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I served under Pres. Bush: I left the GOP to vote Dem. Trump is a fascist, a danger to our republic
NJ.com ^ | 11-4-2018 | Alan Steinberg

Posted on 11/05/2018 11:46:48 AM PST by tcrlaf

As we approach the midterm elections, the Nuremberg-like atmosphere of Donald Trump rallies plus his flagrant abuses of power terrify his critics. They raise the question: Is Donald Trump a fascist?

There are two matters of fact regarding Donald Trump that are irrefutable. The first is that he is not a conservative but is, in fact, the direct adversary of all the core beliefs of Ronald Reagan. The second is that in terms of his politics, that is to say, his methods of obtaining and maintaining power, Trump has been a practitioner of both fascistic strategy and tactics.

Ronald Reagan was a follower of Edmund Burke, who deemed the preservation and respect for institutions as essential for the preservation of orderly democratic government. Trump, the anti-Ronald Reagan is on a mission to destroy our leading institutions, including the independence of the FBI and the Justice Department and the very existence of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Reagan was a follower of Adam Smith, who believed in free markets and free trade. Donald Trump is a foe of free trade, an advocate of tariffs and a leader of trade wars.

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TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: derangement; establishment; trump
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What an insane screed from a never-Trumper who expected to be an important and well-paid official under Hillary. Trump winning destroyed his career... In a major newspaper, no less. WOW...

Regional Administrator of Region 2 (New York/New Jersey)EPA during the administration of former President George W. Bush

1 posted on 11/05/2018 11:46:49 AM PST by tcrlaf
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A Bush guy who doen’t like Trump? Whoa, stop the presses!


2 posted on 11/05/2018 11:48:19 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: tcrlaf

Another fake conservative.


3 posted on 11/05/2018 11:48:35 AM PST by EdnaMode
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Serving under Bush does not beef up your conservative bonafide’s anymore...
4 posted on 11/05/2018 11:48:58 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: tcrlaf

Americans voted against the Rodhamites, the Busheviks and the Obammunists in 2016.

Donald J. Trump is a great U.S. President. At times, I feel like nominating him for sainthood.


5 posted on 11/05/2018 11:50:42 AM PST by Pagoda (The Greatest U.S. President)
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To: tcrlaf

They just out themselves like this. All these Never Trumpers just want to keep themselves available for a job possibility in case the Establishment gets back in power.


6 posted on 11/05/2018 11:51:01 AM PST by Democrats hate too much
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I was WAITING for the “he’s NOTHING like Ronald Reagan” meme to hit the air/wire/internet waves :)

Ronald Reagan is great when they want to make a republican they don’t like look bad.

The Pope is great when he goes against fundamental teachings of the church.

Putin is great/bad/great/bad/great/bad depending on what the dems need him to be at the moment, and it changes so often I can’t keep up anymore.


7 posted on 11/05/2018 11:51:15 AM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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I'll consider Trump to be really, really successful once 7 of the 10 richest counties in the USA are not within commuting distance of DC.

Public service should NOT mean the public is supposed to serve you.

8 posted on 11/05/2018 11:51:24 AM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Democrats hate too much

A job possibility is more important than country to these people.


9 posted on 11/05/2018 11:51:39 AM PST by Democrats hate too much
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To: tcrlaf

$10 Steinberg is a marxist.


10 posted on 11/05/2018 11:51:46 AM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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“Fascist” requires extreme, centralized, governmental control.

The Nazis used a hybrid form of socialism and crony capitalism. Italians were more state/crony control.

But it could be any form of government with state control: communism, socialism, even a monarchy.

Trump, love him or hate him, has weakened the Federal government. That could be bad if you don’t like it. (I think it’s great.)

But whatever it is, it’s not fascism.


11 posted on 11/05/2018 11:51:50 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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12 posted on 11/05/2018 11:51:51 AM PST by conservative98
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Facism is a form of socialism. Mussolini, who coined the word “fascist” was a socialist. The leftists do not know the meaning of the word “fascist.” For the left “fascist” is another personal insult like “you fat jerk.”


13 posted on 11/05/2018 11:52:47 AM PST by forgotten man
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Winning! Poor imbecilic thing wouldn’t know a fascist if Mussolini rose from the grave and asked him to stick his hand in his wounds.


14 posted on 11/05/2018 11:52:57 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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Memo To Alan Steinberg:

Click the Pic

15 posted on 11/05/2018 11:53:06 AM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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WOW!!!

This guy is so far off base I don’t know where to begin. President Trump is none of those attributes he describes. Much of that to which he alludes looks like Obama. This guy is really messed up.


16 posted on 11/05/2018 11:53:13 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: tcrlaf

Jokes on you, Alan.

Trump isn’t even on the ballot.

But thanks for the weepy tome.


17 posted on 11/05/2018 11:53:18 AM PST by jra
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“Nuremberg-like atmosphere”

Clever way of calling Trump a nazi.


18 posted on 11/05/2018 11:53:30 AM PST by I want the USA back (It's Ok To Be White. White Lives Matter. White Guilt is Socially Constructed)
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Trump is out to destroy the “independence “ of the FBI and DOJ? Is this guy trying to do stand up comedy?or living under a rock?


19 posted on 11/05/2018 11:53:49 AM PST by Spok
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Reagan levied tariffs, too.

Does anyone know how people justify calling Trump “facist?”

20 posted on 11/05/2018 11:53:51 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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