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Bret Stephens: If Trump Loses, Elites Can Pretend He Never Happened
thefederalist ^ | 10/08/2020 | Nathanael Blake

Posted on 10/08/2020 6:55:56 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

President Donald Trump is recovering from COVID-19, a.k.a. the China plague. Some of his opponents took the high road and wished him a swift recovery, while others took the low road, gloating over his illness, hoping for his suffering and death, and spinning conspiracy theories. A few managed to do both, with their supposed well-wishes revealing more than they meant to.

For example, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens wrote a preening article on why Trump’s opponents should wish the president well. Stephens is a conservative of the socially liberal sort that mostly conserves the profit margins of the Fortune 500. Although he is not popular with his paper’s readership (much of which affects to despise the grubby business of business, even as they browse a paper stuffed with advertisements from luxury brands), he shares their disdain for Trump.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elites; pretend; stephens; trump
Times columnist? That is all I need to know.
1 posted on 10/08/2020 6:55:56 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The elites just gonna pretend those SCOTUS appointments didn’t happen even if POTUS loses? Or the other judges?


2 posted on 10/08/2020 6:59:58 AM PDT by snarkytart (The media reads teleprompters for a living and reiterates Dem talking points, they are ignorant.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Stephens is a conservative of the socially liberal sort ...

IOW, A RINO...................

3 posted on 10/08/2020 7:00:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

All those judgeships can just be poofed away, right?


4 posted on 10/08/2020 7:01:57 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Try to pretend this didn't happen!

114610885-amy
5 posted on 10/08/2020 7:02:27 AM PDT by snarkytart (The media reads teleprompters for a living and reiterates Dem talking points, they are ignorant.)
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To: snarkytart

There’s nothing Amy can do to prevent in-womb baby murder in New York, California and other ‘ratholes.


6 posted on 10/08/2020 7:07:00 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Have Biden and Harris refused to pack the Court yet?


7 posted on 10/08/2020 7:08:28 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Isn’t Bret Stephens the guy from Mötley Crüe?


8 posted on 10/08/2020 7:09:57 AM PDT by dangus
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To: snarkytart

Negating women!


9 posted on 10/08/2020 7:10:13 AM PDT by dangus
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Biden wants to repeal Trump’s corporate tax cut.

A repeal will sink the stock market.


10 posted on 10/08/2020 7:10:32 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If Trump has to give a concession speech (God Forbid) i predict the media will say, if he only acted like that during the campaign he would have won.


11 posted on 10/08/2020 7:15:24 AM PDT by wiseprince
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To: Brian Griffin

This isn’t just about abortion. Sheesh. I don’t care how many BLM sycophants in NYC abort their welfare babies.

I’m talking about a rock solid young conservative replacing that communist icon RBG. If POTUS loses he did change the courts. The elites can’t take that accomplishment away with their smugness.


12 posted on 10/08/2020 7:16:57 AM PDT by snarkytart (The media reads teleprompters for a living and reiterates Dem talking points, they are ignorant.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“HOW I FEEL ABOUT TRUMP ~ by Steve Harvey and Me.

You’ve been on vacation for two weeks, you come home, and your basement is infested with raccoons.. Hundreds of rabid, messy, mean raccoons have overtaken your basement.. You want them gone immediately!.. You call the city and 4 different exterminators, but nobody can handle the job.. But there is this one guy, and he guarantees to get rid of them, so you hire him.. You don’t care if the guy smells, you don’t care if the guy swears, you don’t care if he’s an alcoholic, you don’t care how many times he’s been married, you don’t care if he has a plumber’s crack, you simply want those raccoons gone!.. You want your problem fixed!.. He’s the guy.. He’s the best!

Here’s why we want Trump: Yes, he’s a bit of a jerk; Yes, he’s an egomaniac; but we don’t care!.. The country is a mess because politicians suck, the Republicans and Democrats can be two-faced and gutless, and illegals are everywhere.. We want it all fixed!.. We don’t care that Trump is crude, we don’t care that he insults people, we don’t care that he has changed positions, we don’t care that he’s been married 3 times, we don’t care that he fights with Megyn Kelly and Rosie O’Donnell, we don’t care that he doesn’t know the name of some Muslim terrorist.. This country became weak and bankrupt, our enemies were making fun of us, we are being invaded by illegals, we are becoming a nation of victims where every Tom, Ricardo, and Hasid is a special group with special rights to a point where we don’t even recognize the country we were born and raised in; “AND WE JUST WANT IT FIXED”.. And Trump is the only guy who seems to understand what the people want..

We’re sick of politicians, sick of the Democratic Party, sick of the Republican Party, and sick of illegals!.. We just want this thing fixed.. Trump may not be a Saint, but we didn’t vote for a Pope.. We voted for a man who doesn’t have lobbyist money holding him back, a man who doesn’t have political correctness restraining him.. We all know that he has been very successful, he’s a good negotiator, he has built a lot of things, and he’s also NOT a politician, NOT a cowardly politician.!.. And he says he’ll fix it.. And we believe him because he is too much of an egotist to be proven wrong, or looked at and called a liar.. Also, we don’t care if the guy has bad hair.. We just want those raccoons gone, out of our house, NOW!!!

You are welcome to copy/paste/share this.. Thousands of people who haven’t voted in 25 years seem to be getting involved.. And the more people get this message, the more that will understand why Trump was elected..The raccoons have got to go!!!”


13 posted on 10/08/2020 7:37:34 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
He used to be a columnist for The Wall Street Journal and was relentlessly hostile to Trump. I never read The New York Times but I assume he has not changed a bit.
14 posted on 10/08/2020 11:53:57 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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