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Trump Was a Spark, Not the Fire
wsj ^ | 5 may 2016 | Peggy Noonan

Posted on 05/06/2016 4:30:14 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

or this reason among others, I do not understand the impulse of the NeverTrump people to anathametize and shun those Republicans who will not vow to oppose Mr. Trump and commit to defeating him. They have been warned that if they don’t do these things they will not be allowed to help rebuild the party after Mr. Trump destroys it. Conservatives love to throw conservatives out of conservatism; it’s like an ancestral tic. But great political movements should not be run like private clubs. And have the anathemitizers noticed they aren’t in charge anymore? That in the great antiestablishment disruption of 2016 they have been upended, too?

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To: stayathomemom

“She likes to hear herself write.”

LOL, very good! I bet she does - for real!


21 posted on 05/06/2016 8:16:43 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: The Continental Op

“...all of her comments are cloaked with this annoyingly wistful tone of lament and loss.”

That’s her Irish American schtick she’s got going on. OK, so she wrote the “morning in america” speech, but inside she’s dark and melancholy.


22 posted on 05/06/2016 8:20:25 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: stocksthatgoup
Peggy Noonen. GOPe

Doesn't take away from the truth and sense of this particular article - did you have a point for the comment?

23 posted on 05/07/2016 3:22:35 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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