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Top Conservatives To WaPo: Stop ‘Dishonest’ Label Of Jennifer Rubin As ‘Conservative’
The Federalist ^ | October 4, 2018 | Mollie Hemingway

Posted on 10/04/2018 7:41:37 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The Washington Post’s continued labeling of blogger Jennifer Rubin as a “conservative” in the years since she has repeatedly rejected conservative ideas and principles is an example of why the American people are unable to trust the media, more than three dozen top conservative leaders say.

“In truth, it is nearly impossible to discern any conservatism in Rubin’s contemporary writing,” the leaders said in an October 3 letter to the Washington Post editorial board. Citing the rejection of her previous positions on climate change, gun control, Middle East foreign policy, tax cuts, immigration, and abortion, the group said the notion that Rubin is conservative is “laughable.”

More recently she has mocked virginity as “juvenile, emotionally stunted” behavior, argued in favor of impeaching Judge Brett Kavanaugh, mocked those who defend due process and the rule of law, campaigned for Democrats and against Republicans, and generally engaged in obsessive behavior against conservatives on social media.

“We, of course, respect the right of The Washington Post to employ whatever writers it pleases — even Jennifer Rubin. However, we ask for the sake of intellectual honesty that the Post cease to identify her as in any way ‘conservative,'” the group implored the Post. They also asked that the paper, which employs almost no columnists that represent the views of the vast majority of Republicans, consider dealing with that major problem more than two years after Donald Trump’s election as president shocked the media class.

“[W]e also respectfully request that you consider hiring a voice who can eloquently and effectively defend the positions held by our President, his party, and the millions of voters who elected him. We would be happy to provide recommendations.”

Among the three dozen signers are the American Principles Project’s Francis P. Cannon and Terry Schilling, Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser, Conservative Partnership Institute’s Jim DeMint, Media Research Center’s L. Brent Bozell, and Foley and Lardner partner Cleta Mitchell.

They are only the most recent group to express concern about Rubin being identified by the Post as a conservative. National Review’s Charles Cooke wrote the definitive analysis of Rubin’s changing of positions simply because of her opposition to Trump:

If Trump is indeed a tyrant, he is a tyrant of the mind. And how potent is the control he exerts over Rubin’s. So sharp and so sudden are her reversals as to make effective parody impossible. When President Obama agreed to the Paris Climate Accord, Rubin left her readers under no illusions as to the scale of her disapproval. The deal, she proposed, was ‘ephemeral,’ ‘a piece of paper,’ ‘a group wish,’ a ‘nonsense’ that would achieve ‘nothing.’ That the U.S. had been made a party to a covenant so ‘devoid of substance,’ she added, illustrated the ‘fantasy world’ in which the Obama administration lived, and was reflective of Obama’s preference for ‘phony accomplishments,’ his tendency to distract, and his base’s craven willingness to eat up any ‘bill of goods’ they were served. At least it did until President Trump took America out of it, at which point adhering to the position she had theretofore held became a ‘senseless act,’ a ‘political act,’ ‘a dog whistle to the far right,’ and ‘a snub to ‘elites’’ that had been calibrated to please the ‘climate-change denial, right-wing base that revels in scientific illiteracy’ (a base that presumably enjoyed Rubin’s blog until January 20th, 2017). To abandon the ‘ephemeral’ ‘piece of paper,’ Rubin submitted, would ‘materially damage our credibility and our persuasiveness’ and represent conduct unbecoming of ‘the leader of the free world.’ One is left wondering how, exactly, any president is supposed to please her.

The Post has thus far declined repeated calls to rectify its deficit of actual conservative writers or deal with its false labeling of Rubin.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: compost; conservatism; dc; deceit; fraud; hack; hypocrisy; jenniferrubin; maryland; obama; pimpery; trump; virginia; washingtonpost
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1 posted on 10/04/2018 7:41:37 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Fake news, fake conservative. Ho-hum.


2 posted on 10/04/2018 7:43:31 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

If a liberal is conservative, the Amazon Post should be sued for false advertising.


3 posted on 10/04/2018 7:44:00 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; bitt; ransomnote; ZULU; NFHale; sheik yerbouty; rodguy911; Liz; Jane Long; ..

Has anyone noticed how many RATs running for office aren’t identifying their Party affiliation? If there’s no party identified, I immediately figure they’re RATs ashamed of who and what they are and it’s an automatic NO vote for me.

Seems to be a lot of RATs hiding the truth, ya think? Voter beware.


4 posted on 10/04/2018 7:45:06 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I think the transparently false labeling of Rubin as a conservative is just fine.

Remember that the live under Stolen Valor's banner "false in one false in all."

5 posted on 10/04/2018 7:46:48 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The Post has thus far declined repeated calls to rectify its deficit of actual conservative writers or deal with its false labeling of Rubin.

Another daily illustration proving the media is corrupt and helping to build an army of Americans who no longer trust the fake media and move closer to Trump as he cites the truth about the media.

6 posted on 10/04/2018 7:47:18 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Among the three dozen signers are the American Principles Project’s...

Members of the Republican tribe of swamp dwellers also trying to fly under the conservative banner.

7 posted on 10/04/2018 7:49:14 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson

Never Trumpers are conservatives who don’t like Trump.

But there’s a difference between disavowing Trump and embracing liberal positions because you don’t like him.

The latter isn’t conservative, period.


8 posted on 10/04/2018 7:49:53 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: AndyJackson

The only issue I’ve seen that Rubin is associated with that is considered “conservative” is that she is an interventionist warmonger. Well, I am patriotic and conservative, but I am neither interventionist nor a warmonger and as far as I am concerned, the Dems can have those of like mind as Rubin.


9 posted on 10/04/2018 7:50:36 AM PDT by laconic
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To: laconic

I used to admire neoconservatives but they’ve gone off the path because think America should be the the world’s policeman.

We’re not Rome and we will never be.


10 posted on 10/04/2018 7:53:34 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

There are fakes in every walk of life.
Media..government..churches..boy scouts.. marriages..PHD’S..


11 posted on 10/04/2018 8:00:58 AM PDT by Leep (dog pol)
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To: goldstategop
Never Trumpers are conservatives who don’t like Trump.
Can you name any? Didn't think so.

Sorry, At this stage of his presidency "never Trumpers" might be Republican (AKA RINO) but they are not conservatives

12 posted on 10/04/2018 8:04:27 AM PDT by lewislynn ( Jeff Sessions not a mouse or mr. magoo but a low life back stabbing bastard pretending to be AG)
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To: goldstategop

There will be a world’s policeman. There’s no getting around it.

The question is, who do you want to replace us?

Would you like the U. N. to develop a full scale army and do it?

Would you like China to do it?

Would you like Russia to do it?

Someone will be the world’s hegemon. If not us, who do you think would do a more even handed honest job, that supported Western Civilization.


13 posted on 10/04/2018 8:07:02 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 from 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
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To: DoughtyOne

> There will be a world’s policeman. There’s no getting around it.

There isn’t and never has been a “world’s policeman” and never will be - unless the planet is consumed by global despotism.

There is only powers pursuing their own interests.


14 posted on 10/04/2018 8:13:42 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 1)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
An exercise in futility.

Jennifer Rubin is a conservative like my pet bird is a horse.

NOT!

15 posted on 10/04/2018 8:13:57 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Yeah, it’s just like when there is a shooting and the shooter is Black or Hispanic, there are no pics of him or her. It’s like they hope that no one notices. The other thing that the do is NEVER discuss what they really have in store for the country if elected. If we had an honest media, the RAT Party would have ceased to exist decades ago.


16 posted on 10/04/2018 8:16:07 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Jennifer Rubin is the Wash Post's lone "conservative".

David Brooks is the NY Times lone "conservative".

Joe Scarborough is MSNBC's lone "conservative".

They're all so balanced to have solid conservative voices in their lineup. You can see why consumers of their news believe they are getting the whole picture.

17 posted on 10/04/2018 8:19:27 AM PDT by dead
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To: thoughtomator

If you don’t think attacking terrorists on their soil is better than letting them attack on our own, let me know what you think a valid reason to engage would be.


18 posted on 10/04/2018 8:33:11 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 from 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

No kidding

She makes David Brooks look sane


19 posted on 10/04/2018 8:35:27 AM PDT by wardaddy (I donÂ’t care that youÂ’re not a racist......listening to Hey Joe a lot..#metoolady)
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To: JimRed

I’m willing to bet no one can get a job at WAPO unless you agree Planned Parenthood killing off the poor and minority groups is a good thing for America


20 posted on 10/04/2018 8:35:43 AM PDT by Hambone 1934
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