Posted on 01/22/2016 6:43:10 AM PST by ghost of stonewall jackson
In their editorial, National Review editors put it this way:
There are understandable reasons for his eminence, and he has shown impressive gut-level skill as a campaigner. But he is not deserving of conservative support in the caucuses and primaries. Trump is a philosophically unmoored political opportunist who would trash the broad conservative ideological consensus within the GOP in favor of a free-floating populism with strong-man overtones.
Paraphrasing a line of scripture from 1 Timothy, Erickson writes this:
We should not put a new conservative in charge of conservatism or the country, so that he does not become puffed up with conceit and fall into condemnation. Republicans have wandered in the wilderness already by letting leaders define conservatism in their own image. Donald Trump needs more time and more testing of his new conservative convictions.
Beck gets specific, citing Trump's previous support for stimulus spending, bank bailouts and auto bailouts as reasons why his conservative credentials are suspect:
When conservatives desperately needed allies in the fight against big government, Donald Trump didn't stand on the sidelines. He consistently advocated that your money be spent, that your government grow, and that your Constitution be ignored. Sure, Trump's potential primary victory would provide Hillary Clinton with the easiest imaginable path to the White House. But it's far worse than that. If Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination, there will once again be no opposition to an ever-expanding government.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
In that screen grab they all have dour looks on their faces and are dressed for a funeral. High (melo)drama...
It bothers me that Katie Pavlich is in this bunch.
How many of those four has won election or had 10,000 people come to a rally to hear them speak?
They’re ALL Northeast Establishment Conservatives. Loesch was a strong liberal until 2008 or so.
That’s all those jackals have been doing for months. What’s new? They just don’t realize that all that garbage they spew just makes regular folks hate them and it makes Donald stronger.
Their last dying gasps. It’s a pitiful display of hopelessness, but it’s now come down to this - comeuppance time for the establishment.
it ain’t about conservatism. after the recent painful elections, the republicans failed to live up to their promises and wimped out - voters do not trust them anymore.
until the republicans can be relied upon, people like trump will get yuge support
Look at all the sanctimonious mugs. The Gang of Hate.
So, we should allow Jeb or one of the other establishment Republican philosophically unmoored political opportunists to trash the broad conservative ideological consensus within the GOP in favor of a free-floating populism...
Where’s Lindsey Graham? Where’s Mitch McConnell? Where’s Paul Ryan? Where’s John McCain?
You know, all those INCREDIBLY SOLID CONSERVATIVES, who can share the stage with OTHER INCREDIBLY SOLID CONSERVATIVES, like MeGynocology, Erik Eriksonuvabitch, and Bill Kristolnacht.
Exactly, at this point if you want me to trust you then you have to get the British to try and ban you.
This should be good for a couple of more poll points for Trump in the Primary and worth about 10 more points in the General.
So Trump’s current love affair with Mtch McConnell and John McCain is a good thing?
22 RINOs—Meh!
Are there still conservatives at national review?
Mitch and John are currently snuggling up with Trump.
I had not gone through the list. My guess is that not one of the male writers has served in uniform. Flag waving patriots one & all.
Doesn’t get any more complicated than that
LOL - my life’s ambition is to make Europe’s “Most banned Americans” list.
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