Posted on 08/15/2016 4:40:00 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
The weekend's last RedState Gathering panel tried to keep a stiff upper lip in the face of the Trump Revolution.
Only reality kept getting in the way.
Katie Pavlich, a Townhall editor and Fox News contributor, spoke what was probably on many attendees' minds Sunday. She clearly didn't take any joy in putting it out there.
"There aren't as many conservatives in the country as we thought there were," Pavlich said during the last of three intellectually packed days in Denver. The rise of Donald Trump, compounded with avowed socialist Bernie Sanders, made that all too clear over the past six months.
"When people like [conservative Sen.] Ben Sasse are the 'enemy,' we're in a really bad spot," she added.
Pavlich shared the stage with Townhall.com's Guy Benson, RedState Managing Editor Leon Wolf and radio talker Erick Erickson.
The focus? Moving forward after Election Day.
No votes have been tallied yet, but the panel agreed on the outcome. Trump will lose, and lose badly to Hillary Clinton.
(snip)
The group pointed to leaders like Carly Fiorina, Josh Hawley and Sasse in particular as reasons for optimism.
"These are some good people, and they're on our team," Benson said.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
I don't want to say bad things about Pavlich, but if Ben Sasse and Carly Fiorina are your ideal conservatives in this country, you can count me out.
Yes when people like quisling Ben Sasse ARE the enemy we ARE in bad shape. He and the NeverTrumps are selfish to the point of seeing America die rather than help us fight socialism.
Ben Sasse is a corrupt pedophile if he is the future we are done.Trump is the only hope but he needs to get off the media attacks and on message fast
Yes, it would seem that young Katie has hitched her wagon to the wrong star.
“during the last of three intellectually packed days in Denver”
Count me out too ! Got a kick out of that. Katie Pavlich is one of the Salem Witches and she’s an #imwithher loon. Pretending they aren’t giving comfort and aide to the enemy doesn’t change the fact that they’re giving comfort and aide to the enemy. These people are not our friends. Three intellectual days? Try three days of economic gravy train preservation.
We’re here; we’re just being realistic. A conservative may get the nomination next time; possible Mike Pence.
The problem with these “intellectually packed days in Denver” by the intellectual conservatives is that they are just as elitists as the progressives.
THEY, the intellectuals, get to decide who is and who isn’t a conservative, what is and what is not conservatism.
It is The Club, THEIR CLUB. If you don’t get acknowledged in this exclusive CLUB, you might as well be the hicks in hill countries.
I’m disappointed in Katie as well.
Note how the (R) wing of the Uniparty has tried (with some success) to usurp the term “conservative”.
Katie, the problem with you staid “so-called” conservatives is that you want the narrative on your own terms to define and to control. You put puffed up conservative immutability and think everyone has to accept that tenet or die by your condemnation.
Not a damned one of you has any realistic idea of conservative principles juxtaposed against a society ready for Armageddon and some kind of tactic that may forestall that. Foolish sh!ts that you are you think you can just sit on your effing principles and let all hell come to pass and then miraculously, conservatism will eventually prevail.
What you’ll find if you keep it up is that one day you’ll be knelt beside and open ditch and some liberal do gooder will blow your brains out.
Republican “leadership” must be terrified by the army of Trump voters that are motivated, in part, by the desire to clean out the Augean stables of the republican “leadership”.
“No votes have been tallied yet”
Dont be so sure.........
Not conservatives. Cuckservatives.
Depends on the meaning of the word “conservative.” If you really mean “no-borders globalist” then hopefully you are right.
Depends on the meaning of the word “conservative.” If you really mean “no-borders globalist” then hopefully you are right.
Member of the “ Michelle Fields” victim support group
There are not a lot of many things these idiots assumed
“Pavlich said during the last of three intellectually challenged days in Denver.”
Well, there certainly aren't ANY in the GO-PEE.
These animals wont be spared in the roundup either.
There are plenty of conservatives...who got sick of being shafted by so called conservative politicians who were acting like Democrat surrogates.
"When people like [conservative Sen.] Ben Sasse are the 'enemy,' we're in a really bad spot," she added.
He is the enemy when he refuses to condemn his fellow representatives who are rolling over for Obama, but condemns the voters who are sick of it.
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