Posted on 10/09/2015 2:51:21 PM PDT by Shery
An Open Letter To Jonah Goldberg – RE: The GOP and Donald Trump Posted on September 7, 2015 by sundance A few days ago I took the time to read your expressed concerns about the support you see for Donald Trump and the state of current conservative opinion. Toward that end I have also noted additional media present a similar argument, and I took the time to consider.
While we are of far lesser significance and influence, I hope you will consider this retort with the same level of consideration afforded toward your position.
The challenging aspect to your expressed opinion, and perhaps why there is a chasm between us, is you appear to stand in defense of a Washington DC conservatism that no longer exists.
I hope you will indulge these considerations and correct me where I’m wrong.
On December 23rd 2009 Harry Reid passed a version of Obamacare through forced vote at 1:30am. The Senators could not leave, and for the two weeks previous were kept in a prolonged legislative session barred returning to their home-state constituencies. It was, by all measures and reality, a vicious display of forced ideological manipulation of the upper chamber. I share this reminder only to set the stage for what was to follow.
Riddled with anxiety we watched the Machiavellian manipulations unfold, seemingly unable to stop the visible usurpation. Desperate for a tool to stop the construct we found Scott Brown and rallied to deliver $7 million in funding, and a “Kennedy Seat” victory on January 19th 2010.
Unfortunately, the trickery of Majority Leader Harry Reid would not be deterred. Upon legislative return he stripped a House Budgetary bill, and replaced it with the Democrat Senate version of Obamacare through a process of “reconciliation”.
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I have often wondered what the problem is with journalists, who for years write great articles, then once the notoriety starts coming in, they also compromise and join the rush to be the go-to voices on CNN or whatever stupid talk show. Just like the people we elected to speak for us, but get corrupted once they get to DC. Jonah used to be one of the good ones, but I quit reading him a few years back, along with a slew of others. They lost their objectivity when they joined the other side, then started berating the sheep. We're not smart enough to understand the nuances of politics, apparently. I pray that most of us stay that way...just smart enough to understand the con job and not be taken in by it, and not so smart that we end up fooling ourselves.
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Well Jonah, Your reply
Well written article. These are the exact reasons I support either Trump or Cruz. It should be reposted whenever some of the GOPe freepers chime in
For later read.
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What happens is that they start accepting checks from The Cheap Labor Express to sell out their fellow citizens.
Sundance is right. Thanks for posting.
Good logic; completely to no avail with NRO. Which is no surprise, because when I was in college and had arguments with liberals, I found out that they are immune to logic or the contradictions in their own thinking.
Jonah Goldberg is SUCH a disappointment.
Actually, it doesn't matter. Whoever he is has something in common with what Donald Trump has been saying, and what I've been thinking. Along with the rest of us unclean raving savages roaming the wilderness of no.
Jonah has gone hive...
Excellent article.
A month or so ago, Jonah was a guest on either Bill Bennett or Hugh Hewitt’s show (I think it was Bill Bennett), and one of his parting comments was something to the effect that conservatives needed to stop getting so bent out of shape over the gay marriage issue because if gays marry, it’s not going to upset or change the lives of conservatives. Just cave in on the issue, basically. Mark Steyn was the next guest and he made a comment refuting Jonah’s comment.
I wonder if all the people who are being sued, fined or otherwise harassed for not going along with gay marriage would agree with Jonah that their lives have not been upset or changed.
He’s a traitor.
The official tone at Lucianne.com is definitely not particularly supportive of Trump. In fact, they made a statement one day saying they “don’t take sides”.
But there are plenty of Trump supporters posting there.
Jonah Goldberg is SUCH a disappointment.
Per Ronald Reagan (paraphrased) - the person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and ally - not a 20 percent traitor.
Not when the 20% is poison.
And surrender to the sodomites is poison.
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