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Why the GOP cannot sweep its Milo scandal under the rug
The Hill ^ | 2/23/17 | Kristin Tate

Posted on 02/23/2017 5:44:03 PM PST by madprof98

The British, gay provocateur and former Breitbart editor is everything that traditionalists hate: bold, politically incorrect, unapologetic, and often offensive. He uses his unconventional style to spread conservatism, offend “snowflakes” and promote free speech. Milo is so controversial, many mainstream conservatives have completely written him off, for fear of tarnishing the GOP brand.

While it may be tempting to disassociate with Milo, the Republican Party must listen up and learn a few lessons from the controversial Brit — especially if it wants to expand its base among young voters, who now make up the nation’s largest voting bloc.

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The year of Trump arguably would not be so without Milo. His deft use of social media, especially Twitter, was second to none until his ban. Milo’s press conferences brought back shades of Andrew Breitbart himself — his edgy, sardonic side was a shot in the arm of a race once considered Hillary Clinton's.

The GOP establishment would ignore that at its peril.

Milo probably won’t be a senator one day. He will probably not run Fox News or CNN. I doubt he’ll be a regular on “The McLaughlin Group.” However, he will be a trailblazer for a new brand of conservatism: modern, blunt and always ready to fight back.

I’m sure there will be a name for it then, but we can probably coin it today as The Milo Effect.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; milo; miloarticle; pedophile; pizzagate
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To: madprof98

I have not dug in on this dude, but if anyone has ever approved of diddling kids or used their sex quirks for recognition, then get off the stage.


21 posted on 02/23/2017 6:23:37 PM PST by soycd
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

His career is going to be fine. This week alone there have been 4 Million articles written by cuck conservatives claiming they’ve never heard of him.

He couldn’t possibly be making a dent.


22 posted on 02/23/2017 6:23:58 PM PST by The Toll
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To: Luircin; Jim Robinson
"I have yet to see Milo’s unedited comments. So I dunno whether what he said was THAT bad."

You can find it here.

23 posted on 02/23/2017 6:28:44 PM PST by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: madprof98

GOP - old, wants to coexist

Milo - young, wants to WIN


24 posted on 02/23/2017 6:49:32 PM PST by gaijin
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To: gaijin

As I see it, that is precisely the difference. And I think that was the point the young author of this article was trying to make as well.


25 posted on 02/23/2017 7:04:57 PM PST by madprof98
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To: gaijin
People will not believe she is the article author:

But she IS the author.

26 posted on 02/23/2017 7:11:34 PM PST by gaijin
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To: gaijin

Oh my Lord, that picture is a little edgy. Quick kick her out of the debate! Shut her down! Ban her! Burn her books!


27 posted on 02/23/2017 7:15:02 PM PST by The Toll
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To: rxsid; Jim Robinson

You can find it here.

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Ahem.

Ewwwwwww.

Having said that, I still feel obliged to cut him a little slack because of how sexual abuse can warp the mind of an abused child. Again, talking from experience.

Or maybe less cutting him slack, and more feeling very sorry for him because of what that did to him. I can certainly see why he could come to believe that, at least if I remember his biography correctly.

Even if it’s horrible.

Sexual abuse sucks.


28 posted on 02/23/2017 7:16:59 PM PST by Luircin (Dancing in the streets! Time to DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
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To: madprof98

The article is OK, but that headline is misleading.


29 posted on 02/23/2017 7:17:01 PM PST by TChad (Propagandists should not be treated like journalists.)
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To: madprof98

Milo bump.


30 posted on 02/23/2017 7:19:17 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Pray for the &@$#%....It's the only way to help him, or you, become a bit worthier as a human being.)
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To: MUDDOG

Love the Milo! Hope he stays around! Makes the leftist and the RINOs crazy.


31 posted on 02/23/2017 7:28:31 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: madprof98
Last time I looked Milo was a speaker/entertainer not an elected GOP official.

Tell me the last time a single democrat, elected or not, caught doing anything wrong or saying anything wrong, mattered to the DNC or was their problem???? Double standards no longer work.

32 posted on 02/23/2017 7:35:07 PM PST by Lady Heron
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To: madprof98

Milo is not a pedo, but George Takei and Bill Maher are. Haven’t heard that from the MSM yet.


33 posted on 02/23/2017 7:40:45 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.

If for no other reason, this introduces Kristin Tate to me. What a beautiful, intelligent conservative bulldog! Nobody interrupts her. She is a terrific TV debater.
She’s an Emerson College graduate.
Young conservative men should take a gander at this lass.


34 posted on 02/23/2017 11:31:36 PM PST by namvolunteer (Obama says the US is subservient to the UN and the Constitution does not apply. That is treason.9we)
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To: madprof98
Why the GOP cannot sweep its Milo scandal under the rug

I seem to have missed it.

35 posted on 02/24/2017 1:54:18 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: jdsteel
He was sexually molested himself (explains a lot) and of course is very against it.

I've sexually molested myself.

Does this count?

36 posted on 02/24/2017 1:55:40 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: gaijin; Lazamataz

I think she has molested me.

If not me; then at LEAST Laz!!


37 posted on 02/24/2017 2:00:19 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: All

Milo didn’t molest anyone, Bill Clinton did.


38 posted on 02/24/2017 5:29:12 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: All

Is it Ok for a 50 year old man to have sex with a 9-12 year old girl or is it disgusting and vile?

This is the first and only question that should be asked of the Left who have mounted a rabid defense of a religion whose un-holy Prophet did just this.


39 posted on 02/24/2017 7:09:32 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: Jim Robinson; bert; manc; little jeremiah

Milo was a homosexual infiltrator and the resulting harm to the GOP and the conservative movement was contrived. IMHO.


40 posted on 02/24/2017 8:15:30 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed)
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