Nikki Haley's Presidential Campaign Starts Off on the Left Foot
Haley puts on a clinic how not to do it.
Nikki Haley became a rising star in the Republican Party. Not so much for what she has accomplished, but how Democrats and the corporate media viciously attacked her.
When Haley was running for Governor of South Carolina she was a young minority with stunning good looks. She was everything that bucked the Democrat’s race and sex identity politics narrative. Democrats, understanding the threat she posed, got especially nasty in attacking her.
Democrats repeatedly accused Haley, without evidence, of having multiple affairs and crafted a narrative painting her out to some kind of whore (not a word we like to use but not an exaggeration). As a result, she garnered sympathy in the form of political capital that actually helped her.
Haley has been competent in elected office since 2004 but has not earned a reputation as a courageous stand out leader by today’s standards. Siding with Mitt Romney over Newt Gingrich did not endear her to the base. She has also flip-flopped in her support for Trump in lock step with the political winds and the Republican base has noticed. They see her as a manipulator who would return the GOP back to a Bush/Romney party that added up to something little better than controlled opposition.
Nikki Haley's first online ad for her presidential run has not helped. The ad has its moments but contains elements that are total cringe. While it may appeal to some donors, which is obviously its intent, it focuses on identity politics that primary voters see as divisive.
She says that her parents taught her to focus on people’s similarities and then goes on about how she is different because of her skin color and gender. Republican primary voters are not interested in voting for someone simply because of their skin color or because of their high heels. They want to know if a candidate has the fortitude to actually lead against some very wealthy dark forces that they see as waging war against the working class.
The result is a video that has been ratioed on YouTube:
Haley is obviously letting the "consultants and advisors" grifters run her campaign. The same ones that have been causing the RNC to be one fail after another. The same ones who think they can make the corporate media like a Republican.
This interview has furthered that “Bushy” narrative:
Notice how Haley put support for Israel and Ukraine in the same sentence in spite of the fact that there is a world of difference, both objectively and morally, between the two. Haley, having formally been U.N. Ambassador, full well knows it. This is just the kind of clever manipulation that the base sees clearly.
The donor class doesn’t want to hear about East Palestine, Ohio as it threatens the profits of Vanguard and Blackrock. The donors don’t want to hear about our open southern border or how China is robbing us blind and interfering in our elections. Haley has said nothing about mass illegal domestic spying and the election interference and abuses of the FBI/DoJ and the intelligence community. Where has she been on BigTech and Big Pharma abuses?
Her campaign is only a week old, but so far, the perception among the base is that Haley’s “Bushy” priorities appear to line up with that of the World Economic Forum. They find her likable but do not trust her.
Heley should have come out swinging in a way that excited the base rather than reminding them of why they voted for Trump in the first place.
[Editor’s Note: This is by no means a hit piece against Nikki Haley. She has plenty of time to make things right. She should start buy admitting the mistakes she has made and get them out of the way now. There will certainly be worse candidates than Haley. We meant it when we said she is competent and would certainly do some good but considering the nature and scope of the problems faced, mere competence is not going to win over primary election voters.]