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.

[Skywise]

More about David French - Is super close friends with Bill Kristol and Jonah Goldberg and writes a “conservative” magazine with them that has one purpose - to attack Trump and support RINO “conservatism”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_French

Claims to be a die hard evangelical Christian but “grudgingly” supports same sex marriage because, gosh darn it, we can’t disrupt people’s lives.

Basically another Pence who wears his Christanity on his sleeve but doesn’t actually fight for it.

[DPMD]

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

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Like Robert Byrd?

[lasereye]

French called the Colorado court “courageous” for unconstitutionally removing Trump from the ballot. Anyone who would say that can’t possibly be conservative. Period.

[wildcard_redneck]

Has uber “Republican” David French ever endorsed a Republican? I don’t think so. French is a crypto-communist.

[Angelino97]

He’s correct in that Trumpism is not Reaganism.

Reagan supported free trade, immigration amnesty, and an interventionist Cold War policy.

Trump supports protectionism, mass deportation, and a less interventionist foreign policy.

Different times, different problems, require different solutions.

[DarthVader]

No one takes David “Fudgepacker” French seriously.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Reagan got rope-a-doped over immigration amnesty.

[cgbg]

This clown was riding with Biden before the coup:

https://www.twincities.com/2024/03/13/david-french-why-haley-voters-should-support-biden/

[Gaffer]

Yeah...he’s an open minded regular old American. Lawyer that writes for Politco, NYT, National Review and a host of other leftist outlets that will let him talk like a conservative ‘thinker.’ Not.

[Irenic]

LOL! clown

[bwest]

“...the MAGA movement has been engaged in a long-running, slow-rolling ideological and characterological transformation of the Republican Party.”

You say that like it’s a bad thing.

[kawhill]

You know David, I think I’m going to vote for Caitlin Clark. If she can run the government as well as she plays basketball I’ll give her a shot. Pun intended.

[butterdezillion]

That’s not even opinion. It is documented fact

[redgolum]

By the metric, the shooter was a result of Trump’s policy, therefore proves his point.

Ran into this IRL a lot. “If you don’t change, someone will hurt you!” Then they blame the victim.

Same with Russia right now.

[CFW]

Before even clicking, I knew it had to be David French.

Over the past 8 years, French has posted dozens of articles titled “To save Conservatism, I support [insert Democrat candidate or progressive policy here]”. It had gotten so bad there have even been memes made mocking his articles.

Much like Jen Rubin (WaPo), French is the NYT’s token “conservative” who is published only to encourage Republicans to support Democrats. Neither French nor Rubin have a conservative bone in their body or conservative thought in their tiny little brain.

[Danie_2023]

Ah yes. It’s the olde “You have to kill the country to save the country” mantra. Right, David?

Methinks that we on the right should adopt that same tact to fulfill our agenda of stopping the Marxist destruction and takeover of America. Only, it won’t be the country that dies. Just sayin...

[Mashood]

I knew this would happen as soon as David French started shacking up with George Conway.

[Vendome]

Yet threats and intimidation follow the MAGA movement like night follows day.

Oh, do list em...

[Steve_Seattle]

Yes, I meant Scalise.

[Major Matt Mason]

I don't believe a word this guy says. The NYT doesn't allow real conservatives to write for their rag.