Posted on 02/09/2024 5:43:48 PM PST by CFW
It is hard to select a favorite paragraph, but this one certainly holds true:
“The sad truth was that the Never Trumpers were not safeguarding the ideas of conservatism so much as themselves. Carlson nailed the heart of the matter: “If Trump is leading a populist movement, many of his Republican critics have joined an elitist one. Deriding Trump is an act of class solidarity, visible evidence of refinement and proof that you live nowhere near a Wal-Mart.” That is why the continuing success of the Trump Presidency has been met with escalating anger and vituperation from the Never Trumpers — the news cycle is a daily reminder that they were wrong about everything. Can you be wrong about everything and still be part of the elite?”
I’m a big fan of Emerald. I miss her on Newsmax.
Excellent dissertation, and spot on.
I used to subscribe to National Review for years.
When they turned out to be constant Trump bashers, I have canceled and never read them again!
I can tolerate many different views and in the beginning, it was just annoying, but eventually, it just got to me. The whole paper was unceasingly bashing Trump, forever, even when he became the nominee.
Maybe they changed now, I do not know.
Many people mistook their policy positions for principles, and Trump has made them look foolish.
That's rich coming from Mr. "Please drink Bud Light again!"
Zowie! So who do you support braveheart?
The ones she mentions were Democrats IMO.
Well, I was an outspoken supporter of Governor DeSantis, an actual conservative and someone I didn't have to abandon every conservative principle I'd ever held to rally behind.
But, what can I say. The majority of GOP primary voters would rather rally behind a geriatric bloviating old-fashioned New York liberal circus clown.
You are pathetic.
“Well, I was an outspoken supporter of Governor DeSantis, an actual conservative and someone I didn’t have to abandon every conservative principle I’d ever held to rally behind.
But, what can I say. The majority of GOP primary voters would rather rally behind a geriatric bloviating old-fashioned New York liberal circus clown.”
You are certainly entitled to your opinion. However, your “circus clown” will indeed close the border among other things. So are you going to cry and mope and sit out the election?
LMAO! Thanks for your honesty. Well, you can always shift to Nikki :)
Brilliant insight and foresight. She nailed it. I hope Emerald Robinson has a long career helping to shape conservative opinion.
IT's the "among other things" that worry me.
Will we get more gun control? Trillion dollar spending? Handing the country over to Dr. Fauci and signing everything that Nancy Pelosi puts in front of his face?
DeSantis would've closed the border as well.
And, nope, I will not sit out the election. I will vote for the old New York liberal with all the enthusiasm and confidence that I had when I voted for Bob Dole, John McCain, and. Mitt Romney.
Trump will probably win though and my guess says he throws MAGA under the bus as soon as he moves into the White House (he'll have no more use for them). He'll go full libtard and give the Democrats everything they ask for in exchange for throttling back on the lawfare.
Great read.
“Classic Takes: The Collapse of the Never-Trump Conservatives”
there’s no such thing as a never-trump CONSERVATIVE!
Great article and she’s great herself. Id like to see her run for political office.
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