In EVERY MEETING he solemnly says something like "after rigorously studying YOUR situation, I recommend our 'XYZ' product."
IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME PRODUCT!
The conservative writers, especially, have given their game away in the most amateurish, clumsy fashion.
They like to sneer and snort at the DC liberals but guess what? They rub shoulders with these people every day, want to live in the same DC suburbs and therefore must pay the same exorbitant housing costs, taxes, etc.
Frankly, it’s our (meaning conservatives in general) fault that they live and work in DC and NYC and that they keep receiving financial and readership support from us. There’s really no need. They could write from Ft Worth, Cheyenne, Columbia or anywhere else without being exposed to (and inevitably absorbing some) of the lefty poison.
Of course, the right/left Punch & Judy routine is meant to hide the larger problem of elitism and this is where people like Jonah Goldberg have absolutely lost their minds as they attempt to bolster their own status while hurling insults at the groundlings. In the case of Goldberg, he has a personal grudge against Trump (whatever you think of Trump) and his columns have turned into Unabomber-type monomania.
DC is far more entrenched now than it was in 1980 or even 1988. It was always the seat of power but cronyism has made it a seat of commerce as well. Their reactions to Trump and/or a populist movement are akin to someone threatening to ban gambling in Las Vegas. Suddenly the various competing companies - Harrah’s, Wynn, et al - have a common enemy who threatens sinecures and profits.