Watergate II?

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Jennifer Rubin (a well-known conservative pundit) on what today's GOP has become:

This is the state of the GOP — a refuge for intellectual frauds and bullies, for mean-spirited hypocrites who preach personal responsibility yet excuse the inexcusable...

The country needs two parties and benefits from the ideas associated with classical liberalism (small “l”) — the rule of law (over the law of the jungle), respect for the dignity of every individual, prosperity-creating free markets (including trade), values-based foreign policy. The Republican Party no longer embodies those ideals; it undermines them in words and in deeds. It now advances ideas and celebrates behavior antithetical to democracy and simple human decency.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ican-party-is/

Oh dear. I see a negative twitterstorm in her future....

[whell]

Originally Posted by finnbow

FWIW, I'm not remotely hysterical. I'm kicked back, relaxed and enjoying watching Trump self-destruct while he takes today's insufferably awful GOP down with him. Enjoy the ride. I know I am. My mood remains (highly) bemused disgust.

The word I think you're looking for is "hate".

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by whell

The word I think you're looking for is "hate".

You're such a snowflake, Mike.

[whell]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Jennifer Rubin (a well-known conservative pundit) on what today's GOP has become:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ican-party-is/

Yes, if you read some of the things she's apparently pissed about, it reads like something that came from a Clinton speechwriter. Jennifer apparently longs for the good old days of Gerald Ford.

[whell]

Originally Posted by bobabode

You're such a snowflake, Mike.

I'm fine, but I think you need to go to your safe space.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Jennifer Rubin (a well-known conservative pundit) on what today's GOP has become:

This is the state of the GOP — a refuge for intellectual frauds and bullies, for mean-spirited hypocrites who preach personal responsibility yet excuse the inexcusable...

The country needs two parties and benefits from the ideas associated with classical liberalism (small “l”) — the rule of law (over the law of the jungle), respect for the dignity of every individual, prosperity-creating free markets (including trade), values-based foreign policy. The Republican Party no longer embodies those ideals; it undermines them in words and in deeds. It now advances ideas and celebrates behavior antithetical to democracy and simple human decency.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ican-party-is/

Michael Gerson gave him a going over in today's WaPo as well.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

The word I think you're looking for is "hate".

I don't hate anyone, even your Dear Leader. I am, however, disgusted and amused by his staggering incompetence and your inability to recognize it.

Originally Posted by whell

Yes, if you read some of the things she's apparently pissed about, it reads like something that came from a Clinton speechwriter. Jennifer apparently longs for the good old days of Gerald Ford.

There are plenty of Republicans of the "never Trump" variety who say stuff just like her. They (e.g., Kasich, Sasse, Flake, McCain, Collins, David Brooks, Brett Stephens) are the only Republicans worthy of any respect. The rest, with their willingness to excuse the inexcusable, are a shameful lot.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Michael Gerson gave him a going over in today's WaPo as well.

Indeed. A worthy read.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...20a_story.html

The conservative mind, in some very visible cases, has become diseased. The movement has been seized by a kind of discrediting madness, in which conspiracy delusions figure prominently. Institutions and individuals that once served an important ideological role, providing a balance to media bias, are discrediting themselves in crucial ways. With the blessings of a president, they have abandoned the normal constraints of reason and compassion.

[Rajoo]

A very well written column (Jennifer Rubin) if one has my perspective, and even if you don't, how do you excuse the boorish behavior of Trump in an international setting pushing aside leader of another country or the thuggish behavior of a soon to be seated member of the House?

YouTube videos and Twitter feeds will come to haunt Trump and his henchmen.

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Indeed. A worthy read.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...20a_story.html

The conservative mind, in some very visible cases, has become diseased. The movement has been seized by a kind of discrediting madness, in which conspiracy delusions figure prominently. Institutions and individuals that once served an important ideological role, providing a balance to media bias, are discrediting themselves in crucial ways. With the blessings of a president, they have abandoned the normal constraints of reason and compassion.

The column demonstrated the tandem qualities of having well-reasoned content and being written with a flair that echoed his experience as a speech-writer. For someone who was a speech-writer for W, he has a well-aligned moral compass. My favorite part of the column was the two sentences after the portion you quoted.

"They have allowed political polarization to reach their hearts, and harden them. They have allowed polarization to dominate their minds, and empty them."

And Whell will still probably claim that Gerson is spouting Clinton talking points.