Posted on 02/09/2024 5:43:48 PM PST by CFW
The article below (except the author's note) is from 2018.
Author's Note: Originally published to great acclaim in the American Spectator on 6/29/18, my essay provoked a furious response from the GOP’s “intellectual” class and led to a serious of articles from both sides of the political spectrum including: Jonathan Chait, Michael Gerson, Michael Doran, Mark Bauerlein, and Jonah Goldberg of course. After my article appeared, the Weekly Standard shut down, the National Review kicked out Jonah Goldberg (who now works at CNN) and David French (who now works at the New York Times). As for Bill Kristol, he went to work for the Democrats — as did Jennifer Rubin and George Will. In hindsight, this article didn’t merely predict the collapse of the Never-Trumpers so much as initiate their collapse by publicly exposing this particular group of neo-liberal frauds to the American public.
With the installation of Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, and a yet-to-be-named reliable replacement for the unreliable Anthony Kennedy, Donald Trump will have confirmed himself as the most consequential conservative president of the modern era (or a close second to Reagan if you’re nostalgic). This will be complete vindication for Trump supporters, which means it’s really the end for the so-called Never-Trump conservatives. Of course, there have been so many humiliating defeats for that crowd that we are spoiled for choice. What was your favorite blunder, or blown prediction, which marked their ignominious end?
For some, it must have been in March when Bill Kristol, longtime editor of the conservative magazine the Weekly Standard, showed up in New Hampshire telling people he would run against President Trump in 2020. Or in April when the conservative website RedState was taken over and purged of writers who were “insufficiently supportive” of the president.
(Excerpt) Read more at emerald.tv ...
Trump is not a conservative, has never been a conservative, and doesn't even pretend to be a conservative.
Hard to read at 11:46pm... but enjoyable
ping
Radio hosts Michael Medved and Ben Shapiro do not like Trump.
Excellent assessment.
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