SaysWho? Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 http://fortune.com/2018/06/22/george-will-leaves-republican-party-donald-trump/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 I know it's not at all new to say so, but the Republican party has really been hijacked. Obviously it's merely anecdotal, but... My parents are lifelong conservatives, have always voted strictly Republican in every election (AFAIK), live in rural Idaho, etc., and even they didn't vote for Trump and in fact voted for Hillary. I think it's great that Will is following his conscience and has the courage of his convictions. It's too bad that most of the people who need to read his piece in the Washington Post the most are likely part of the TL:DR crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Most Republicans I know will see him as a traitor or rhino and this being the proof. Never mind his other columns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Oh no! Not George "East Coast Intellectual" Will! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 This is the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 In other words, George Will was never a conservative and all his past work is now to be re-seen through the filter of him being a secret Democrat by Trump supporters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 The Republican Party is what it always wanted to be. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaxick Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Steve Schmidt announced he was leaving the Republican party too a few days ago citing it to be the party of Trump. He's now an independent aligned with the Democratic party. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/politics/party-of-trump-steve-schmidt.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 RINO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 48 minutes ago, marioandsonic said: RINO! Have Fredo and Eric ever shot a rhino? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 I imagine this will be roughly as impactful as the National Review's big "AGAINST TRUMP" issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: I imagine this will be roughly as impactful as the National Review's big "AGAINST TRUMP" issue It's less about the impact (Unless moderates rebel as they did in Kansas. Unfortunately, they did during a huge Republican year) and more about the fact that George Will left the Republican Party. I figured he'd die a Republican. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 3 hours ago, RedSoxFan9 said: The Republican Party is what it always wanted to be. was. At least since Nixon and the Southern Strategy. FFTY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 The fall-in-line mentality of 95% of Republicans is almost cult-like. There’s nothing inherently wrong with conservatism, but something has certainly become “wrong” within the GOP - it’s been brewing for years, but lately it’s boiled over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
run32.dll Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Is he joining America's other conservative party or just virtue signaling and will just be independent and still vote for Republicans who hold the same exact beliefs but openly talk about fucking over the poor and placing asylum seekers under rendition with the all important decorum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 19 minutes ago, run32.dll said: Is he joining America's other conservative party or just virtue signaling and will just be independent and still vote for Republicans who hold the same exact beliefs but openly talk about fucking over the poor and placing asylum seekers under rendition with the all important decorum? He called for the GOP to be diminished to the point of irrelevance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaljedi Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 4 hours ago, Spork3245 said: The fall-in-line mentality of 95% of Republicans is almost cult-like. There’s nothing inherently wrong with conservatism, but something has certainly become “wrong” within the GOP - it’s been brewing for years, but lately it’s boiled over. But they vote, they manage to rally around candidates and causes, as shitty as they may be and then vote them in to office. The Democrats have a much harder time lately finding someone their people can get behind and their message is just "do you see the shit Trump is doing?", which doesn't seem to be enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted June 24, 2018 Author Share Posted June 24, 2018 9 minutes ago, finaljedi said: But they vote, they manage to rally around candidates and causes, as shitty as they may be and then vote them in to office. The Democrats have a much harder time lately finding someone their people can get behind and their message is just "do you see the shit Trump is doing?", which doesn't seem to be enough. Democrats have been turning out significantly more than Republicans since January of last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Dems are in much better shape right now than the GOP which is openly fighting with one another now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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