The Bushes were weighed in the balance and found wanting.
Posted on 12/28/2021 1:52:58 AM PST by Dahoser
A former top speechwriter for President George W. Bush slammed Donald Trump Jr. this past weekend over a recent speech in which the former first son lamented that conservatives had “ceded ground in every major institution in our country.”
In an op-ed published by The Atlantic Sunday, Peter Wehner took issue with Trump Jr.’s Dec. 19 remarks at the America Fest Conference hosted by Turning Point USA.
“If we get together, they cannot cancel us all. Okay? They won’t. And this will be contrary to a lot of our beliefs because — I’d love not to have to participate in cancel culture. I’d love that it didn’t exist,” Trump Jr. said, according to Wehner.
“But as long as it does, folks, we better be playing the same game. Okay? We’ve been playing tee-ball for half a century while they’re playing hardball and cheating, right?” he added. “We’ve turned the other cheek, — and I understand, sort of, the biblical reference. I understand the mentality — but it’s gotten us nothing. Okay? It’s gotten us nothing while we’ve ceded ground in every major institution in our country.”
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However, Wehner said he was calling attention to Trump Jr.’s statements because they represented “a message for the tens of millions of evangelicals who form the energized base of the GOP: the scriptures are essentially a manual for suckers. The teachings of Jesus have ‘gotten us nothing.’ It’s worse than that, really; the ethic of Jesus has gotten in the way of successfully prosecuting the culture wars against the left.
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Tell little peter Hess smarmy, self righteous schmuck and to shut up.
There’s not a single member of the Bush ‘team’ that I respect today.
This guy is one nut job. Perhaps he doesn’t realize that Jesus is in charge of his next breath. What sacrilege!
Bush’s NEW TONE garbage infuriated me. He allowed the rats, media, left to lie and lie and lie with no pushback. That ushered in Pelosi and Obozo and did incredible damage to this country.
Bush’s speechwriter? I wonder if he’s the genius who wrote “Mission Accomplished” one week before Iraq fell apart?
Wow Wehner... way to put words into people’s mouths.
I also like how you run to a leftist rag to attack the GOP and slander Christians.
Pretty much despicable!
We have two parties in our country, patriots and Global elites. I know which side I support. Glad I found out about Bush, Cheney and other assorted RINOs., eventually. Like the cliche, better late than never.
I guess this GOPe squish forgot about Luke commenting on self defense and standing up for what is right......
The Bushes were weighed in the balance and found wanting.
Bingo. Exactly.
He’s a fricking speech-writer. Tell that mf to have a coke and a smile and STFU.
He’s a fricking speech-writer. Tell that nobody to have a Coke and a smile and STFU.
Want to learn the truth about the Bush family? Check into Mena Ar.
So in other words a Bushie calls for weakness, rolling over and just taking it when the Left does things that are dirty.
Gee, there’s a shock!
Wehner is a BUSH DEMOCRAT! UGH!
Peter Wehner seems, to me, to be “intensely unappealing and uninteresting.”
Please clap. 🥱
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