Posted on 05/10/2016 12:20:07 PM PDT by fella
Hillary Clinton snagged another endorsement over the weekend, but don't expect her to trumpet it on the campaign trail.
"I have a little announcement to make ... I'm voting for Hillary. I am endorsing Hillary," noted conservative author P.J. O'Rourke said on NPR's Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me. The episode aired over the weekend.
If the Clinton campaign wants to tout O'Rourke's support as it tries to woo moderate Republicans who supported Jeb Bush and George W. Bush, it might want to end the quote there.
"I am endorsing Hillary, and all her lies and all her empty promises," O'Rourke continued. "It's the second-worst thing that can happen to this country, but she's way behind in second place. She's wrong about absolutely everything, but she's wrong within normal parameters."
That last line could be the real key to why so many conservatives just can't get on the Trump Train. Yes, Hillary Clinton is awful, but we all know what kind of awful she is. She has been quite comfortable displaying her awfulness to America for decades now. That doesn't mean one should vote for her (I certainly wouldn't), but she is rather easy to figure out.
Trump, for all his overexposure, is an unknown commodity as far as what he would be like running a big people's country. As we saw the other day, his business acumen doesn't always transition smoothly to the political realm. His supporters find his frequent pivots on issues refreshing and endearing, but the number of do-overs he gets in the Oval Office will be greatly diminished. All in all, it's a recipe for disaster and a good chunk of the electorate is trying to see what happens if it gets cooked in the microwave with a fork in it.
The Great Trump Hope is all predicated on him never changing his mind and working within parameters once elected. Thus far, all he's done is change his mind more frequently than Bette Midler changes outfits in a four-hour show, and display a complete unfamiliarity with any parameters.
But he's got hats.
Any sensible person knows there are real risks associated with riding the wave, but staying in the pond is guaranteed to not end well.
There goes his career...
And another mask falls.
This has been the most illuminating election ever.
I think P.J. will change his tune if Trump becomes president. Trump is closer to his libertarian leanings than he thinks, in that Trump isn’t trying to put a moral slant on every policy.
FR can survive a Hillary Presidency. Of course, most of us will be posting using morse code on cell walls.
He’s obviously an idiot, supporting Hillary over Trump.
The massive stupidity; it’s hard to believe but all too real.
I would like to think it is satire, but sadly it probably is not. Going forward, I am going to check with these “conservative” authors—if they endorse HIllary or are #NEVERTRUMP (same difference), I will ignore.
It makes no difference. I suspect that even the members of his extended family make their own voting choices.
There’s NO excuse for this, none. This shows the rot in the conservative pundit class....these people have grown fat, stupid & lazy.
So...what does this Free-America-Hating moron get out this? Trump really shaking the tree. Lots of malignancies are being exposed.
conservative ?
If he was serious, something I question knowing him, he has gone off the deep end.
They are coming out of the woodwork. Just wait until after California. As more primaries occur, there will be more shrieking. Even right here. There’s several that have already popped out.
Truly, these are dangerous times. This country has been force-fed lies into destroying itself, selling-out, de-industrialized across the full spectrum.
And there are many, many idiots too stupid to see it. But reality will come like a bulldozer on a mud hut.
P.J. Is now officially an old fogey.
Tomorrow, he’ll be standing in the front door of his apartment yelling at the people in the hallway to get off his lawn.
Let's keep it simple. Donald is not an unknown quantity. Everything that he has said thus far, demonstrates that unlike the other candidates, he really does put America first! He is willing to go all in to that end, both on borders; trade; immigration; foreign policy, etc..
Nothing could be more clearly Conservative! Think about it:
We survived one Clinton already, kid :P
Screw this douche nozzle.
"Normal parameter!"
Anyone with the brains of a cheese doodle knows democrats only operate in "normal parameters" until they start to LOSE! When the tide turns against them, they ALWAYS rewrite the terms of the debate for the MSM to disseminate until the LIVs think they're winning, then they use "public opinion" to get the republicans to cave.
It's about damn time we got a candidate that knows you have to fight fire with fire!
Conservative is as conservative does.
Endorsing Hillary is about as far away from conservative as you can get.
He’s a liberal, there’s your answer.
Read the article, guys. He’s ripping her apart, not endorsing her.
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