The policy and politics of Trumpism
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Conservative intellectuals are in a precarious position. They're untethered from the movement they once tried to lend legitimacy to. It's damn near impossible to legitimize Trump, which is why so many of them are anti-Trump. Goldberg, French, Erickson, all adrift without a harbor right now, because, like it or not, Trump now represents the conservative movement.
Most of the people speaking up had serious concerns about Trump from the get-go.
To me, the most damning loss of the whole election was Rubio in the primary. He was so obviously the best candidate overall and Republicans STILL voted Trump over him. It wasn't even a choice between Trump and Hillary, who are both disgusting orcs. It was between Trump and a Rubio, a young, charismatic, experienced, well-spoken, latino. To me, that's the biggest condemnation of our party. We had the chance to save face right off the bat and we completely screwed the pooch. It was horrible.
i guess my point was more that these guys were perfectly willing to lend intellectual legitimacy to the gop while the undercurrent of nastiness that led to trump's election festered for the past several years. it gets back to my thoughts that trump is not the problem, he's the symptom. and i think your observations on rubio show some of that problem within the gop
I'd have to agree.
Yah, it's not a great time to be Conservative. I'm really just hoping they find enough to impeach Trump. The things that have gone on that I have liked could be done by any President, they aren't ideas unique to him.
Who are the conservatives now. Trump, McConnell, Nunes, Corker, Rubio, Meadows? I am no longer sure the self-proclaimed conservatives know what a true conservative is. I used to consider myself a somewhat conservative, but can tell you that ship has sailed. The conservative movement appears to no longer be a party but a tribe.
Erick Erickson gets a GOP Congressman to tell him what he really thinks about Trump and allows him to publish as long as he doesn't mention names. This is an amazing read, it is also very much against tidefans language policy though he does use asterisks in the middle of a few words if that makes it better (doesn't for me). Proceed at your own risk, you have been warned, but imo this is a must read. I mean he call Trump "An Evil really stupid Forest Gump" doesn't get much better than that
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Scooter was convicted of perjury and lying to the FBI. Trump will pardon Libby to mentally prepare Fox News viewers for when he later pardons Bannon, Cohen, Flynn, Manafort, and everyone else who has been touched by Mueller's investigation. This is the death throes of a dangerous and unstable man who recognizes the end coming soon.
reminding us once again of the rampant corruption seemingly endemic to gop administrations going back to nixon. not that this matters to the base.
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