are very, very good at hiding themselves and each other. I like people who speak their mind and are not afraid to make some people mad in their attempt to speak truth. The days of politely acquiescing to the uniparty, Conservative Inc. and voting harder are over.

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I like your thoughts on this. It does make sense. If Trump were at the debates, he wouldn't get to speak much anyway. Letting Vivek Ramaswamy do this makes since. I like a lot of what he says, but I'm a Trump supporter 100%.

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Very appreciative of this analysis. I have been trying to figure who he really is.

My guard is high considering the number of Trump's team who have turned on him.

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Noting the reference to Tulsi Gabbard, who ran her mouth very well, buckled under, enthusiastically endorsed Biden, then dropped out of the democrat party because Biden was everything she knew he was before she endorsed him, but endorsed him anyhow.

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It's amazing what an offer of millions of dollars or a threat of some kind of legal action against you or your family members will do, eh? Tulsi was a great alternative voice to have banging around...now she's disappeared...

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Loved this in September and even more so now!

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Great insights, Captain K. I've always figured Vivek was simply putting himself out there to prepare for a more legitimate run in 2028. You see more to it than that. You make a great point about Trump's ability to connect with blue collar voters. Vivek would have a problem there, and the GOP (or a 3rd party) needs to be home to working class people. That may unsettle clowns like Romney and Paul Ryan, but changing demographics have made it inevitable that the party of the average worker will be the majority party in the country for quite some time. Vivek has time to evolve in that regard, however. Someone's past doesn't necessarily doom him in American politics......recall the jabs thrown at Trump in 2015-16........things like past contributions to Democrat candidates. If we limit ourselves to candidates who safely check all of the right boxes, we end up with....I dunno.....people like Mike Pence. And Vivek and Trump share one very popular viewpoint......they both hate the DC swamp.

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Like most Americans, I have endured the moral and ethical whiplash of our posers in positions of leadership who have aggressively pushed ahead in this 5GUW against us. So, Vivek Ramaswamy, who says what I want to hear is a relief but VERY suspect because we have all been burned. My trust bar is set very high. //Why isn't everybody else telling the truth and being sensible like VR? Is everybody else compromised? //If election reform conforming to the 10 points you recommended in an earlier substack is not on a candidate's priorities, they are fake. We are done without fixing this Democrat Party in-your-face endemic election grift.

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