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What Happened to Republican Leadership? (read all the way through for pure enjoyment)
americathebeautiful.blog ^ | 5/28/21 | Alan Zendell

Posted on 05/28/2021 4:31:51 PM PDT by cotton1706

We could capture all the political problems our country faces today with a single question – where have all the conservative leaders of the past two decades gone? I’m thinking of a select few: George W. Bush, John Boehner, Paul Ryan, and Jeff Flake. They all have a couple of things in common. When in office, they were viewed as nice guy conservatives with whom the other party could negotiate. Since having left office, they have all been absent from the public scene when the country most needs them.

Boehner is happily hawking marijuana and writing books. When he appears in the media these days, those are the things he talks about. When he’s asked about the split in the Republican Party, he makes jokes about Donald Trump but has no interest in fighting to restore the party to its pre-Trump values.

Paul Ryan, who reluctantly accepted the role of House Speaker when Boehner quit, was a very popular conservative who could have capitalized on his status when Trump began changing the party into a racist, divisive cheering section. But he never had the stomach for the kind of confrontation that required. He knew that with Mitch McConnell’s help, he could achieve his decades-long goal of massive tax cuts for big business and the wealthiest Americans because it was in Trump’s wheel house. Like the others, when his personal objective was met he quit, leaving the rest of us to survive Trump. Unfortunately, almost 600,000 of us didn’t.

Flake is the heir of Barry Goldwater’s Conscience of a Conservative movement. In the first two years of Trump’s presidency, he showed some backbone in defense of his values, publishing a scathing book about Trump’s dishonesty and immorality.

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KEYWORDS: alanpzendell; alanzendell; elections; fakeconservatives; georgewbush; jeffflake; johnboehner; paulryan; republicanleadership; republicansoyboys
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To: M. Thatcher

You’re missing the point. They’re flailing. And it’s enjoyable to watch.

Look at this key quote “And Trump’s typical response, calling Ryan a curse to the party and a weak, ineffective leader blunted whatever Ryan was attempting to do.”

What they see as artillery is being swatted away like gnats. And they can’t believe it.


21 posted on 05/28/2021 5:04:41 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Bush League Republicans were always Assistant Democrats, they were never conservative.

You can’t conserve the country and the rule of law and advocate for open borders/amnesty at the same time.

The main purpose of the GOP since 1989 has been to block the citizens from stopping the Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA).


22 posted on 05/28/2021 5:06:26 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Why did you post this?


23 posted on 05/28/2021 5:29:28 PM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: cotton1706

This was written by a Democrat, right?


24 posted on 05/28/2021 5:35:57 PM PDT by griswold3 (NBA/ Plumlee Ball. = poor entertainment value while insulting the audience gets you broke )
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To: griswold3

“This was written by a Democrat, right?”

Of course. I’m sure the author never voted for any of the people he raves about. He just likes the opposition to be weak and feckless, and to be cowed into supporting democrat agenda items.


25 posted on 05/28/2021 5:45:33 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

I’m surprised he didn’t try to resurrect McCain from his grave.


26 posted on 05/28/2021 6:01:38 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: cotton1706

Read later.


27 posted on 05/28/2021 6:02:31 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Fungi

Went out to his Twitter feed. Zero people commenting or following. Voice crying in the wilderness and no one giving a damn.


28 posted on 05/28/2021 6:10:33 PM PDT by rstrahan
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To: jospehm20

“Alan Zendell is a moron.”

I know, right?! Bush and Boner are conservatives? ROTFLMAO!


29 posted on 05/28/2021 6:11:20 PM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.d)
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To: polymuser

Look around FR and see how many handles have Bush or Cheney in them.
They had a lot of fans here.


30 posted on 05/28/2021 6:18:44 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: cotton1706; M. Thatcher
You’re missing the point. They’re flailing. And it’s enjoyable to watch.

Alan Zendell writhes like an eel that got tossed into a vat of vinegar.

It's hilarious.  face with tears of joy face with tears of joy

Next up:

George "Ol' Four Eyes" Will writes a scathing column making obscure baseball references with which to pillory The Scoundrel Trump.

31 posted on 05/28/2021 6:48:48 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Robert DeLong
I’m surprised he didn’t try to resurrect McCain from his grave.

That might have been a corpse too far.

32 posted on 05/28/2021 6:50:00 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: cotton1706

Bulls***.

Trump ripped open the rotten log and exposed all the snakes, termites, rofemtsand other vermin in the Uniparty for the FIRST TIME EVER.


33 posted on 05/28/2021 7:08:17 PM PDT by ZULU (Impeach John Roberts, Coney-Barrett, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch. TRAITORS)
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To: rstrahan
Zendell is a Maryland "conservative".

And he's clueless about politics.

February 2016: "McConnell will lose the Republicans the Senate and the Presidency in 2016 if he doesn't take up the nomination of Merrick Garland!!!"

What a clown.   face with tears of joy face with tears of joy

34 posted on 05/28/2021 7:10:30 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: ZULU
Trump ripped open the rotten log and exposed all the snakes, termites, rodents and other vermin in the Uniparty for the FIRST TIME EVER.

Toto, in the Wizard of Oz.

35 posted on 05/28/2021 7:11:37 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: cotton1706

What Republican leadership?


36 posted on 05/28/2021 7:13:09 PM PDT by sport
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To: jospehm20

Seconded.

If he thinks Bush, Boehner, Ryan, and Flake are conservatives to be sought out and Trump is to be avoided then he is a few french fries short of a happy meal.


37 posted on 05/28/2021 7:21:32 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: kiryandil

yep, Trump provided clarity


38 posted on 05/28/2021 7:29:17 PM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: All

This is not complicated.

1) Build the Wall

2) Drain the Swamp

3) America First in All Things

4) Pro Life

5) Pro Guns.

If someone does not, and has not, embraced every single one, they are not conservative. They are not something less. They are nothing.

The 2nd item is what crushes them. Drain the Swamp is the path to term limits and this filth that decided to have a “career” in politics cannot embrace that.

And thus, they are not conservative.


39 posted on 05/28/2021 7:37:50 PM PDT by Owen
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To: cotton1706

Only real Republican leadership I’ve seen in 81 years has been Trump. Maybe Reagen. The rest have all been evolved for the demon rats.


40 posted on 05/28/2021 8:14:49 PM PDT by Ronald77
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