Posted on 09/08/2017 10:42:09 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
The news that President Trump abandoned Republicans to strike a deal with congressional Democrats on a three-month extension of the debt limit yielded a predictable response from his predictable cheerleaders: It was brilliant and typically shrewd for the author of “The Art of the Deal” to take the very first offer the Democrats made and ask for nothing in return.
Less obsequious observers on the right claimed this was the long-prophesied moment. The seventh seal had been broken. Donald Trump was “pivoting” at last. “The pivot is real and it’s spectacular!” proclaimed Ben Domenech, the publisher of The Federalist.
In the lexicon of Trumpism and anti-Trumpism, “pivot” has many meanings. But in this context, pivot means to reach across party lines and work with Democrats, giving the shaft to his own party, or at least to the GOP’s conservatives.
Many conservatives have feared such a move from the earliest days of Trump’s candidacy. The former New York Democrat holds no deep love for ideological conservatism, and many of his favorite issues (protectionism, infrastructure, etc.) are more naturally part of the Democratic portfolio.
But those fears didn’t pan out at first. The president and congressional Republicans tried mimic the Democrats in the wake of Barack Obama’s victory in 2008 and run the table, particularly on ObamaCare “repeal and replace,” on a partisan basis. Unfortunately, the GOP couldn’t get it done. This infuriated many conservatives, Republicans and Trump himself, and to some extent rightly so.
For years, Republicans said that if they could win both Congress and the White House there’d be nothing they couldn’t do. Whether this was a lie or just wishful thinking is debatable.
Regardless, they failed for several reasons. The Republican majority in the Senate is much narrower than the Democratic majority was when Obama was elected.
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AKA: "Man's Country Fluffer Is Jonah"
>> Many conservatives have feared such a move from the earliest days of Trump’s candidacy.
You’re truly an asshat, Goldberg.
Trump has been pushing the conservative agenda hard, but the Goldberg Cons have been fighting us every step of the way. You see, Goldberg and his ilk are not conservatives — they’re chattering charlatans pretending to represent the conservative cause they ultimately extort.
Jonah Goldberg’s mangina is showing and it ihas been bruised by MAGA.
Unfortunately, Goldberg is STILL anal retentive, so Trump needs to do another number on the guy!
there is not a more deserving schmuck for said treatment.
Where were you Jonah when GW gave the Democrats everything they wanted in his second term, including ALMOST amnesty? He tried.
Only Asshats here are those cheering this blatant stupidity and betrayal of America by a New York Liberal Democrat. Yeah I am sure Pelosi and Schumer, two Socialists, have the America's best interest at Heart.
So to recap You are all with “Her” now. Way to sell out completely. Alright three cheers for Hillary Rodham Trump!!! (So much for “He's Not Hillary”)
South bashing Goldberg who posts here under a moniker is an asshole period
And no conservative
>Yeah Trump is a regular John McCain Maverick shafting his own party to put Socialists Pelosi and Schumer in the Driver’s Seat. No doubt a genius move maybe he will now get them push through Obamacare for good measure.
Shafting the GOP after they shafted us on the Obamacare? Sounds good to me. Maybe after a little shafting the snakes in the GOP leadership might actually pass our agenda?
“Jonah Goldberg’s mangina is showing and it ihas been bruised by MAGA.”
As he himself once “postulated” about someone he didn’t care for, “Jonah has sand in his vagina.”
Cry me a river chump! Remember Ryan and McConnell running for the hills because the media told them to on some very notable occasions? Didn’t think so so go back to crying in your beer and get back to us when you get out of your matchbox thinking gymnastics to see if we give a Baby Ruth,
Well said.
This move is to make the Republicans jealous. They weren’t serving up anything coherent or cogent.
I doubt Democrats will, either. But the end game looks to be “Trump’s way” which isn’t a complete bow to either party.
Excuses for the gop and insults for the President. Nice. But this takes the cake right here.
>>>Many GOP leaders never thought Trump would win, and so they hadn’t prepared for victory.<<<
WTF? How long have they been in office? How long did they have to plan for ocare repeal and campaigned on it?
Losers never prepare or try for victory. That’s why they’re losers and the turtle and lyan are the epitome of Loser. They’re the whiny kids back in school, that would “tell on you”.
The path that Goldberg and Kristol blazed for the Republican Party had led it to near irrelevance. Fortunately, Trump is blazing a path that is fast making Goldberg and Kristol irrelevant.
Screw Goldberg, a nothing, who has been against Trump from the beginning. He’s been bad mouthing Trump far more than he ever challenged Obama.
Jonah you got to where you are because your mom Lucianne became prominent but now you are a shill for the US Chamber of Commerce and like minded inside beltway folks ..just go away!
I think President Trump knew he had to publicly smack down Ryan and McConnell at some point for his agenda to get any traction in Congress.
He used this opportunity to do just that.
Is he pissing off a lot of people? Yes. But it is something he had to do at some point.
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