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Words to Remember, Especially for Never-Trumpers
I don’t agree with everything that Kevin Williamson has to say but a recent article of his contained a few sentences that should be required reading for those who “just can’t get past” Trump’s volatile personality. And, it’s a reminder for all of us that, even though the poster child for senility has taken the lead in the Democratic race, it’s still the party of AOC and Bernie.
When James Carville warns about driving away blue-collar and rural voters, Democrats in Brooklyn hear that Southern accent and quietly whisper, “Good riddance.” The Democrats are in the mood for culture war, not for coalition-building and reconciliation. They do not wish to win with moderation and compromise, because they do not wish to govern with moderation and compromise.
Williamson touched on their ideology,
They are committed to their belief that Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs were “on the right side of history,” that those who opposed them were monsters, and that those who rallied to the flag of Lenin, Stalin, and Mao were only humanitarians with excessive enthusiasm — “liberals in a hurry,” as they used to say.
When reading Williamson’s article, I thought about the consummate Never-Trumper, Bill Kristol. Even when he claimed to be a conservative, I had little use for him (with his condescending, arrogant manner, I always pictured him in a black uniform wearing a coal scuttle helmet). That these “ideologically pure” windbags would choose a candidate from today’s Democratic Party over Trump, out of sheer spite, is unconscionable.
When it comes to Donald Trump, there is clearly much to dislike. However, when it comes to today’s Democratic Party, he is a knight in shining armor.
Published in General
I can’t get past the splash window of that site. But it appears that when you said “He went on a rant about the Europeans” you were exaggerating. From this small context it’s clear he’s talking about the EU regulations that prevent us from sharing our equipment with anyone in Europe. He’s right about the problem with regulations, which is why his administration is doing a great job trying to remove the roadblocks that are preventing us from properly dealing with this virus.
And the Italian government is also complaining about EU regulations, and ready to leave the EU over their poor Coronavirus response. So it’s not just the President.
Nah. Just pointing out that someone who supports Dems ought to publicly join them and quit gaslighting the rest of us.