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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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To: Arthur McGowan

National Review ceased being a conservative outfit during the administration of Bush the Elder. It became a voice for neocons and the GOP establishment. And now it is trying to move to the left of that.


21 posted on 04/19/2016 1:14:05 PM PDT by Pelham (Trump/Tsoukalos 2016 - vote the great hair ticket)
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To: fungoking

Trump, as a successful businessman, has played all sides of the fence...


22 posted on 04/19/2016 1:16:00 PM PDT by JBW1949
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To: Hostage

Rove has finally admitted he supports Trump and Trump was a Romneyite from 2012.


23 posted on 04/19/2016 1:17:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: ifinnegan

“Bush lied people died.”

True, and he is still lying and hurting the conservative causes.

“Corporations and financial institutions are the cause of our problems”

You mean like GE?

Or Goldman Sachs?

Or Disney?

Or Facebook?

Or Google?

” Planned Parenthood does good things.”

When (date) Trump said this? If true and recent, he failed badly on this!

“International trade and trade agreements are bad”

He said OUR negotiated trade deals are bad. They don’t even qualify as bad. They are destroying the economic future of America.

On out of 4 is an F bud!


24 posted on 04/19/2016 1:18:22 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: winoneforthegipper

Perhaps those who with their lips professed conservative doctrines are really leftist in their behavior.


25 posted on 04/19/2016 1:18:34 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: stephenjohnbanker

“” Planned Parenthood does good things.”

—When (date) Trump said this? If true and recent, he failed badly on this!—

Are you serious you didn’t hear this?


26 posted on 04/19/2016 1:20:57 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

Four lies in a row. Congratulations.


27 posted on 04/19/2016 1:21:07 PM PDT by Solson (The citizen trumps the "party" every time - whether the party likes it or not!)
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To: winoneforthegipper

Anti-Trump “conservatives” are mostly on the payroll of The Cheap Labor Express


28 posted on 04/19/2016 1:21:18 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin; Solson

“Anti-Trump “conservatives” are mostly on the payroll of The Cheap Labor Express”

EXACTLY


29 posted on 04/19/2016 1:23:25 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Hostage

You mean the Rove who is “warming to” Trump?


30 posted on 04/19/2016 1:23:32 PM PDT by mak5
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To: winoneforthegipper

I’ve thought a lot about this: everything that the GOPe says about Trump, the MSM/Dems say about them.


31 posted on 04/19/2016 1:23:55 PM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: ifinnegan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG7YE-_EZYg

Trump steps up


32 posted on 04/19/2016 1:24:53 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
REAL conservatives wouldn’t suck on the establishment teat.........

Nor would they support a liberal nutcase like Trump.
33 posted on 04/19/2016 1:25:10 PM PDT by TexasGunLover ("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

This election cycle certainly has redefined what Conservatism means.


34 posted on 04/19/2016 1:26:40 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: TexasGunLover

Trump is not liberal...he is not conservative...He isn’t republican or democrat...He is a successful businessman who sees this country going downhill with brakes and he knows his businesses can follow right along...He sees this as the only to protect his businesses and get America back on track...
If you don’t see this, you need to open your eyes and your mind...


35 posted on 04/19/2016 1:28:56 PM PDT by JBW1949
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To: JBW1949

withOUT brakes.....


36 posted on 04/19/2016 1:29:49 PM PDT by JBW1949
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To: Conservative Gato

“so he can satisfy his overly ambitious ego and power trip”

Says the person supporting a guy whose entire candidacy, nay, whose entire life’s biography, can be summed up as an attempt to “satisfy his overly ambitious ego and power trip”.


37 posted on 04/19/2016 1:34:03 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: ifinnegan; stephenjohnbanker

So there we have it.

Invading Iraq was a wise idea based on a valid premise. We halted that Iraqi Manhattan Project in its tracks and destroyed their ICBM complex and their transcontinental heavy bomber fleet.

Financial firms had nothing to do with the housing bubble and they deserved all of the money that they received to bail them out. Taxpayer money well spent.

Planned Parenthood- well that one can’t be mocked.

Trade agreements that grant unlimited access to our market while allowing our competitors to use non-tariff barriers are A Good Thing. We are all richer because of them. Outsourcing is A Good Thing. Insourcing is A Good Thing. Americans don’t want jobs anyway and won’t work hard when they have them.

The koolaid is very tasty.


38 posted on 04/19/2016 1:35:16 PM PDT by Pelham (Trump/Tsoukalos 2016 - vote the great hair ticket)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Sure, how about this one?

“Planned Parenthood has done very good work for many, many — for millions of women”


39 posted on 04/19/2016 1:35:50 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: ifinnegan
It’s highly possible Trump is a secret agent from Hell brought in to destroy whatever possibility

Tinfoil much?

40 posted on 04/19/2016 1:36:42 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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