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Anti-Trump Conservatives Are Embracing the Liberal Critique of the Right
New Repuplic ^ | 04/196/16 | Brian Beutler

Posted on 04/19/2016 12:55:02 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper

In conventional conservative doctrine, the mainstream press and much of the new media are little more than arms of Democratic Party officialdom. Also, bigotry and misogyny are no longer widespread problems, in the right’s telling—and to the extent that they still exist, they are no more prevalent on the right than on the left.

In their efforts to stop Trump, conservatives have sidelined these and other premises about American political culture, so that the generic liberal critique of conservatism might be deployed against him and him alone.

(Excerpt) Read more at newrepublic.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016gopprimary; antitrump; cruz; ifinnegantrolling; tdsincomingorgy; trump
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Yep.
1 posted on 04/19/2016 12:55:02 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper
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To: winoneforthegipper

REAL conservatives wouldn’t suck on the establishment teat.........


2 posted on 04/19/2016 12:58:33 PM PDT by JBW1949
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To: winoneforthegipper

It’s crazy.

Similarly. Trump supporters accept the craziest canards of the hard left.

It’s highly possible Trump is a secret agent from Hell brought in to destroy whatever possibility we had to stand off the progressive hell being implemented.


3 posted on 04/19/2016 1:01:07 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: JBW1949

hmmm u mean like Levin?


4 posted on 04/19/2016 1:02:54 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: winoneforthegipper

In the latest NR, on page 16, is a big photo of George Wallace, illustrating an article on Trump by Rich Lowry. Turn the page, and an article by David French is illustrated with a drawing of Trump dragging a female by the hair.


5 posted on 04/19/2016 1:03:44 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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6 posted on 04/19/2016 1:03:57 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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7 posted on 04/19/2016 1:04:43 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: winoneforthegipper; All

I’ve been saying this for awhile, the anti-Trump conservatives have aligned themselves on the side of anti-liberty and anti-freedom.

They only have Ted Cruz to blame for that. If he was any kind of principled conservative, like they claim, he wouldn’t be putting them or the party through this so he can satisfy his overly ambitious ego and power trip.

Conservative is only a label and Cruz proves more and more he’s not anywhere near a principled one.

CGato


8 posted on 04/19/2016 1:05:31 PM PDT by Conservative Gato
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To: winoneforthegipper

I mean anyone who goes to bed with the “establishment elites” and the GOPe...


9 posted on 04/19/2016 1:06:45 PM PDT by JBW1949
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Not the Romney-Rove-Bush establishment teat, that’s for sure.

Each time a Cruz kisser is confronted with that fact ....crickets.


10 posted on 04/19/2016 1:07:16 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: ifinnegan; mkjessup; Liz; hoosiermama; onyx; Arthur Wildfire! March; Candor7; Cobra64; ...

“Similarly. Trump supporters accept the craziest canards of the hard left.”

Really?

Name O N E !

Pinging REAL conservatives for a good belly laugh!


11 posted on 04/19/2016 1:07:45 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: winoneforthegipper
It is time to question the actual "conservatism," of those who embrace "Liberal" arguments against the most outspoken Conservative in the present campaign. (See Trump: Metaphor For American Conservatism.)
12 posted on 04/19/2016 1:07:45 PM PDT by Ohioan
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To: winoneforthegipper

Remember Mississippi.


13 posted on 04/19/2016 1:09:08 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: stephenjohnbanker

“Similarly. Trump supporters accept the craziest canards of the hard left.”

Really?

Name O N E !


Bush lied people died.

Corporations and financial institutions are the cause of our problems.

Planned Parenthood does good things.

International trade and trade agreements are bad.


14 posted on 04/19/2016 1:11:49 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: winoneforthegipper

Lol. Trump parrots the leftist critique of the right. Who said that before ACA, people ‘were dying in the streets.’ Classic left wing line.


15 posted on 04/19/2016 1:12:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Arthur McGowan

Exactly in desperation to prove Trump is not a conservative, they prove only that Conservatism means nothing to them.


16 posted on 04/19/2016 1:12:18 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: ifinnegan

Coming from one of Cruz’s most ardent supporters?

It’s a good thing Trump published so many policy papers, so Cruz knew what to run thru his focus group polls and then make decisions on what to copy.


17 posted on 04/19/2016 1:12:33 PM PDT by datura
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To: nickcarraway

Still haven’t found a tissue for that tear of yours, huh?


18 posted on 04/19/2016 1:13:07 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: JBW1949

Like the Clinton Foundation and Eminent Domain?


19 posted on 04/19/2016 1:13:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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REAL conservatives wouldn’t suck on the establishment teat.........


Like Trump has most of his adult life?


20 posted on 04/19/2016 1:13:16 PM PDT by fungoking (40% share for a TV show is a hit; in the 2016 election it a loss in a landslide, hello Pres Hillary)
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