Posted on 12/22/2015 6:19:19 AM PST by COUNTrecount
We want a president we can loathe all of the timeânot support some of the time.
Dear fellow conservatives:
Let us now pledge to elect Hillary Clinton as the 45th president of the United States.
Letâs skip the petty dramas of primaries and caucuses, the debate histrionics, the sour spectacle of the convention in Cleveland. Letâs fast-forward past that sinking October feeling when we belatedly realize weâre going to loseâand lose badly.
Letâs move straight to that first Tuesday in November, when we grimly pull the lever for the candidate who has passed all the Conservative Purity Tests , meaning weâve upheld the honor of our politically hopeless cause. Letâs stop pretending we want to be governed by someone we agree with much of the time, when we can have the easy and total satisfaction of a president we can loathe and revile all the time.
Letâs do this because itâs what we want. Maybe secretly, maybe unconsciously, but desperately. We want fourâand probably eightâmore years of cable-news neuralgia. We want to drive ourselves to work as Mark Levin or Laura Ingraham scratch our ideological itches until they bleed a little. We want the refinerâs fire that is our righteous indignation at a country we claim no longer to recognizeâruled by impostors and overrun by foreigners.
We also want to turn the Republican Party into a gated community. So much nicer that way. If the lesson of Mitt Romneyâs predictable loss in 2012 was that itâs bad politics to tell Americaâs fastest-growing ethnic group that some of their relatives should self-deport, or to castigate 47% of the country as a bunch of moochersâwell, so what? Abraham Lincoln once said âIf you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.â What. Ever.
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More of the same old tired bull**** that got us into this mess.
On the other hand.....
Nah, don’t break a sweat, he’s already done that all by himself. Kick back and enjoy the Christmas Season and enjoy that he’s obviously upset and can’t do a thing about the current trend. As Mark Stein stated yesterday - since Lindsey dropped out all his voters went to Jeb who is NOW surging to, what, 3.4% ;- )
This guy is what passes for a Conservative at WSJ?
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Only if bitter sarcasm is now in style at the Journal.
Another so called “conservative” calling for Hillary to be elected president. Leftists wolves in sheep’s clothing call themselves conservatives. We must not believe them.
Just another âwe need to chose an âelectableâ candidateâ screed.
Yes, because the ‘we need to choose the unelectable candidate’ screeds are so much better...
Another so called âconservativeâ calling for Hillary to be elected president.
It appears that your irony meter needs recalibration...
Quite a cutting remark, if you ask me.
Yep. Quite the eye opener knowing what those in the media really believe. No doubt he wants Jeb.
This represents the mindset of the editorial board of the Wall Street Crony Capitalist Journal.
Hitlery is getting the lion’s share of big banksters money this cycle.
The goal is to turn the US into Argentina. The big banksters apparently don’t care about CW2 because they have hideouts and bunkers offshore.
WSJ should rename itself GOPe Journal.
Isn’t that triple redundant?
Merry Christmas
“Yes, because the âwe need to choose the unelectable candidateâ screeds are so much better...”
What’s your point?
Good Grief...No sane conservative would vote for Hillary. I don’t see how on earth she is even considered by anyone who loves our country.
The left lies. For those as stupid as Sthepans to not notice that, ignore them. Fortunately most of the voters aren’t so ignorant.
No, it doesn't.
I see what Stephens is doing. He starts of by saying “fellow conservatives” which is untrue. Then he says if Republicans nominate Trump instead of some GOPe rino that they will lose and it will be the conservatives fault. He also throws some very dishonest insults at Trump.
His message is nominate a rino who is sure to lose or we will help Hillary win and blame you. He is a wolf in sheep's clothing. I don't believe a word he says.
Is there an actual form one fills out in NY to switch parties? If it can be printed out we can all fill in Bret’s name and fax or mail it to him at the WSJ. NY Freepers, we need your help!
Would be a fun message to send to him. Imagine 1,000.000 faxes jamming up the lines there?
Can anyone provide the fax number? And a link to the paperwork necessary?
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