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David French Is Not a Serious Conservative
The one area where we have had strong movement, gun rights, he attacks. Idolatry? Please. French wants to compromise and give up on progress made.
But, that is not the real reason he is not a serious conservative. No, this is just icing on the cake. Proof, if you will, of his nature. He proved he was unserious when he genuinely considered Bill Kristol’s plan to run for President and try to get the election thrown to the House. A serious conservative would never have courted a constitutional crisis because he did not like the GOP nominee.
So, of course, French is against standing our ground on guns. What else can we expect from a man who thought it would have been a good idea for our Republic to be selected President after 90%+ of the voters voted for someone else.
Published in General
Like many things, the performance of many affect the reputation of all. I see very little effort to police their own field, from judges down to law schools.
I wouldn’t be asking that question because the answer is speculative and essentially an unknown. I can calculate the number of suits that are filed (many, many) and I could, if so motivated, figure out how many small practices exist that make their livings off of general practice. But I agree that hiring a lawyer should be a cost benefit decision like any other significant economic decision.
This prove my point on the cult of personality thing, Gary. Instead of calling me a cultists, you are saying that I have a derangement syndrome. To my memory, I have never accused you of TDS or being in thrall to a cult of personality.
And it is beside the point. You do support Liz Cheney. Stating that fact is not me suffering from anything.
Yeah, that is a heck of a jump. I made the point I won’t leave Thatcher because I can’t come back.
I am not saying it is illegitimate, but it is a Constitutional Crisis. It was bad when it happened before and it will be bad if/when it happened again. Having the Supreme Court weigh in in 2000 was a form of Constitutional Crisis. At least, as I see it. We may differ on the meaning and that is understandable.
I think the main point was that doing it intentionally to bypass the expressed will of at least 90% of voters, who did vote for either of the main candidates, would be Bad.
If the lawyer thought he had a good chance of winning, why not do it on contingency? Not doing so, suggests the lawyer didn’t really think he would win.
Small firms and solo practitioners are more likely doing wills and stuff, not fighting big corporations in court.
If someone’s definition of “Constitutional Crisis” is something that the Constitution DOESN’T address, I think that’s taking it too far.
I would have preferred Clinton.
Why shouldn’t they get money for it. I mean other than the queen of squee Jay Nordlinger, most of NR is benign to Ricochet political opinion and analysis from the the right.
I don’t think it bears out that lax immmigration is one of those things you can waive away on the margins, at least not for most the right. (I point to the unstoppable juggernaut of Jeb!, who basically gave us Trump.)
People who run around saying stupid crap like “Big Lie” over and over are pretty culty if you ask me.
Of using the term Trumpsters, or any other derogatory term. I’d include TDS in that, though it certainly applies for some (Rubin, Kristol, and Boot come to mind). When you insult someone else, your argument loses weight. I suppose we all could use to remember that.
Dang. My argument must be on a diet!
That’s heavy man…
At least on Ricochet it seems the insults are left for those who have demonstrated an unwillingness (or inability) to respond to anything else.
Gary, what does the Big Lie actually claim?
“Here we go!”
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It’s an opinion magazine. When in the entire history of opinion magazines, has an opinion magazine made money?
The “vast majority” of “Conservative voters” have probably never even heard of National Review.