[ek_hornbeck]

I never understood the sense of betrayal people feel towards Shapiro and Kristol, when they're just saying and doing what they've been saying all along, just with a different target. It should have been cleara from the get-go that their brand of politically correct, internationalist "conservatism" has always just been a watered down brand of liberalism.

They may want lower taxes and be less pro-abortion or pro-homosexual than Hillary Clinton, but Hillary Clinton speaks their language on immigration (open borders), trade (outsourcing), and foreign policy (nation-building), and these are the issues that really drive them. They're Hillary's polite and loyal opposition. In contrast, they see any hint of opposition to internationalism and multiculturalism as their enemies, and above all else, they resent grassroots politics where voters rather than party hacks pick candidates. It isn't Trump they hate, it's Trump voters.

[Pelham]

Well said. Very well said.