tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post1771400388647747675..comments2024-03-07T19:25:22.346-08:00Comments on Last Men and OverMen: A President Trump Would Severely Test William GladstoneMike Saxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01360689916550576484noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-50508556742460562972016-06-05T11:32:52.986-07:002016-06-05T11:32:52.986-07:00... My fantasy is to see Erickson, RedState, Rubin...... My fantasy is to see Erickson, RedState, Rubin, Cruz, etc, all make an endorsement of HRC prior to November. I don't care if they do it similar to how Bill Maher endorsed Cruz in the GOP primary (when it was down to Cruz vs Trump), taking a big swig from a bottle of bleach in a futile attempt to cleanse themselves after, but I'd like to see it happen!<br /><br />And I'd like to see the alt-right, white nationalist and Trump factions NEVER forgive them for it. Let's split the GOP up into 2 or more parties!Tom Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654184190478330946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-60090376801717221672016-06-05T11:29:02.358-07:002016-06-05T11:29:02.358-07:00should be:
"conservative politician and thin...should be:<br /><br />"conservative politician and thinker"<br /><br />And to be sure, I'd like to see his circle shrink now, but then expand as politicians start getting OFF the Trump train (sometime after the GOP convention, when there's truly no turning back on Trump's nomination).Tom Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654184190478330946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-72220294297976626222016-06-05T11:26:32.347-07:002016-06-05T11:26:32.347-07:00Erickson's piece that I called "devastati...Erickson's piece that I called "devastating" above:<br />http://theresurgent.com/damn-them-for-that/<br /><br />It is hard to square that with Erickson excusing Rick Perry, Rubio and Paul Ryan and others for eventually boarding the Trump train. Erickson said previously that if he attacked every Republican that eventually felt they had to get behind Trump "he wouldn't have any friends left." Well if they keep making mealy-mouthed excuses (or less than full throated condemnations anyway) for Trump's racist comments, perhaps he won't have any friends left anyway.<br /><br />That's why I said I wonder if that piece by Erickson is a bit of a turning point, hopefully marking the evaporation of his willingness to excuse Trump apologists in the future.<br /><br />Reporters should track down every prominent conservative politician and thinking and put them on the spot regarding Trump's comments. I'd like to see Erickson's circle of friends shrink dramatically. =)Tom Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654184190478330946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-88877048710622782952016-06-05T11:18:27.352-07:002016-06-05T11:18:27.352-07:00And Jennifer Rubin was saying much the same thing ...And Jennifer Rubin was saying much the same thing last week, especially in regards to Paul Ryan. And she's right: there's nothing substantitively different between Ryan and McConnell on their reaction to Trump's racist comments. Leon H. Wolf should be going after Ryan as much as he does McConnell (I think there's special hatred for McConnell in the way he shut down Cruz in the senate though).<br /><br />It's too bad Erickson's piece wasn't written yet when Ryan was interviewed, the interviewer could have done the same thing to him that McConnell's interviewer did: just read the Erickson piece and see what he does with it. Come to think of it, that Erickson piece is so devastating, I wonder if that marks a departure in his own willingness to overlook Republicans (the ones he still likes) reluctantly deciding to support Trump. It wasn't that many days ago when one of his writers (maybe him?) wrote a piece with a title something along the lines of <i>"I don't blame Paul Ryan for 'endorsing' Trump"</i>. I wonder what his attitude is now given Trump's unapologetic turn to racist statements about judge Curiel?<br /><br />But back to Rubin: here's what she had to say regarding racism, Trump, and Ryan's endorsement:<br /><br /><i>UPDATE: Predictably, Ryan was forced to comment on Trump’s attack on Judge Curiel. The Post reports:<br /><br /> Speaking on a Wisconsin radio station one day after he officially endorsed the presumptive Republican nominee, Ryan called Trump’s comments “out of left field for my mind.”<br /><br /> “It’s reasoning I don’t relate to,” Ryan (R-Wis.) said during an interview with 1130 WISN. “I completely disagree with the thinking behind that.”<br /><br />It’s actually not out of left field; it’s par for the course for Trump. And it’s racist. Ryan will no doubt be asked whether at some point Trump’s conduct is disqualifying. In our book, that point was months ago.</i><br /><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/06/03/the-story-behind-ryans-decision/Tom Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654184190478330946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-29593500758700840732016-06-05T09:12:00.494-07:002016-06-05T09:12:00.494-07:00That is just awesome stuff. I've said it befor...That is just awesome stuff. I've said it before but again: it's the the conservative intelligentsia who is doing some of the strongest anti Trump stuff out there. Mike Saxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01360689916550576484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480818427597300387.post-60380828761456847912016-06-05T09:09:35.893-07:002016-06-05T09:09:35.893-07:00Good post Mike.
O/T: Check out how the Trump alba...Good post Mike.<br /><br />O/T: Check out how the Trump albatross (Trumpatross? Donaldatross?) wears around the necks of those who've felt compelled to don it (Mitch McConnell in this case):<br />http://www.redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2016/06/05/cringeworthy-mtp-appearance-mitch-mcconnell-refuses-say-whether-trumps-remarks-gonzalo-curiel-racist-video/<br /><br />The fun part is they used Erick Erickson's article about Trump's comments being straight up racist, and it being pathetic that the GOP doesn't call him out on it, to further get under Mitch's skin.<br /><br />Also check out the comments between Bill S. (moderator) and "smagar." Bill ends up erasing smagar's final comment and probably banning him from the site with a "Bye, asshat" ... Lol. One of Bill's final comments to smagar:<br /><br /><i>"Trump is a racist. It's as simple as that. Erick called him out for it. And the GOP is enabling it by doing exactly what McConnell did and looking the other way. It validates what the Left has been saying all along, which is unfortunate, but Trump's cult has demonstrated that there is a large bloc of right-ish voters that agree with him and want to keep brown people out of the country.<br /><br />If it helps the Democrats, so be it. There is no room for a racist, xenophobic bigot in the White House.<br /><br />The truth hurts sometimes."</i><br /><br />Oh wow, I just now noticed some of the other comments there:<br /><br />From cgh62:<br /><i>"<br /><br />So glad I'm no longer part of the GOP. Gutless, balless, spineless cowards. Accept the very Devil as the nominee, just so long as they can stay in power. No principles, no ethics, no morals. Just political power.<br /><br />The rot runs deep in the GOP. It's statements like this that is making me rethink my vow to vote down ticket for Republicans after skipping the top line.<br /><br />NEVER TRUMP<br />NONE OF THE ABOVE/2016"</i><br /><br />Bill S:<br /><i>"This is why I will never vote for another Republican candidate, ever. At any level."</i>Tom Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654184190478330946noreply@blogger.com