Posted on 01/24/2016 6:19:09 AM PST by detective
A little over three months ago, National Review endorsed Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) for Speaker of the House. In doing so, National Review helped place a man with a two-decade history of pushing open borders immigration policies in charge of the Republican Party’s entire legislative agenda. Ten weeks after that endorsement helped Paul Ryan secure the Speakership, Ryan proceeded to swiftly pass an omnibus spending bill that funded and expanded President Obama’s immigration agenda.
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The "Conscience of a Conservative" which Berry Goldwater put his name on was actually written by Buckley and NR employee Brent Bozell.
Since Buckley's death NR has become a mouthpiece for the GOP establishment and sometimes the liberal establishment.
Lowry told Megyn that NRO is in business to, among other things, “create” controversy.
Lowry’s journalism. Revealed.
Only ghouls would applaud funding baby part sales...
William F Buckley is spinning in his grave.........
NRO Jumped the shark this time.
It’s going to be fun to watch the Cruzers defend NR for supporting their guy Ryan...oops I mean Cruz.
Cognitive dissonance abounds!
Interesting.
The National Review issue that attacks Trump will only inspire his supporters. In fact, it may wind up being the final boost in Iowa that gives Donald the nomination.
National Review just handed Donald Trump the Election
Republican Newswatch ^ 1/22/16 DOUG IBENDAHL
Posted on 1/22/2016, 8:39:33 PM by Amntn
National Review’s publication of the collective anti-Donald Trump missives from 22 self-appointed conservative potentates has caused quite a stir in Republican circles.
The nationwide responses range from, “Wait, I thought National Review went out of business years ago,” to “Ed Meese? Seriously?”
The Gang of 22 have officially become parodies of themselves. One would have to reach back to the days of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew to lift an adequate quote to describe them.
“Nattering nabobs of negativism,” “vicars of vacillation,” “pusillanimous pussyfooters,” “the decadent few,” “ideological eunuchs,” “the effete corps of impudent snobs,” or “the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history” - take your pick, because they all apply about equally well to each and every one of them.
So clueless is the Gang of 22 they can’t even see how they’ve stumbled right into the narrative Trump’s been communicating so successfully for months. Just like the elected officials from both parties, the Gang of 22 has been GREAT at complaining about stuff, year, after year, after year.
But getting anything accomplished? Not so much.
Many of the Gang of 22 have been hanging around and chattering for decades, and some are active cogs in the Conservative Entertainment Complex, deriving their income by pandering to conservative anger while offering no real solutions.
Donald Trump represents a threat to these ineffectual poohbahs in the same way he represents a threat to do-nothing public officials.
Jealousy is also seriously at work here. Trump is inspiring and exciting a broad spectrum of the country like no member of the Gang of 22 ever has, or ever will.
In just seven months of campaigning, Trump already has more Americans listening to a Republican message than the entire Gang of 22 could muster over decades.
Trump understands that before you can advance the ball, you have to convince people to take time from their busy lives to listen. No one on the GOP side since Ronald Reagan has accomplished that like Trump.
No one else has come close, and certainly no one from that “effete corps of impudent snobs” to which the National Review thinks we should defer.
The Gang of 22 had their chance. They’ve done a lot of bitching over the years, and it paid well for some.
But Americans care about results. They can plainly see that all of the empty talk from the Gang of 22 got us eight years of Barack Obama, and a loss in pretty much every conservative battle there was to lose.
At the same time when Americans look at Donald Trump’s life they get a lot of assurance that here is finally a man who shares their focus on actually getting results. And Trump returns the respect by recognizing regular hard-working Americans are a lot smarter than any of the “ideological eunuchs” in all of their pontificating glory.
The “pusillanimous pussyfooters” love to nitpick Trump’s words, but what voters are looking for this year is competence and accomplishment. Donald Trump has an actual record of delivering both in spades.
The Gang of 22 is right to be terrified. A President who could get things done would expose them as the irrelevant creatures they truly are.
It can’t happen fast enough.
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Does anyone really think that Ryan is working for the American people? Or the Republican Congress?
If they were working for the American people, they would not be just trying to stop Obama, they would be STOPPING Obama. They are not even trying. Their intent is to advance Obama. Remember when we use to have lame duck presidents?
Mr. niteowl77
Title says it all.
Buckley was not a fan of Trump
Was Buckley a fan of open borders...a la Paul Ryan?
NEVER underestimate the power of the CHEAP LABOR EXPRESS...
Cheap labor is the ONLY 'principle' Establishment Republicans care about. The rest of the Establishment's arguments are fluff to fool everyday citizens.
A friend gave me a introduction subscription to National
Review. It was somewhat interesting, however, I learned that I am even more Conservative than the people who write for them.
I did not renew the subscription because of my finances.
However, after this week, I will NEVER read that publication again.
Friend, you nailed it perfectly. Succinctly. Well said. You said it all in just a couple of sentences.
However, after this week, I will NEVER read that publication again.
I stopped about 10 years ago.
The maggot infested NR has Macyied them selves. A large % of their subscribers will do what you did.
The divide between conservatives and NR was most vividly shown with the defeat of Cantor by Dave Brat.
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