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Donald Trump is completely transforming the Democrats
The Hill ^ | December 29, 2018 | Jonathan Turley

Posted on 12/29/2018 9:34:16 AM PST by jazusamo

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To: aquila48; Branch; Alberta's Child; AnotherUnixGeek; The Deplorable Miss Lemon; laplata; ...
A similar but (IMHO) more accurate thesis can be found in this excellent article. In short:

Liberals have always accused social conservatives of bringing religion into politics, but liberals have done something far worse, and far more radical: They have made politics their religion...What they really want is liberal Sharia law, a secular theocracy.

The minimum wage, gender equality, nationalized health care, and global warming—whatever their practical virtues—are not just expedient policy prescriptions. They are essential aspects of the liberal fatwa...Question them and you are not just wrong—you are a heretic.

You wonder why the left is having a nervous breakdown in the wake of Trump's election? It is because, for them, politics is the means to secular salvation. This means that, to them, political failure is not just a setback on the road to a more stable society—it is a blow to their very worldview. Opposition to their program is not just wrong-headed, but evil.

I agree that "Democrats are now defined by Trump the way that anti-matter is defined by matter, with each particle of matter corresponding to an anti-participle.". However, this is nothing new; I've seen conservatives not give the devil his due during Dem administrations and visa versa. It has happened before, it happens now, and it'll happen henceforth.

What is more interesting is the "why" behind the hysteria. The High Priests of Secular Theocracy came within 78k votes of Madame President, which would have been DEVASTATING for lovers of liberty. And thus, we are seeing the left engaging in a Secular Crusade.

We need to respond by red-pilling centrist citizens to join the MAGA train. We need waves of new Deplorables to counteract this liberal fatwa, or else we will be whining about President Kamala Harris and VP Spartacus in 2 years.

61 posted on 12/29/2018 11:27:57 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: karnage

The difference in Trump and the rest 9f these POWER WHORES, is Trump doesn’t need this stinking job he is wealthy AND powerful in his own right!!!! The rest of these SCUM have lived off of BIG DONORS and government their entire lives!!!


62 posted on 12/29/2018 11:31:49 AM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: jazusamo

Every Democrat is a violent totalitarian thug.


63 posted on 12/29/2018 11:35:28 AM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: jazusamo

> “While many of us support the Mueller investigation and the need for sanctions against Russia for its interference”

Turley may be doing his business but he is still full of crap.


64 posted on 12/29/2018 11:37:11 AM PST by Hostage (Article V (Proud Member of the Deranged Q Fringe))
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To: jazusamo

The Democrats are now showing their true colors, hate of America and their true love of Evil.


65 posted on 12/29/2018 11:38:49 AM PST by mulligan (EeThe)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

I guess you could call baby-killing “child abuse”.

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That goes without saying. You must not have gotten my point.


66 posted on 12/29/2018 11:39:03 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: DoodleBob

That is an excellent article.

They are evil and would haul us off tomorrow if they could do so.


67 posted on 12/29/2018 11:40:24 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: jazusamo

Let’s turn this war and Russian talk on its head.

I think Trump will need to turn up the heat against the Chicoms. The Chicoms are the primary existential globalist threat. The Dems are in the Chicoms pocket and it’s time for them to choose sides and be exposed as traitors.


68 posted on 12/29/2018 11:56:34 AM PST by grumpygresh (Abolish administrative law. It's regressive, medieval and unconstitutional!)
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Interesting.


69 posted on 12/29/2018 11:58:19 AM PST by Concentrate (ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election. Podesta the molest)
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To: DoodleBob

Thanks for posting this excellent article.


70 posted on 12/29/2018 12:03:24 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: jazusamo

I believe in staying engaged and I think the risk has, so far, been worth the investment in Syria.

That said, I think we can protect our interests with forces outside of Syria.


71 posted on 12/29/2018 12:04:22 PM PST by VeniVidiVici
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To: laplata

He is causing many putative Republicans to show their true colors also.


72 posted on 12/29/2018 12:04:44 PM PST by Kickaha (See the glory...of the royal scam)
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To: Kickaha

That’s for sure.


73 posted on 12/29/2018 12:08:17 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: stinkerpot65

And they’d rival Stalin or Hitler if they ever get the chance.


74 posted on 12/29/2018 12:09:20 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: jazusamo
Damn! Jonathan Turley beat me to the punch. It occurred to me this week that the so-called Peace Movement, if it had ANY freakin' integrity, would be saying "Thank You" to President Trump.

Professor Turley has long impressed me as being one of the few nationally prominent Liberals who has some intellectual honesty.

75 posted on 12/29/2018 12:16:03 PM PST by Lysandru
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To: Lysandru

I agree. As Liberals I respect both he and Alan Dershowitz.


76 posted on 12/29/2018 12:25:35 PM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

Fundamentally..?


77 posted on 12/29/2018 12:28:09 PM PST by Leep (Leftist are neither liberal or democratic. Nor are they pro American.)
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To: Paladin2
Shouldn’t we be fighting MS13 in Mexico rather than in the US?

MS-13 is an El Salvadoran gang.
78 posted on 12/29/2018 1:51:44 PM PST by fr_freak
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To: fr_freak

Doesn’t mean we can’t fight them on the other side of The Wall rather than in the US.


79 posted on 12/29/2018 1:53:15 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

If we were really serious, we would invade Mexico, El Salvador, and any other country that sends these gangs to the US, and we would wipe every gang/cartel member out. Hell, most of the rank-and-file Mexicans and Salvadorans would probably thank us. But alas, we haven’t been a serious country in many years.


80 posted on 12/29/2018 2:04:58 PM PST by fr_freak
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