A Clarifying Moment for Conservatism (Purge Trump & Trumpism)

Commentary ^ | 08/14/2015 | Peter Wehner

[nhwingut]

In a compelling column, George Will – who knows a thing or two about conservatism – makes the conservative case against Donald Trump. Mr. Will refers to Trump as an “unprecedentedly and incorrigibly vulgar presidential candidate” who is coarsening our civic life. He labels Trump “a counterfeit Republican and no conservative.” And he argues that Trump is an affront to anyone devoted to the legacy of William F. Buckley, Jr., the founder of National Review and a giant in American conservatism. Just as Buckley excommunicated the John Birch Society from the conservative movement in the 1960s, so should conservatives today stand up to Trump and Trumpism.

Fortunately there are conservative commentators who are doing just that, including Bill Bennett, David Brooks, Mona Charen, Charles C.W. Cooke, Michael Gerson, Jonah Goldberg, Victor Davis Hanson, Charles Krauthammer, Matt Lewis, Rich Lowry, Michael Medved, Paul Mirengoff, Dana Perino, John Podhoretz, Karl Rove, Jennifer Rubin, Kevin Williamson, regular contributors to this web site (among them Max Boot, Noah Rothman and Jonathan Tobin), editorial page writers for the Wall Street Journal and others.

[nhwingut]

You can cherish and champion conservative principles, or you can support and praise Donald Trump. But you can’t do both.

These people have totally lost it.

[BigEdLB]

Will! Get back on those meds.

[Cowboy Bob]

George Will supported Obama in 2008.

[Jim Robinson]

Screw the RINOs!!

Go, Trump, GO!!

[Bryanw92]

>>In a compelling column, George Will – who knows a thing or two about conservatism...

...and he decided that he hates it.

[Jim Noble]

Commentary Magazine has been hysterically anti-Trump for months.

Can’t see why.

[datura]

George Will, whose wife works for Walker, is so biased he is not credible to even comment.

FU GOPe!!!!!!

[Paladin2]

It’s a terrifying time for the GOPee.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

I would not go so far as to call George Will a conservative. He is a moderate. The leftists are so far left that from way out there in left field George Will might look like a righty. To a real conservative he looks like a lefty.

[Company Man]

I say we Trump the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

[Bryanw92]

>>It’s a terrifying time for the GOPee.

It always is when the po folks down on the plantation decide to rise up.

It will be even scarier when it happens to the Democrats.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Commentary Magazine has been hysterically anti-Trump for months. Can’t see why.

They are a (*cough cough* *rand paul*) libtard ‘zine.

[AmericanVictory]

That is very startling. Did he actually write anything supporting the Great Pretender at that time?

[samtheman]

George Will – who knows a thing or two about conservatism – makes the conservative case against ____

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Fill in the blank. The idea of George Will making the conservative case against anything is completely ludicrous.

It would be like the Ayotolla of Iran making the Christian case for _____

Fill in the blank.

[FR_addict]

I haven’t been so excited since Reagan. Trump is saying all the right things.

Never watched his realty show, didn’t much like him on Fox, but he’s got my attention now. I am fed up with the career politicians in this country.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Fortunately there are conservative commentators who are doing just that, including Bill Bennett, David Brooks, Mona Charen, Charles C.W. Cooke, Michael Gerson, Jonah Goldberg, Victor Davis Hanson, Charles Krauthammer, Matt Lewis, Rich Lowry, Michael Medved, Paul Mirengoff, Dana Perino, John Podhoretz, Karl Rove, Jennifer Rubin, Kevin Williamson

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First off many of these people are not conservatives.

Second many of them are employees of The Cheap Labor Express:

Karl Rove
Michael Medved
Dana PeRINO
Jebbifer Rubin
Matt Lewis
David Brooks
Charles Krauthammer

for sure, and I have suspicions about some of the others.
Anyone who advocates for “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” is NOT a conservative. Abandoning the rule of law is the opposite of conservative.

[Stepan12]

Commentary Magazine has been hysterically anti-Trump for months. Can’t see why.

Maybe because Trump is a blowhard and a poseur whose style may should be adopted, but not most of his positions (whatever they happen to be at a given moment).

[Melinator]

I wonder why they don’t have anything to say about immigration policy paper?

Weren’t they all begging for it.

Now they have it and....crickets.

Lol.

[GoneSalt]

[Cowboy Bob]

Google: George Will Obama support 2008