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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Not for this clown, from what I read, 8>)
“Republican leadership,” outside of President Trump, is an oxymoron.
The author had an ode to McLame in a very old column.
“Read to the end with enjoyment?” ARE YOU CRAZY?!!!!!!
THIS IS AN ANTI TRUMP ARTICLE!!!!! DON’T READ IT. HOW STUPID CAN ANYONE BE?
I suggest that YOU read your article to the end, BEFORE posting it...
Just wait RINOs. We have not forgotten that it was you who stuck a knife in our backs and were in on the Steal.
2022 is coming. Just wait.
The Republican Party has watched the Democrat Party flourish and prosper for decades as they moved leftward and get away with stealing our freedoms and our $$$.
The Republicans got jealous of that and somewhere along the line, they decided they wanted a piece of that action too. But they learned to be more subtle about it - LYING to us about everything, where, at least the Democrats are now open about their intentions.
Over time, BOTH parties have forgotten that they are hired to REPRESENT the citizens. They all now believe that they are a class above we citizens and are appointed to “lead” us - making the rules for us; nudging us where THEY decide we need to go...
With this last election, it’s CLEAR that the two parties are now simply two sides of the SAME coin. They ALL wanted Donald Trump, OUR choice - out. And they worked TOGETHER to make that happen. They still are.
They despise us just as much as the Democrats do.
THEY ALL gain as WE all lose. It’s as simple as that.
The article is BS.
I did not post it. Stick to your silly games, and learn to read.
Wasn’t referring to you...
Rd later.
Pull this crap. It needs a barf alert.
Don’t bother...
?????? What the hell does that mean?
What has the Uniparty and its Media been shouting all through the Trump presidency?
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