Posted on 08/17/2016 12:27:27 PM PDT by Kaslin
It has become part of my morning routine to groan when I see the litany of negative articles about Donald Trump at nationalreview.com. Not that Im a huge fan of his, but he did win fair and square and is the nominee.
Every day I receive emails voicing the same reaction to the constant barrage of scathing commentary about Trump from traditionally conservative sources. Perhaps the conservative punditry feels obligated to be self-critical. But, for those who backed other primary candidates, then put on their big boy pants and came to terms with supporting Trump -- or at least committed to vote for him -- this compulsion among the conservative chattering classes is dispiriting and causing a great deal of second-guessing. Even panic.
Should I reconsider voting for Trump?
Who else would I vote for?
A vote for any other candidate or sitting out the election -- something Ive never done before -- just increases Hillarys chances; I cant be part of that.
Whats a conservative to do? And more importantly, what do these political soothsayers want from us?
Are they simply grousing or malcontents who cant bring themselves to vote for Trump? I know they envision themselves as guardians of conservatism, but are they such purists that they are willing to ride their principles off a cliff?
Isnt that a criticism often levelled at tea partiers?
Do they really know better than we do and, if so, shouldnt we heed their advice? And, what exactly is their advice?
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Where were these ideological purists when the Rinos pushed candidates such as both Bushs’, Dole, McCain and Romney on the Party? You can hardly call any one of them Conservatives. Could it be that the Conservative elite feel extremely threatened by a populist nationalist like Trump? Where would their influence go in a Trump victory? They fear Trump and his supporters who threaten the status quo in Washington.
“Whats a Conservative to Do?”
Skip this verbose article like I did, and vote for Trump.
What self important drivel !!
Sheesh!
Vote for Trump and pray for the best. The last non-politician (who also upset the Republican Party applecart) was Dwight Eisenhower, and the last one with no Washington experience was Reagan. We should have learned from that to avoid anyone exposed to Potomac Swamp Fever.
Well said, that was way too much verbal diarrhea!
NAILED
Now the perverts will be able to corner their victims in a private room without fear of interruption.
From my dealings with journalists over the years, they tend to be touchy about appearances but astonishingly naive that they or their publisher have sold out even after they have manifestly sold out. I hate to see that as to NR -- I am and will remain a lifelong subscriber -- but it is hard to argue otherwise.
It bears mention that even though it seems painfully obvious that NR has sold out, their primary fault is intellectual. They have let their essential role as the keeper of the conservative flame in dark times become the basis for declaring that Trump as the GOP nominee is unworthy of support because he has failed their conservative purity test.
Yet Trump is arguably more conservative and more successful in the real world tasks of building and running things than John McCain or Mitt Romney, two questionable GOP nominees whom NR doggedly supported. Trump is also more able and willing to speak in the plain terms and direct manner that connect with ordinary Americans -- which is reminiscent of Ronald Reagan.
Indeed, unlike Obama and Bush, Trump has a bottom line realism and lacks personal connections to Islam (Obama) or to Saudi oil interests (the Bushes, all of them). Trump seems far more likely to address the role of our supposed Muslim allies in supporting Islamist terrorism and using mass immigration to the US and Europe as weapon. Doing so would help to remedy the central defect in our national security strategy against terrorism.
I trust that NR's fit of Never Trump madness will pass and that, in post-election sobriety, they will see more clearly. And if Trump is victorious and pushes a conservative agenda, they and other Never Trumpers will be forced to recognize that combative Trump will have won because he expanded the conservative and GOP base. Always a smart crowd but not always wise, NR and its stable of thinkers and pundits will then be forced to eat a big plate of crow.
I have said all along, if the neverTrumpers want to know who to blame for Trump they might want to pause in front of a mirror...
The only good thing about them is that they will become irrelevant to the party base from now on. They have screwed their own pooch.
They may as well change party cuz our days of nose hold voting are OVER.
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