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Conservative Author and Humorist P.J. O'Rourke Endorses Hillary
pjmedia ^ | 9 May 2016 | Stevan Krusier

Posted on 05/10/2016 12:20:07 PM PDT by fella

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To: fella

I gotta believe P.J. is holding on to the punchline.

“Watch this Space”


41 posted on 05/10/2016 12:56:29 PM PDT by Peter W. Kessler ("NUTS!!!")
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To: IronJack

O’Rourke may be ripping Clinton, but the author of the article isn’t. He ends with this:

“The Great Trump Hope is all predicated on him never changing his mind and working within parameters once elected. Thus far, all he’s done is change his mind more frequently than Bette Midler changes outfits in a four-hour show, and display a complete unfamiliarity with any parameters.”

That is simply false in nearly all its assertions.


42 posted on 05/10/2016 12:58:32 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: fella

Is this a joke?

If you’re a conservative who simply can’t vote for Trump, then just don’t endorse anybody.


43 posted on 05/10/2016 1:00:07 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: marktwain

Yeah, no kidding. The author is a full-blown TDS’er.


44 posted on 05/10/2016 1:00:24 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: IronJack

You and I read the same article. He does a great job of beating her a pulp while airing his frustrations.

I find Trump to be a distasteful person. Hillary is awful, but like he said: she’s “within the parameters” of awful that we can expect from the ‘rat party.


45 posted on 05/10/2016 1:01:13 PM PDT by Syncopated
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To: IronJack
He’s ripping her apart, not endorsing her.

No, he's endorsing her despite ripping her apart.

We're not the ones who need to "read the article."

Maybe ORoarke is going over heads, but mocking by imitation of two-faced pols in a season rampant with two-faced pols is NOT smart.

46 posted on 05/10/2016 1:02:08 PM PDT by papertyger (-/\/\/\-)
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To: fella

3 Supreme Court appoints by Hillary would destroy America, P J can go f___ himself.


47 posted on 05/10/2016 1:02:32 PM PDT by heights
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To: hal ogen

Remember all those FBI/NSA files that Hitlery gathered up before she stepped down as first ‘lady’? I’ll bet O’Rourke’s file and Justice Roberts’ file is in there.


48 posted on 05/10/2016 1:04:05 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fella

“Not sure what to think of this.”

I think it is satire, akin to this send by a young friend with a good heart but a still soft head. This is the beginning of an insurgency against the uniparty. I think O’Rourke is illustrating the mental and moral bankruptcy of never Trump Republicans.

The Uniparty is taking on water, because THIS is what is going on on the left hand side of the equation.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/zach-bulls/im-with-hillary-im-with-her/10107562646023620

I’m with Hillary. I’m with her.
Zach Bulls·Friday, May 6, 2016
via Jeff Kurtz
I don’t care if she voted for the War in Iraq. I don’t care if she encouraged other members of Congress to vote for the war by stating it was a good business opportunity. Afterward she said it was a mistake and she’s sorry for that. It doesn’t matter that we spent $5.5 trillion dollars and killed hundreds of thousands of people in the process. It doesn’t matter that the war did nothing to curb terrorism, but instead only created more terrorists and increased the incidence of worldwide terrorism. It doesn’t matter because I’m with her.
I don’t care if she accepts money from super pacs. It doesn’t matter that she made exorbitant amounts of money from paid speeches to major corporations. It doesn’t matter if these funds cause her to favor the welfare of corporations over people. It doesn’t matter if it causes her to choose war over peaceful alternatives in order to bolster the profits of our military industrial complex. It doesn’t matter if it causes her to relax regulations on big oil which further contaminates our water and our air. It doesn’t matter if she compromises our commitment to renewable energy and diminishes our effort to address climate change. It doesn’t matter because I’m with her.
I don’t care if she advocates worldwide fracking. It doesn’t matter that scientists consider this harmful to our environment and a major contributor to climate change. It doesn’t matter because I’m with her.
I don’t care if she allows the medical and pharmaceutical industries to overcharge for their products and services. It doesn’t matter that it places a financial strain on people who suffer life-threatening ailments. It doesn’t matter that it often causes their families to go bankrupt. It doesn’t matter because I’m with her.
I don’t care if she and her husband passed the Omnibus Bill and Three Strikes You’re Out. It doesn’t matter that these policies helped to privatize prisons which led to the incarceration of numerous young adults for petty crimes. It doesn’t matter that these folks are charged with felonies and find it difficult to obtain good jobs after serving unwarranted prison terms. It doesn’t matter that their families are made to suffer as well. It doesn’t matter because I’m with her.
I don’t care if she and her husband pushed for and adopted Welfare Reform that allowed states to redistribute funds that would have otherwise gone toward food stamps and low-income housing. It doesn’t matter that it caused hundreds of thousands of children to go without food and proper shelter. It doesn’t matter because I’m with her.
I don’t care if she and her husband repealed Glass-Steagall. It doesn’t matter that it caused the economic crash of 2008. It doesn’t matter that the crash was caused by corrupt business practices. It doesn’t matter that the executives responsible for it were not charged with crimes. It doesn’t matter that the bailout cost taxpayers billions of dollars. It doesn’t matter that property values plummeted and good people ended up foreclosing on their homes. It doesn’t matter because I’m with her.
I don’t care if Hillary and her husband promoted NAFTA, CAFTA, and TPP. It doesn’t matter that these trade agreements served only to give corporations more power over common people. It doesn’t matter that they have kept wages low and sent millions of jobs outside the U.S. It doesn’t matter that they have caused working families to see their purchase power significantly decrease over the past 25 years. It doesn’t matter that they have caused young adults to find it increasingly more difficult to purchase homes and manage their lives without extreme debt. It doesn’t matter because I’m with her.
I don’t care if there is a candidate out there who opposed all these things. It doesn’t matter that this candidate has fought to keep money out of politics. It doesn’t matter that this candidate has fought to limit the power of corporations over people. It doesn’t matter that this candidate consistently stands up and fights for the oppressed. It doesn’t matter that he is consistently on the right side of causes, even when those causes are unpopular. It doesn’t matter. No, it doesn’t matter because I’m with her.


49 posted on 05/10/2016 1:04:28 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (This year we break the Uniparty or it breaks us.)
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To: Robert DeLong

Even PJ wouldn’t call himself a conservative.
He’s libertarian.


50 posted on 05/10/2016 1:04:57 PM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: Boogieman

I’m not confident free speech as practiced today on FreeRepublic will exist for long under a Hillary Clinton presidency.

The FCC tried not so long ago to stymie Drudge and others like him.

Scalia warned Drudge that he Drudge would see his site closed down someday. Hillary will make that prediction come to pass.


51 posted on 05/10/2016 1:05:50 PM PDT by pleasenotcalifornia
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To: Chaguito

And going the other way, it comes to conservatism. It’s a wash.


52 posted on 05/10/2016 1:06:34 PM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: heights

Quislings all!


53 posted on 05/10/2016 1:07:30 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: bushwon

Makes me wonder if Rush endorsing Clinton in ‘96 was really satire.


54 posted on 05/10/2016 1:09:06 PM PDT by anoldafvet (they're not immigrants, they're criminal aliens)
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To: Psalm 144
I think it is satire, akin to this send by a young friend with a good heart but a still soft head.
---------------
One of Hollywood's great lines:

Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
Joe Danby: [about his father] He's got a heart as big as the whole outdoors, but he don't have one brain in his poor old head."
55 posted on 05/10/2016 1:12:20 PM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: fella

Who is this “Stevan” Kruiser?


56 posted on 05/10/2016 1:12:48 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: sparklite2

I’m hoping some of these people will come around.


57 posted on 05/10/2016 1:14:01 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (This year we break the Uniparty or it breaks us.)
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To: fella

TV Talking Head Idiot WITH BOW TIE is NOT a Conservative.

He’s just a poorly dressed partisan political WONK.


58 posted on 05/10/2016 1:17:34 PM PDT by BereanBrain
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To: Oratam

The Gods of the Copybook Headings counsel us to stick with the devil we know, but in this case the devil we know guarantees absolute doom.


59 posted on 05/10/2016 1:20:04 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Psalm 144

This campaign season has more twists and turns and surprises than a Jasper FForde novel.


60 posted on 05/10/2016 1:24:43 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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