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My Republican Party
This is my Republican Party. Trump and Nixon are missing. Is that Coolidge between Lincoln and TR?
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Re: Mitt marching with evangelicals . . .
I’m seeing a lot of evangelicals getting rolled recently. I sent an e-mail to one evangelical ministry yesterday because I was alarmed at their adoption of leftist language. Specifically the language of “White Privilege” and all the guilt that goes along with it.
Someone from that ministry wrote me back got all snarky with me, insulted me and told me off. I was shocked. I responded that I hoped their self-righteousness would help them sleep at night.
Young evangelicals in particular seem easily swayed by leftist ideology. I am very alarmed.
Black Lives Do Matter. I don’t go along with their myriad political goals, but I go along with the statement that Black Lives Matter, and I see no justification for a police officer to put his knee on the neck of a handcuffed prisoner for over 8 minutes. Do you?
Will you agree with me that black lives matter?
Will you agree with me that there is no apparent justification for a police officer to put his knee on the neck of a hand-cuffed prisoner?
George W. Bush meeting with the Obama girls after the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Selma march.
George W. Bush on the stage with Obama.
Many Republicans are now realizing that they are threatened with being swamped by their association. From RawStory quoting from the Daily Beast (consider the sources):
“In a column for the Daily Beast, conservative commentator Matt Lewis said there are indications that more than a few GOP lawmakers will turn their backs on Donald Trump as it becomes clearer that he will go down in a major defeat in November.
“According to Lewis, who abandoned the Republican Party specifically because it became the party of Trump, the president is stumbling into the November election and running scared.
“‘“Donald Trump is scared,’ he began. ‘He has beaten, dominated, and bludgeoned the Republican Party into positions that would make a drunken riot cop blush with shame. But now that Trump may lose in a landslide, his captives and quislings are plotting their escape.’
“As Lewis notes, the tipping point for conservatives and Republicans to seriously consider turning on the president was brought about by comments made by retired General James Mattis in the past week.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/gop-lawmakers-plotting-escape-from-trump-over-possibility-hell-lose-election-in-a-landslide-conservative/?fbclid=IwAR3T6Y5hGFIyR19POldfxDhh0DipQPOTXI2x1oyMl1R30QUKsGoXgCHEK5c quoting from https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-trump-ship-is-sinking-fast-but-how-many-rats-will-really-jump?ref=home
Speaking of Republican Presidents, here is a great article from the Chicago Tribune on Ike, our 34th President. The final paragraphs:
“Ike was beyond corruption. No Watergate. No sex scandals. No you-can-keep-your-insurance lies.
“Ike was a simple man from the Midwest who knew his duty to the nation. First he had to make sure it survived, then make sure it thrived.
“Americans who lived through that time often joked that nothing happened during the presidency of the amiable Eisenhower. It seemed that way, especially during the decades of trauma that followed his presidency.
“Maybe that was the point.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-evr-column-blaser-dwight-eisenhower-tl-0606-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0NDbsO1VlMfJKuzXLuh7Vd9TZLP1AnbvVTQjb_tflNwlW6AWUOmdH53Io
I see no evidence the President is “scared”. But then, just like Matt Lewis, that’s an opinion. Or is his a hope? Quislings is an interesting turn of phrase. I’m surprised a veteran political writer would misuse it. You see Quisling is shorthand for traitor. I can betray my country and be a traitor. But I can’t be a traitor to the precepts someone alleges to be the gospel of a political party.
Course, that’s just me.
Of course W feels comfortable with the Obamas. The Bush family talked about rapist Bill Clint as their adopted brother. When you’re at that level, the Juanita Broaddricks of this world don’t count. I asked Ms. Broaderrick about this and she was very disappointed with them. And loyal staffers like Scooter Libby can be left to fry. Note that Bush has never criticized the Obamas for anything. The lies about ObamaCare don’t appear to have concerned him. Nor has he spoken out against the spying of the Obama Administration on the Trump campaign, opponents of the Iran deal, and investigative reporters such as Sharyl Attkisson. He’s been a disgraceful former president.
For those keeping score at home, this is very telling as to who and what he is. You’re welcome.
Does anybody other than that officer?
It is offensive for anyone to equate the legitimate struggles of 1960s Civil Rights with BLM, Antifa, etc. of today. Romney specifically stated Black Lives Matter in his tweet. He knows exactly what he is doing, and I believe you do as well. I described in comment #80 the type of things a real conservative would be doing instead of virtue signalling to organizations whose goal is to bring down American institutions.
I do not understand how anyone who has seen the suffering these people caused, knows what their agenda is and the danger they represent to a democratic Republic, been shown here and in other posts the mendacious media coverage surrounding President Trump’s actions in response to the rioting, still maintains that “Trumpism must be excised from the body politic.” I don’t know what all you mean by Trumpism, but there is nothing that Donald Trump has said or done that equates to anything near the danger this country faces from BLM, Antifa, and the Democrat agenda which includes items like defunding/abolishing police leaving Americans to fend for themselves. Anarchy in the streets, Gary.
Re: GOP brand toxicity, I imagine a good number of Americans will recall the lawless rioting perpetuated by BLM, Antifa, etc. protesters, and give thanks for someone willing to protect life and property if their states won’t.
I’m done with this thread. #unfollow.
Duplicate comment.
The sponsorship is irrelevant. Mittens is marching with a racist fascist organization responsible for a lot of violence.
Nobody thinks it’s a good thing when a suspect dies in police custody. Nobody. I repeat; nobody.
So BLM and Antifa took a situation where everybody is in agreement… Got that? A situation where everybody is in agreement, and turned it into rioting, looting, fire, destruction, and I don’t know how many hospitalizations and deaths, in multiple major cities simultaneously.
As far as “justification” — if only we had a, oh, I dunno, a judicial system of some sort, to handle that kind of thing.
There is no one that disagrees with the above. No one. I repeat. No one.
As I’ve been saying for days, when everyone agrees with you, what in the name of God is being protested? Or: Take the win, for God’s sake.
Also no need to burn down large sections of American cities in response.
You forgot the part about his mistress. Which seems to be one of your major criticisms of President Trump.
A couple of questions Gary, since you seem to be familiar with McCain’s record:
Aren’t you supposed to be a lawyer? We don’t know all the details of the case yet. We didn’t see everything that happened. The restraint hold that the officer used was within Minneapolis PD’s procedures. This is important because you’re talking about “justification.” Floyd had quite the cocktail of drugs in his system when this happened. Are we supposed to ignore this? It’s unclear if the knee to the neck was a major contributing factor in the death. I’m not convinced “beyond a shadow of a doubt” yet.
And supporting Black Lives Matter means you agree with their causes. Like all leftist groups, “Black Lives Matter” is just a name. They don’t really believe that black lives matter as evidenced by all of their behavior since day one. I’m not going to chant “black lives matter” for the same reason I don’t chant obvious things like “the sky is blue.” Your hatred for Trump has corrupted you so much that you’re supporting a domestic terror organization.
I think this is telling article talking about what is going on now.
https://worldisraelnews.com/caroline-glick-the-great-threat-to-america-and-to-american-jewry/
I had not idea the BLM platform was what it was.
Scary times.
I would not want to march with anti-Semites or support them. I am against all racism.
The infamous Coalition of the Fringes.
Before I looked it up – Ah the modern Democratic Party.
After I looked it up – The modern Democratic Party with an Exploitable implication – as long as Trump’s twitter keeps nailing it.
An act worse than anything G Gordon Liddy ever thought to do or Nixon thought to cover up.
Obama rehabilitated Nixon to my mind.
I would be stunned if anyone disagreed. I would be hard pressed to find anyone who disagreed with this. Can you name anyone who actually disagreed with this?
Ike & Kate Summersby
And Ronald Reagan was divorced (gasp!). Where can Gary find his fantasy realm idol. And it is decidedly not the 1950’s any longer.
And further to the same point. Black lives matter. No one disputes this. Oh … except for the abortionists, but that is another conversation.
A pro life friend got pepper sprayed at a protest last week
Because, according to the BLM and Democrat party, “Those Black Lives Don’t Matter.”
Beware of people who abandon the GOP giving advice to it. Let’s just say that their motives may not be in the best interest of the Party. And … why is it that you only like to read and quote people who have abandoned the GOP?
Because they are his people?