Many of you who follow me on Twit know my thoughts on this.
NONE of these guys-—Frenchfry, Goldburger, Geraghty, Hayes, Kristol-—were ever, ever conservatives. They were the paid Washington Generals of the media/cocktail circuit.
Their job was to show up, state the “conservative position” that EVERYONE KNEW would never become reality. Then at the end, grin like baboons, and say, “Of course, we know that’s not going to happen.” They then walked off with their thirty pieces of silver.
The problem arose when Trump arrived on the scene. Even before he was president, these dill-wads knew he meant what he said. They knew if it was humanly possible Trump would enact into policy and law those things he actually said.
And that terrified them.
It got worse after the election and he DID those things.
Do don’t be fooled. None of these toadstickers were ever conservatives in their lives. They were court jesters performing.
Surely there are “real conservatives” who show up, state conservative positions that will never become a reality, and are contented with that. Modern conservatism was based on free market ideals that had little chance of becoming a reality. That’s what “real conservatism” was for every long time.