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Donald Trump Is an Affront to Anyone Devoted to William F. Buckley’s Legacy
National Review ^ | August 12, 2015 | GEORGE WILL

Posted on 08/12/2015 5:53:27 PM PDT by Steelfish

Donald Trump, Counterfeit Republican By GEORGE WILL August 12, 2015

In every town large enough to have two traffic lights there is a bar at the back of which sits the local Donald Trump, nursing his fifth beer and innumerable delusions. Because the actual Donald Trump is wealthy, he can turn himself into an unprecedentedly and incorrigibly vulgar presidential candidate. It is his right to use his riches as he pleases. His squalid performance and its coarsening of civic life are costs of freedom that an open society must be prepared to pay.

When, however, Trump decided that his next acquisition would be not another casino but the Republican presidential nomination, he tactically and quickly underwent many conversions of convenience (concerning abortion, health care, funding Democrats, etc.). His makeover demonstrates that he is a counterfeit Republican and no conservative.

He is an affront to anyone devoted to the project William F. Buckley began six decades ago with the founding in 1955 of National Review — making conservatism intellectually respectable and politically palatable. Buckley’s legacy is being betrayed by invertebrate conservatives now saying that although Trump “goes too far,” he has “tapped into something,” and therefore

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: 2016election; beltwayguy; democide; donaldtrump; election2016; georgefwill; georgewill; linedrivetothehead; nationalreview; newyork; purge; repositorytrump; showtrials; trump
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To: Steelfish

Interesting point. I haven’t always agreed with it.


181 posted on 08/12/2015 10:10:33 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (If the fetus at one minute old is not alive, what is it?)
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To: hoosiermama
Are you still in Texas and dealing with liberal.family members?

Mama, you have got a really good memory, you know that? Thank you for keeping me and mine in your thoughts for such a long time. I very much appreciate that.

Yes, we're still in Texas, but doing a whole lot better than we were just a few years back. My wife and I jumped started our stalled business and got the motor humming again, which is why I don't get to freep as much as I used to :-)

As for the liberal family members, they're half a continent away in Mexifornia and still content to stay there. What can I say - they're libs. We don't get into many political fights anymore. Guess I've just been gone too long. It's just as well. I prefer the company of Freepers anyway :-)

182 posted on 08/12/2015 10:11:09 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

So glad you are doing well friend. Glad we crossed paths again.


183 posted on 08/12/2015 10:13:50 PM PDT by hoosiermama (psalm 150;3 Praise him with the sound of the TRUMPet!)
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To: Jim Robinson

Here is The Donald at his craziest. And the reason my young nephew who says “he’s. One of us!” Will be working for him in Michigan
Looking at the crowd the other night the resemblance between the two. Well you’ll.see.
Http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3323964/posts


184 posted on 08/12/2015 10:20:55 PM PDT by hoosiermama (psalm 150;3 Praise him with the sound of the TRUMPet!)
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To: Steelfish

I don’t consider National Review and William F. Buckley even close to conservative!!


185 posted on 08/12/2015 10:28:54 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

yes! She does. I believe it is Walker. George will is the fake.


186 posted on 08/12/2015 10:46:28 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: Jim Robinson

I like Ben Carson.


187 posted on 08/12/2015 10:49:34 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: onedoug

I like Ted Cruz.


188 posted on 08/12/2015 11:24:40 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Steelfish

Does he actually think he is going to change any minds with this pomposity? He is just writing for the shrinking few who think like him. It is pathetic.


189 posted on 08/13/2015 2:29:15 AM PDT by AdaGray
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To: Jim Robinson

Secure the borders. Get a handle on immigration. Cut the regulations. Cut the spending. Cut the government. Cut the taxes. Make the government smarter. Get a handle on the debt. Strengthen the economy. Bring capital and jobs back to America. Strengthen our military. Make America great again! And make the world respect us again while we’re at it.


YESSIREEEEE Cruz talking points all the way

GO CRUZ GO


190 posted on 08/13/2015 3:17:03 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: DLfromthedesert

That’s unfortunate. There is a clown in New Jersey just like him called Paul Mulshine. When the liberal papers there need a Republican to criticize Republican conservatives, they drag his carcass out of the closet and he writes a critical attack as an “impartial” Republican. If you listen to phony when FOX has him on, he spends most of his time attacking conservatives and defending trash like Bush III.


191 posted on 08/13/2015 3:40:07 AM PDT by ZULU (Democrats are paleosocialists)
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To: Steelfish
If the meme wasn't so pathetic, it would be funny. "let's trash Trump for Buckley's sake". Will has finally jumped the shark and a bunch of remora parasites have taken the leap with him.

That said - GO CRUZ!!! Keep it up Trump!

192 posted on 08/13/2015 3:40:44 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Steelfish

Speaking of parasites - it seems that a very large proportion of those doing the Left’s job for them by trashing Trump in every way imaginable don’t show up as FR donors. I realize that some may have opted not to have their names posted, but it really smells. They also have a habit of evading the question about who they are supporting AND donating to. Some times high-mindedness is only a figment of the high-minded’s imagination.


193 posted on 08/13/2015 3:45:05 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: DannyTN

That list is a keeper. Good groundwork.


194 posted on 08/13/2015 3:48:24 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: MeshugeMikey

I don’t know why I think that the PP think is a diversion. It always seems that when there is something bad on the top of the news cycle, there is something even worse that is not being reported or swept under the rug


195 posted on 08/13/2015 5:38:29 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

George Will is right.


196 posted on 08/13/2015 6:36:19 AM PDT by Marcella (TED CRUZ (Prepping can save your life today.))
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To: Jim Robinson

Me too. But his being a Senator rubs hard.


197 posted on 08/13/2015 6:45:48 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Jim Robinson

I remain skeptical, which should be no surprise. I tend to closely examine the negatives until I can eliminate them as sticking points. It’s in the nature of most IT professionals to do so. As with every candidate, I will, at some point, decide which negatives I can tolerate. (Because JC ain’t running.)

Trump has all the right political enemies, that’s for sure. It’s early yet. So I will continue to observe and discuss.


198 posted on 08/13/2015 7:24:13 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: Ouderkirk

That does seem to be the case. The diversion ploy has been all too “popular” since obie came on the scene.


199 posted on 08/13/2015 7:55:31 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: gogeo

Thanks for sharing.


200 posted on 08/13/2015 7:59:59 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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