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The new Republican Party is resembling Greece's SYRIZA and other populist-nationalist parties in Europe who revolt against austerity policies, emphasize national sovereignty and want to preserve social benefits for middle and working class people and are determined to sharply curb the undue influence of wealthy donors on the political system. All of this is more apparent in the downfall of Jeb Bush who represented the austerity, multi-national and elite preferences of the powerful few who dominate the Republican Party and its discourse. The rise of Donald Trump has shattered the grip of the old order and has up-ended how Republicans should address the country's problems. A good and long read from David Frum that brings this year's events into sharp focus and gives us a road map not only to the Republican revolt but to the future of the GOP itself.
1 posted on 02/22/2016 11:41:35 PM PST by goldstategop
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So you are saying Trump is anti-austerity, i.e, for big government, high taxes etc...?


2 posted on 02/22/2016 11:46:57 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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Drivel.


3 posted on 02/22/2016 11:50:17 PM PST by anton
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Is Frum the self-described sodomite?


4 posted on 02/22/2016 11:52:15 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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I don’t want Social Security and Medicare benefits cut, I want health care security for middle and poor Americans, I want promises kept to our veterans, I want jobs brought back to America and an end to foreign dumping of imports here, I want wages and benefits to be increased and I want our borders secured and all illegal aliens to be deported.

This is the essence of Trump’s platform. He’s my kinda guy; he speaks for me and not for the fat cat oligarchs GOP politicians cater to. The Republican Party doesn’t care about me and my needs. It cares more about the wealthy few than about us. And we need to take our country back from them.

A lot of Americans feel this way and they’re not alone. Our uniparty elites want to turn America into a bigger version of multi-cultural Europe. We’re telling them NO: we don’t want to live in that kind of country or bequeath it to our children. You ignore our seething anger and discontent to your peril.


5 posted on 02/22/2016 11:52:49 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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These populists seek to defend ... programs that benefit older people... against migrants who make new claims and challenge accustomed ways...

The media is truly evil.

Yes indeed, people "old" enough to recognize a deadly threat do indeed see such danger in Muslims who openly proclaim intent to destroy the Constitution, install sharia law, and murder anyone who doesn't convert to Islam. Especially since that's exactly what these barbarians are doing all around the world. And yes, living as a slave under murderous animals are indeed "new claims that challenge our accustomed ways."

The media is truly evil. David Frum is truly evil. Whispering death to his own society, coaxing them to accept comfy names for their own murders and the murders of their families, in exchange for his whore pay.

Black, black evil. Satanic evil. You are damned, David Frum. Your soul is already dead.

7 posted on 02/22/2016 11:55:13 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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David Frum is no conservative and you know it

He’s like a New Republic neoConservative who savaged Sarah Palin

He sux

He does not know best


8 posted on 02/22/2016 11:58:30 PM PST by wardaddy (Boy the nasties are sure out in force here.....I hope someone is saving this...Trump Cruz that order)
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Revolting against all those things mentioned...in a nutshell.......
an amazing number of Americans have joined with the most outspoken, a man devoid of all Political Correctness, extremely successful all American who loves his country.... we have joined him in a giant middle finger from average Americans to the political and media establishment.


12 posted on 02/23/2016 12:16:44 AM PST by yoe
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Use this website to remove the smartquotes. It is easy.

http://dan.hersam.com/tools/smart-quotes.html


23 posted on 02/23/2016 1:53:48 AM PST by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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are delivering a message that combines defense of the welfare state

All of this is more apparent in the downfall of Jeb Bush who represented the austerity

A huge steaming pile. Bush represents the tax and squander mentality of suck up to 0bama Republican. Try selling your fertilizer to someone newly arrived from Mars, because no one who's been on this planet for the last 16 years is going to believe it.

26 posted on 02/23/2016 3:23:37 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerThen ous enemy)
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“the Republican Party of Romney, Ryan, and McConnell”?
IF this is the GOP then the GOP is garbage.
And next they want to throw Rubio in as a GOP leader?
Time to leave the GOP?
Well these old mookabookers I refuse to see as my leader.


29 posted on 02/23/2016 3:26:14 AM PST by Joe Boucher
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What’s up with all of the funny stuff where commas and quotation marks are in the stories on FR? Also, anytime you copy and paste.

Driving me crazy %$&*&*#@ !!!


30 posted on 02/23/2016 3:27:03 AM PST by Baldwin77 ('gaffes.)
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...Jeb Bush who represented the austerity, multi-national and elite preferences of the powerful few...

Bush represented "austerity?" How so.

36 posted on 02/23/2016 4:19:35 AM PST by hinckley buzzard
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Americans want to work. They are tired of being put down as lazy and not wanting jobs “that Americans won’t do”. In other words chumps like you suck.


40 posted on 02/23/2016 4:35:38 AM PST by central_va
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I’m sorry but David Frum is a McConnellite swish.


41 posted on 02/23/2016 4:36:46 AM PST by Pietro
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I think this is Frumm's eventual prescription ...

In this light, instead of revising Republican policies to stop future Barack Obamas and Hillary Clintons, maybe it's necessary to revise only the party rules to stop future Donald Trumps from confronting party elites with their own unpopularity.

The battle or war he expounds on, ad nauseum, is one of government vs. freedom, NWO vs. nationalism, diversity vs. cohesiveness. On that stage, the race for the presidency is only one piece, but it is a pivotal symbolic piece. Frumm also advocates that the NWO/elite/royalty inclined schemers take over local and state offices.

He wants to save the GOP as an instrument to advance the interests of the political-industrial crony class - status quo or a return to it.

44 posted on 02/23/2016 5:00:58 AM PST by Cboldt
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