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After Trump Loses, We Can Build a Sane Republican Party ["Sane" = Bushism]
Daily Beast ^ | July 19, 2016 | Stece McIntosh

Posted on 07/20/2016 9:38:08 AM PDT by C19fan

This week, as we witness the horrifying spectacle of the GOP crowning Donald Trump as its presidential nominee, we may find solace by anticipating the positive change that his ill-fated candidacy might actually bring about. Ever since Trump secured the nomination, influential leaders and intellectuals on the right who reject him have been working to reimagine the right as it should be. Under normal circumstances, envisioning a more mature version of Republican politics might just be speculative fantasy. But this unique historical moment provides the American right with an unprecedented opportunity to redefine itself and reclaim its role as an effective bulwark against the shortcomings of the left.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016rncconvention; gop; nevertrump; trump; uniparty
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You know the author is talking out both sides when he uses the term "progressive conservatives". I can't think of a more oxymoronic political term. The author and his buddies want more Bushism, i.e., a me too GOP or I am all for what the Left stands for but we can manage it better.
1 posted on 07/20/2016 9:38:08 AM PDT by C19fan
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Why do we need two globalist “screw the middle class” parties?


2 posted on 07/20/2016 9:39:05 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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Oh, they mean a even more lying, sell-out, traitorous and disingenuous party. OK.


3 posted on 07/20/2016 9:39:34 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: C19fan

Globalists want to control the party again.


4 posted on 07/20/2016 9:39:44 AM PDT by dragonblustar (When rulers are wicked, their people are too; but good men will live to see the tyrantÂ’s downfall.)
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To: C19fan

Liberals finally find something to like about Bush.

After damning him for sixteen years.


5 posted on 07/20/2016 9:40:43 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: C19fan

Daily Beast. Nuff said.


6 posted on 07/20/2016 9:41:07 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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If Trump loses, they’ll be no need for a GOP, “sane” or not.


7 posted on 07/20/2016 9:41:44 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Make Our Founding Documents Great Again!)
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To: C19fan

Is this Bill Kristol’s new pen name?
I thought I recognized his ‘Sky Is Falling’ fatalism.


8 posted on 07/20/2016 9:41:59 AM PDT by lee martell
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Who the heck is this ####?

I will take glee in the mental torture that will sweep across the country on Nov 8.

Is that bad?


9 posted on 07/20/2016 9:42:21 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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Ummmm, the worthless Commie-Cons in congress and senate and the endless stream of milquetoast candidates like dole, bush, mccain, and romney to the mini-me’s they tried to foist on us this election IS the reason there is a Trump


10 posted on 07/20/2016 9:42:24 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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I actually agree with this guy. If Trump loses, the GoP will consist of a bunch of neutered RINOs. Won't be a dime's bit of difference between them and the Dems.

IMO, that might be when things get ugly. This summer would just be the warm up.

11 posted on 07/20/2016 9:42:31 AM PDT by wbill
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To: dragonblustar

Globalism = international redistribution of wealth.


12 posted on 07/20/2016 9:43:02 AM PDT by boycott (--s)
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This guy wants to use ‘free market conservative principles’ to implement the left wing agenda.


13 posted on 07/20/2016 9:43:18 AM PDT by DugwayDuke ("A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest")
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This is why we need Trump and the author, Stece McIntosh, makes the case for a Trump win all the more clear:


14 posted on 07/20/2016 9:45:39 AM PDT by yoe
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I’m so glad that the Daily Beast is concerned about the GOP.


15 posted on 07/20/2016 9:45:47 AM PDT by LydiaLong
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read the article and the names they name...they basically are looking to be RAT-Lite.


16 posted on 07/20/2016 9:46:27 AM PDT by stylin19a
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For the same reason that the Harlem Globetrotter’s needed a team of stooge opponents to travel with them.

To make it look as if there is an actual contest going on.


17 posted on 07/20/2016 9:47:34 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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If Trump losesd Clinton will finish what Brack Obama statred and there won’t be any America left for the Republican party to be in.


18 posted on 07/20/2016 9:48:13 AM PDT by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: wbill

It’s already that way and has been for quite some time.


19 posted on 07/20/2016 9:48:21 AM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: lee martell

Maybe john ziegler? Another “I’m a conservative/libr’uh’tarian and can’t find a credible reason to support Trump.” So, rather than suck it up, even to the point of not voting, you’d prefer a liar and someone who has put us in harms way by failing to control classified documents. Thanks for the support asswagon.


20 posted on 07/20/2016 9:50:39 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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