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Can we find Bill Kristol a new job?
Spectator USA ^ | August 30, 2019 | Ben Sixsmith

Posted on 08/30/2019 9:37:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

He just doesn’t seem too well-suited to the world of political consultancy

With millions of people unemployed, finding a new job for a well-heeled Washington insider might seem like a low priority for Americans but I still believe it would be sensible and humane to find Bill Kristol another job. The poor fellow has spent years working in politics, and it just isn’t working out for him – or anyone else.

Mr Kristol is of course the son of neoconservative theorist Irving Kristol. Neoconservative families are unusually rich in political commentators. Irving Kristol’s contemporary and ideological comrade Norman Podhoretz produced the columnist and editor John Podhoretz. Right-leaning historian Donald Kagan produced the neoconservative theorists Robert and Frederick. Conservative literary agent Lucianne Goldberg is the mother of conservative columnist Jonah. Granted, left-wing commentary can run in families as well – the journalist Claud Cockburn spawned similarly fiery socialists Alexander and Patrick – but no political tendencies rival neoconservatism for being a family affair.

The young William cut his teeth in electoral politics, working for the Democrat Daniel Moynihan and then the Republican Alan Keyes, before serving in Ronald Reagan’s administration under secretary of education William Bennett. Kristol was described as being ‘Dan Quayle’s brain’ when he was chief of staff for the vice president of George H.W. Bush, which is something like being Donald Trump’s sense of restraint or Hillary Clinton’s sense of cool.

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1 posted on 08/30/2019 9:37:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah. Eating shiite


2 posted on 08/30/2019 9:38:32 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Anal leech.


3 posted on 08/30/2019 9:41:45 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Walmart greeter. He’d fail at that, too.


4 posted on 08/30/2019 9:45:00 PM PDT by windsorknot
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I’d like to see him in a gardening related field.

‘Pushing up Daisies’ would be a good career move for him..


5 posted on 08/30/2019 9:46:10 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This could be fun!


6 posted on 08/30/2019 9:48:27 PM PDT by budj (combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Kristol was Quayle’s brain? Now I’m beginning to see why Quayle dropped out of politics after his VP run. Everything Kristol touches turns to caca.


7 posted on 08/30/2019 9:48:51 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

OH, I get it. Kristol is pushing Joe Walsh.

Joe Walsh (the radio host) was a passionate Donald Trump supporter who called Kristol a ‘twit’ who should ‘just stay in Israel.’ Now that he has turned against the Donald, though, for his ‘bullshit and drama’, the two have become allies.


8 posted on 08/30/2019 9:51:18 PM PDT by onyx
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To: LegendHasIt

He’s a piece of crap, if he had any honor, him and Bill Clinton would take a 38 special into a bathroom and share the experience together and leave a $100’s apiece to the crap sweeper for a tip for the cleanup.


9 posted on 08/30/2019 9:52:11 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Toilets need cleaning at the bus station


10 posted on 08/30/2019 9:56:49 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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I’m sure the Democrats could use him


11 posted on 08/30/2019 9:58:03 PM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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“I’m sure the Democrats could use him”

They are.


12 posted on 08/30/2019 10:25:31 PM PDT by rintintin
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car wash
13 posted on 08/30/2019 10:32:09 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Give him a tape measure and hire him for an airport TSA position in Dallas, he would not last 5 days


14 posted on 08/30/2019 10:32:53 PM PDT by advertising guy (When Pelosi said " Embrace the suck" Kamala did ...... Willie Brown)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How about truck stop men’s room urinal cake swapper?


15 posted on 08/30/2019 10:37:13 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Navy SEAL. Never seen someone so gung-ho, he’ll be perfect for high risk combat operations.


16 posted on 08/30/2019 10:37:52 PM PDT by thoughtomator (... this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.)
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To: Truthoverpower

Yes, put him to work in San Francisco sucking farts out of bus seats.


17 posted on 08/30/2019 10:45:11 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A certain Son of a Mailman might be needing a campaign adviser by next Valentine’s Day. He’s not sure yet.


18 posted on 08/30/2019 11:12:12 PM PDT by lee martell
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Wow! Kasich and Kristol. The dream team, DJT doesn’t have a chance. ROTF laughing my lazy arse off. They couldn’t beat Romney in a primary for selling handjobs to hobo’s for a pop bottle.


19 posted on 08/30/2019 11:30:34 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Humorous and informative article. Thanks for posting it.


20 posted on 08/30/2019 11:48:11 PM PDT by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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