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This Is the Problem Right Here, Cont.

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@BryanGStephens
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Rich Lowry is, again, out to lecture on just how different Trump is, with the implication it is a bad thing.

It’s not normal for politicians to be greeted rapturously by sports fans unless they just adroitly handled some crisis or won a major war

This is in response to how Trump was received in SC at the Football game.

He goes on to say

He continues to be less a politician than a political and cultural phenomenon

This is both right and wrong. Trump is most certainly a politician. He is not a career politician, but a citizen-politician as envisioned by the Founders. Trump is clearly a cultural phenomenon, as much, or even more so, than Obama, or Kennedy or FDR. Or dare I say it, Ronald Reagan.

As to why Trump is a cultural phenomenon, this is old news. This is what has happened because Conservatism, Inc. and the GOP are losers. They have not one transformational idea even in the pipeline. Indeed, Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature ended Disney's special status, and much of Conservatism, Inc. could not even cheer it. And most other GOP-controlled states would have just never done it.

Here we are because Conservatism, Inc. and the GOPe don't offer any real change to the trajectory of the nation. Trump, on the other hand, calls the state of the nation as it is and promises to do something about it. Conservatism, Inc. and the GOPe are more concerned with decorum and the status quo.

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Discussion (88)

  • Stad@Stad

    The problem is that people like Rich think the alternative is better. This has been demonstrably false in the White House, as well as several deep blue states. Never-Trumpers talk about sticking to their principles, but I refuse to die by their principles . . .

  • Banned Member@BryanGStephens
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    Stad (View Comment):

    The problem is that people like Rich think the alternative is better. This has been demonstrably false in the White House, as well as several deep blue states. Never-Trumpers talk about sticking to their principles, but I refuse to die by their principles . . .

    What principles? Endless wars? Marginal tax cuts?

    Rich is for removing statues.

  • Banned Member@DrewInWisconsin

    The Status Quo is working for the Establishment. Their rice bowls are not threatened no matter who gets elected.

    Imagine being a pundit for the Establishment, having to put lipstick on a pig every morning. It must be exhausting.

  • Banned Member@DrewInWisconsin
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    Stad (View Comment):

    Never-Trumpers talk about sticking to their principles, but I refuse to die by their principles . . .

    I can't figure out what their principles are. They talk like conservatives, but the most conservative President since Reagan comes along and actually keeps his promises, and they work with Democrats to get rid of him. So when they claim to want conservative policy, I now look at their actions and know that they're lying.

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