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Trump Gores a Sacred Cow, and Liberals Lament
American Thinker ^ | January 18, 2017 | Daniel L. Mallock

Posted on 01/18/2017 5:22:18 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 01/18/2017 5:22:18 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

One could say the same for Conservative Orthodoxy.


2 posted on 01/18/2017 5:33:31 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Kaslin

I’m still shocked the election wasn’t crooked enough to be stolen! :)


3 posted on 01/18/2017 5:47:42 AM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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The Werewolves were a group formed in postwar Germany to preserve the “accomplishments” of the Nazi regime. They provided great precedent on how to deal with such organizations. Look it up.


4 posted on 01/18/2017 5:47:52 AM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Kaslin

This article concerns me a bit. It seems we are making the same mistake that the left did eight years ago in assuming that an electoral victory in the current cycle implies that our opposition is completely finished as a viable political force. Think about Trump’s victory for a moment. We seem to be treating it as an overwhelming victory. It was not. While ot was certainly a clear, decisive and legitimate win, it was in reality also a very close win. Three states, PA, MI, and WI, were all decided by less than 1% margins. It is not difficult to imagine that the Dems might be able to turn those states blue in 2020, especially if they nominate a candidate who isn’t a felon and isn’t horribly unlikable.

I am not trying to spread doom and gloom. I am trying to point out that now is not the time to sit back and rest on our laurels. We won this battle, but the political war with the left continues unabated. We need to keep up the fight, not retire from the battlefield believing that the war is won.


5 posted on 01/18/2017 5:50:27 AM PST by stremba
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Was a conservative cow mentioned in the article?

My first cup of coffee is still full.:)


6 posted on 01/18/2017 5:52:01 AM PST by Grampa Dave (The deadliest Islamic terror cell America has ever faced is leaving office, 20 Jan 2017!)
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Sorry. Correct spelling is Werwolf.
7 posted on 01/18/2017 5:52:49 AM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Kaslin

Let their hatred destroy them. And it will!!!


8 posted on 01/18/2017 5:59:25 AM PST by teletech
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To: stremba
If I were a Democrat, I would look for a successful Silicon Valley executive who is either gay or lesbian, but looks mainstream enough, not like a wacky liberal loon.
9 posted on 01/18/2017 6:01:21 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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The dizzying speed of the reactions, the overwhelmingly standardized nature of the talking points and commonly invoked yet faulty arguments, suggests a uniformity of thought more typical of an ideological movement or cult than of reasoned, cogent advocacy for a political candidate within a democratic open society.

How true.

10 posted on 01/18/2017 6:01:31 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: stremba

hat tip Travis McGee

11 posted on 01/18/2017 6:04:39 AM PST by Liz
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The 1/17/16 NYP OP-ED piece by F.H. Buckley (George Mason U law prof) nails the near-fatal blow Trump delivered to Democrats/progressives.

EXCERPT--- Trump’s victory was a defeat of their conceit that a progressive was above politics (party machinery's their god), in possession of spotless truth, that the arc of history bent only their way, and for such people there’s no room for compromise and no space for politics.......the progressive thought he’d only muddy himself if he treated opponents with anything more than disdain.

That’s how President Obama conducted himself in office and that’s how many Democrats see Republicans, and that’s why they’re not emotionally able to accept their defeat.

Trump showed progressives that they were self-deceived, that they weren’t in sole possession of the right and the good......and that’s a deep psychic wound.

More at http://nypost.com/2017/01/17/trumps-threat-to-the-liberal-deep-state/

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Buckley's compelling insights..... "a progressive thinks he/she is in possession of spotless truth, that they’d only muddy themselves if they treated opponents with anything more than disdain"......

....precisely explains why Hillary actually thought she could get away w/ calling a huge swath of American voters "deplorable and "irredeemable"....and expected no repercussions.

Also explains Meryl Streep's outrageous comments.

12 posted on 01/18/2017 6:09:56 AM PST by Liz
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To: Grampa Dave
Was a conservative cow mentioned in the article?



13 posted on 01/18/2017 6:19:27 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: stremba
implies that our opposition is completely finished as a viable political force
The Lunatic Left will never give up - it's a mental disease, as witnessed these last couple of months.
The only way to rid our country of them is to really finish them off. Remember, they're not "protestors," they're anarchists, terrorists and marxists.
14 posted on 01/18/2017 6:21:32 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: stremba
...It seems we are making the same mistake...

We're not making the mistake, and won't. The writer is making the mistake!

15 posted on 01/18/2017 6:31:54 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Elsie

Thanks!


16 posted on 01/18/2017 6:36:53 AM PST by Grampa Dave (The deadliest Islamic terror cell America has ever faced is leaving office, 20 Jan 2017!)
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To: Mariner

“One could say the same for Conservative Orthodoxy.”

If one didn’t mind lying one could say that.

It took me about three minutes to explain the invalidity of that line of argumentation to my 11-year-old.


17 posted on 01/18/2017 6:41:27 AM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: stremba

It seems we are making the same mistake that the left did eight years ago in assuming that an electoral victory in the current cycle implies that our opposition is completely finished as a viable political force

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Yes. Much safer to keep the proverbial boots and knuckles on. We can’t be at peace until we have utterly crushed the enemies of this country.


18 posted on 01/18/2017 6:42:40 AM PST by Freemeorkillme
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To: stremba

Precisely.


19 posted on 01/18/2017 6:47:30 AM PST by Lazamataz (TRUMP LIED TO ME!!!! ....He said I'd get sick of winning.... AND I'M NOT SICK OF WINNING YET!!!!)
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To: dsc

You’re welcome to take a run at convincing me and the rest of this forum, in addition to your 11-year old.


20 posted on 01/18/2017 6:47:46 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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