Morning Jolt: Do Republicans Even Care What Conservatism Is Anymore?

National Review ^ | August 12, 2015 | Jim Geraghty

[Cincinatus' Wife]

SUPER reference links in OpEd at source. Text above is the middle section of a long piece. Part I - "FBI: Oh, Hey, Some of Hillary’s Insecure E-Mails Had Classified Information - how does Hillary get out of this one?" Last section of 3-part OpEd is "Schumer Is Lobbying Democratic Senators on the Iran Deal After All"

[mmichaels1970]

At this point, I’m enjoying watching both parties burn.

[Carl Vehse]

Morning Jolt: Do Republicans Even Care What Conservatism Is Anymore?

Short answer: No.

Long answer: A lot of verbal flatulance from the GOP, especially around election time; but no action at all where the rubber meets the road, and no smell of political napalm in the morning.

[henkster]

The reason both parties are burning is because the giant bonfire they made of our country has now spread to them. It’s an irony thing.

[cripplecreek]

Unfortunately the democrats aren’t really burning.

[Maceman]

That’s why I disenrolled from the Republican Party this year. I’m officially an independent now.

[Don Corleone]

Not only do they not care they don’t even know what Conservatism is.

[mmichaels1970]

Unfortunately the democrats aren’t really burning.

I think Hilary's done. Time will tell, I suppose. I've been predicting Biden to friends and family for a while now.

[Olog-hai]

What “both parties”?

[cripplecreek]

I agree that Hillary is done but the party is far from dead. She’s downright moderate compared to what they’re building.

[The_Victor]

Good article.

However, given the volume of Trumpeteers even here at FreeRepublic, I would redo the article's title: "Do Republicans Conservatives Even Care What Conservatism Is Anymore?"

[mmichaels1970]

What “both parties”?

Hillary is crashing and burning and may very well end up on trial. GOP is experiencing a revolt and riot with even members of their base pitted against one another. Maybe WE don't deserve it, but the party certainly does.

[mmichaels1970]

I agree that Hillary is done but the party is far from dead.

I concur. But the epic collapse of Hillary represents a pretty large fire for them in my book. And I'm enjoying the marshmallows.

[Windy City Conservative]

Does the Republican Party know what conservativism is anymore? Does Jeb Bush?

[Jim W N]

That’s all I hear - conservative this and conservative that. The pundits all talk about it, few if any clarify it.

How many times have I asked people what is a “conservative”? They usually have a hard time telling me.

I’ll tell you the truth ahead of time, I dislike the political use of the word “conservative” almost as much as I dislike the political use of the word “liberal”. IMO, both terms point in the wrong direction.

Nevertheless, I’ll try again: “What is a conservative”?

[ballearthout]

Republicans know what money is. They know who bought them. The principles they spew are just a pretense. Recent and not so recent history bears this out.

[Fitzy_888]

When your shown your NSA file, you tow the line -period!

[mmichaels1970]

I would redo the article's title: "Do Republicans Conservatives Even Care What Conservatism Is Anymore?"

I probably don't. Other than Ted Cruz (who is my first choice), and possibly Scott Walker, conservatism is something people usually pretend to be when they want to get elected...only to be abandoned later.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Donald Trump is a classic example of what happens when you speak before you think.

If he had a conservative bone in his body, I’d say he was an embarrassment to conservatism. But since he’s instead a rank opportunist and provocateur, we can simply say he’s an embarrassment in general.

[Olog-hai]

Yes, but what “both parties”? There’s a reason why many of us refer to a Uniparty.