I suspect Mr. Boaz and his puppet posting this article are now just puppets of the GOPe. If that is the case, that is sad. The GOPe is not on the side of America. They refuse to defund Obamacare, curtail surveillance, control the border, cut taxes, cut regulation, reign in the courts and executive or do anything substantive to restore American greatness.
Being a very long time Cato supporter I know the history and value of Cato. Cato has a libertarian ideological consensus which hash been a valuable counterweight to statists like Bush, Ryan, McDonnell, etc. But now that seems to be changing, at least temporarily.
Any "conservative ideological consensus" that exists in the GOP is strictly lip service. The reality is that the GOP has been corrupted by power and needs to be dismantled. Instead of limited government that Cato has supported for its existence, the GOP supports greater federal power and intrusion into state, local and personal affairs with no limit whatsoever.
Puppets? Ahaha... Your mogul’s rethoric is epitome of anything that might be considered irresponsible and opportunistic. He never was and never will be conservative, he only wish to be the man of “big deals” with the GOPe and other Rats. Have a nice day!
Exactly
I called Trump a populist about 30 seconds after his announcement. With a populist there are always things they say that we can readily agree with, things we have longed to hear someone say for a long time. The populist then convinces that he is the only person on earth able or willing to get these things done.
The populist ever the blustering bully lauds his initial popularity and demeans any person or organization that refuses acclaim his accumen. The one thing a populist will not give you is how things will be done. I will get a country to do something but I will tell you how to do it.
The populist will tell you what he will do but not how he will govern; and that is dangerous.