MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
Republican strategist Steve Schmidt, a senior adviser to the presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), announced early Wednesday that he is leaving the Republican Party, which he decried as “fully the party of Trump” and “a danger to our democracy and values.”
In early-morning tweets, Schmidt, a vocal Trump critic, urged voters to elect Democrats in the 2018 midterm elections and harshly criticized the administration’s policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the U.S. border, describing the government-run detention centers as “internment camps for babies.”
“29 years and nine months ago I registered to vote and became a member of The Republican Party which was founded in 1854 to oppose slavery and stand for the dignity of human life,” Schmidt wrote. “Today I renounce my membership in the Republican Party. It is fully the party of Trump.”
Steve Schmidt✔@SteveSchmidtSES
29 years and nine months ago I registered to vote and became a member of The Republican Party which was founded in 1854 to oppose slavery and stand for the dignity of human life. Today I renounce my membership in the Republican Party. It is fully the party of Trump.
After Trump’s contentious appearance at the Group of Seven summit in Canada this month, Schmidt condemned Republican Party leaders for not being more critical of the president. On Wednesday, Schmidt doubled down on that criticism, saying that with the exception of Republican governors Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, Larry Hogan of Maryland and John Kasich of Ohio, the Republican Party is “filled with feckless cowards who disgrace and dishonor the legacies of the party’s greatest leaders.”
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Felicia Sonmez, Washington Post, this morning.
Comments
It's beyond me why more political operatives haven't done the same. Especially the ones with more successful records, it's not like they can't find work elsewhere. The can easily find jobs with those who refuse to cowtow to Trumpian games. For crying out loud, look how many ran in the primaries against Trump in the first place. Nobody is forcing anyone to work for a Trumpie.
by artappraiser on Wed, 06/20/2018 - 3:41pm
"those who refuse to cowtow to Trumpian games" You mean Jeff Flake? Bob Corker? Mark Sanford? Do you know any anti-Trump Republicans running in 2018.
by Michael Wolraich on Wed, 06/20/2018 - 4:31pm
Mitt Romney????……………Sometimes?
by rmrd0000 on Wed, 06/20/2018 - 4:34pm
:)
by Michael Wolraich on Wed, 06/20/2018 - 4:45pm
I meant the political operatives who work on politician's campaigns. They don't have to chose to work for a pol who wants to cowtow to Trump memes in the applicable district and they don't have to advise to do that. They can just as easily work for someone who doesn't want to, i.e., if they want to do conservative work, an anti-Trump conservative. Not that I don't blame the actual pols too, it's just that it's a far easier choice for a political operative professional to just say no. The professionals are actually in the biz of selling their souls all the time, it's just how far they want to go.
by artappraiser on Wed, 06/20/2018 - 4:38pm
p.s. This is already happening with the Trump administration as many have noted. Because as many have noted, working directly for him is not just a career killer, it could end ya up with lots of legal fees or even in jail. Seems like Kellyanne is like the only one with viciously evil skills to survive, and even then her hubbie is notably out there tweeting against Trump (could be a secret backup ploy?)
by artappraiser on Wed, 06/20/2018 - 4:42pm
I understood you. My point is that there isn't much work out there for Republican operatives who want to work for anti-Trump conservatives.
by Michael Wolraich on Wed, 06/20/2018 - 4:44pm
Doh, sorry, my bad! (Maybe have gotten too used to presuming people will not understand what I am saying here, I guess. Should let go of that some, follow the masthead people's experience, and presume my words will be understood...)
by artappraiser on Wed, 06/20/2018 - 4:59pm
No worries. Perhaps I should have quoted you in full: "The can easily find jobs with those who refuse to cowtow to Trumpian games"
by Michael Wolraich on Wed, 06/20/2018 - 5:42pm
A deeper dive into Schmidt's thinking, with a few good points:
1) Lest we forget, he advocated for Palin as McCain's VP,
2) There are other Republicans who may not be well-known, but actually seem to care,
by barefooted on Wed, 06/20/2018 - 11:53pm
George Will says Trump doesn’t inspire ‘cult’ in GOP: ‘This is fear’ (countering Corker statements)
@ TheHill, June 16, reporting on Will's statements on current "Real Time with Bill Maher" show
by artappraiser on Thu, 06/21/2018 - 4:22am
And will Senator McCain, agreeing with his former campaign aide, do likewise, concluding, at long last, that the Republican party has left him?
To some, this would represent a final act of country first heroism.
by AmericanDreamer on Thu, 06/21/2018 - 9:38am
Trump made sure to criticize McCain at the Duluth rally last night
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2018/06/20/meghan-mccain-trumps-rally-line-her-father-gross/720415002/
by rmrd0000 on Thu, 06/21/2018 - 9:45am