To Save Conservatism From Itself, I Am Voting for Harris

The New York Times ^ | Aug. 11, 2024, 6:00 a.m. ET | David French

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I believe life begins at conception. If I lived in Florida, I would support the state’s heartbeat bill and vote against the referendum seeking to liberalize Florida’s abortion laws. I supported the Dobbs decision and I support well-drafted abortion restrictions at the state and federal levels. I was a pro-life lawyer who worked for pro-life legal organizations. While I want prospective parents to be able to use I.V.F. to build their families, I do not believe that unused embryos should simply be discarded — thrown away as no longer useful.

But I’m going to vote for Kamala Harris in 2024 and — ironically enough — I’m doing it in part to try to save conservatism.

Here’s what I mean.

Since the day Donald Trump came down that escalator in 2015, the MAGA movement has been engaged in a long-running, slow-rolling ideological and characterological transformation of the Republican Party. At each step, it has pushed Republicans further and further away from Reaganite conservatism. It has divorced Republican voters from any major consideration of character in leadership and all the while it has labeled people who resisted the change as “traitors.”

What allegiance do you owe a party, a movement or a politician when it or they fundamentally change their ideology and ethos?

Let’s take an assertion that should be uncontroversial, especially to a party that often envisions itself as a home for people of faith: Lying is wrong. I’m not naïve; I know that politicians have had poor reputations for honesty since Athens. But I have never seen a human being lie with the intensity and sheer volume of Donald Trump.

[lasereye]

I don’t have a NYT account. Does he give any examples of what he’s talking about? I’m not aware of Trump endorsing violence or threatening violence. He probably gives none or inserts a link to something that takes something he said out of context.

[Vaduz]

More crazy people from the The New York Times a lemming fest in action.

Daily cliff diving starts a sun rise.

[Pearfect]

It’s not the same, the NYT IS A JOKE !!!

[marron]

I’m a conservative but…

I’m an ee-vangelical but…

I’m from the Bible Belt but…

Propagandists trot these out year after year.

[jimfree]

Once again, David French comes to an utterly preposterous conclusion.

[ScottfromNJ]

“But I’m going to vote for Kamala Harris in 2024 and — ironically enough — I’m doing it in part to try to save conservatism.”

Great idea. As for myself, I’m planning on voting for Jack the Ripper so we can lower the crime rate.

[Pearfect]

I’m also voting for Trump to,save the country from democrats and COMMUNISTS.

[bray]

The courage of this Republican is so impressive.

[clearcarbon]

"To Save Conservatism From Itself, I Am Voting for Harris"

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Ah. Don’t you just love those WASP males? So stalwart in their conservatism.

[Who is John Galt?]

It is probably safe to say, that there are no circumstances under which David French could ‘in good conscience’ vote for the Republican candidate, unless the Republican candidate was a Democrat.

[bray]

Remember when people would believe these plants in the RNC.

[TangoLimaSierra]

It was Scalia and ten other Republicans...

You mean Steve Scalise?

[sjmjax]

The New York Times….. Low budget, Chinese knockoff copy of the Babylon Bee.

[God luvs America]

or the BLM riots....or a Sanders supporter shooting up GOP softball practice....or democrat imported illegals beating up police in NYC...

[Peter ODonnell]

To avoid greed, I am robbing banks.

To avoid violent urges, I am attacking strangers.

To avoid masturbation, I am renting a hooker.

But those are poor analogies, it would be more accurate to say

Despite having no desire for material gain, I am robbing banks (etc).

[Libloather]

Save socialism from itself - vote Trump!

[Georgia Girl 2]

This guy was never a Republican or a conservative. 🙄

[heartwood]

French blames Trump for an increase in murders, drug overdoses, abortions, a decrease in marriages and births, a fraying of the social fabric.

There is much I dislike about Trump, but he was a better President than I expected, and the problems French blames on Trump resulted from COVID and the lock downs, George Floyd’s death and de-policing. Social fabric doesn’t survive lies by Democrats and dishonest officials, amplified by hysterical, incurious lackey journalists. The drop in abortions from GWB to Obama is most likely due to an aging population and an increase in IUD use, and possibly, reporting changes.

French has written a profoundly dishonest piece.

[MuttTheHoople]

David French- “The Conservative Case for Sending Dissidents to Re-Education Camps.”