Posted on 08/18/2024 9:58:27 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
“Many of the same politicians who now publicly embrace Trump privately dread him,” Nikki Haley said in February. “They know what a disaster he’s been and will continue to be for our party. They’re just too afraid to say it out loud. Well, I’m not afraid to say the hard truth out loud. I feel no need to kiss the ring.”
Yet there Haley was at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, kissing the ring. “President Trump asked me to speak to this convention in the name of unity,” she said. “I’ll start by making one thing perfectly clear: Donald Trump has my strong endorsement, period.”
Today’s Republican Party is what political scientists call a “personalist” party: It is built around a person, not an agenda or a coalition. The party is co-chaired by Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump. Dissidents like Liz Cheney and Chris Christie and Adam Kinzinger and even former Vice President Mike Pence have been exiled.
The Democratic Party has proved itself anything but a personalist party. Its convention this week will reflect a historic, collective act: the party’s mobilization to persuade its leader, Joe Biden, to step aside.
How have the two parties come to be such perfect opposites, photo negatives of each other? One reason predates Trump. The other reason is Trump.
There is a contradiction at the heart of the Republican Party that does not exist at the heart of the Democratic Party. Democrats are united in their belief that the government can, and should, act on behalf of the public. To be on the party’s far left is to believe the government should do much more. To be among its moderates is to believe it should do somewhat more...
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And the problem is?
It’s the NYT’s, Jake.
The Democrats turning into a pitiless machine is why we nominated him in 2016.
One problem is that blowhards like Ezra believe his opinions are newsworthy.
It’s still the cult of Obama, why does Ezra Klein think he can slip that fact past his readers? oh , yeah, they know they can depend on the stupidity of their voters.
“Trump Has Turned the Democratic Party Into a Pitiless Machine”
Hell, for a party that supports abortion up to (and after sometimes)the moment of birth I believe that party was there years ago,
“Its convention this week will reflect a historic, collective act:”
Why yes, the biggest riots of modern times.
This country was founded on the distrust of government.
This is ridiculous. Trump is basically 90s-era Bill Clinton with the occasional mean tweet.
The Democrat party IS the pit!!!
I guess NYT never heard of Obama...
I wish the NYTs could tell us what Trump needs to do to beat the unstoppable team of kamala/walz666?
Opus?
Sure, Ezra. We haven’t forgotten your Journo-List or your Cabal-List. All those little mocking birds are still squawking the same tune, aren’t they?
And the problem is?"
Yep, limited government, the underlying premise of the Constitution of the United States, that made this nation the greatest in history - a concept reviled by the nimrods who shuffle about the halls, and bounce off the walls, of the New York Slimes building.
Faux intellectual gobblety gook.
Liberals read this stuff while having sex.
The Democrats are running Big Brother a campaign of disrespect for the voters.
They nullified their primary and now, by refusing interviews and press conferences, are telling their voters that they don't deserve any explanations of any kind for anything.
I want to see some states sue the DNC to recover the costs to the state for their primaries that they nullified because they didn't like the winner.
-PJ
How have the two parties come to be such perfect opposites, photo negatives of each other?This tired old lie again, Ezra? Both parties are carbon copies of each other.
Matt Walsh called what is taking place in the media a fire hose of lies. Lies coming so fast and so many you can’t defend against them. We can see through them but the average voter may not. He also said he was fearful the practice may work. I do feel Trump should focus more on the policies and history of his opponents. However, the leftist media dominates. Americans seem to want to vote themselves into slavery.
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