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Trump made sure to criticize

rmrd0000 — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 13:45:06 +0000

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/

And will Senator McCain,

AmericanDreamer — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 13:38:15 +0000

In reply to 'Today I renounce my membership': Longtime GOP strategist Steve Schmidt announces he's leaving the party

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.

George Will says Trump doesn

artappraiser — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 08:22:10 +0000

In reply to 'Today I renounce my membership': Longtime GOP strategist Steve Schmidt announces he's leaving the party

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

A deeper dive into Schmidt's

barefooted — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 03:53:50 +0000

In reply to 'Today I renounce my membership': Longtime GOP strategist Steve Schmidt announces he's leaving the party

A deeper dive into Schmidt's thinking, with a few good points:

1) Lest we forget, he advocated for Palin as McCain's VP,

Schmidt was one of those who suggested McCain look to Palin as a possible choice, based on his and others’ belief that McCain needed a dramatic selection to shake up the race and avoid certain defeat to Barack Obama. He wishes now that the choice had been different.

“My role in Palin is something that there’s not a day that has gone by that I don’t have regret about,” he said. “She was manifestly unfit” — which he said became more and more obvious after she was selected — “and she injected all manner of toxin into the political system. But she is not the cause of any of this.”

2) There are other Republicans who may not be well-known, but actually seem to care,

And it was partly the opposition from Republicans that forced Trump to back down on his child-separation policy, a policy that had brought an overnight, heartfelt tweet from Spencer Cox, the lieutenant governor of Utah. “Can’t sleep tonight,” he wrote, “I know I shouldn’t tweet. But I’m angry. And sad. I hate what we’ve become. My wife wants to go & hold babies & read to lonely/scared/sad kids. I want to punch someone. Political tribalism is stupid. It sucks & it’s dangerous. We are all part of the problem.”

No worries. Perhaps I should

Michael Wolraich — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 21:42:49 +0000

In reply to Doh, sorry, my bad! (Maybe

No worries. Perhaps I should have quoted you in full: "The can easily find jobs with those who refuse to cowtow to Trumpian games"

Doh, sorry, my bad! (Maybe

artappraiser — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:59:13 +0000

In reply to I understood you. My point is

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...)

:)

Michael Wolraich — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:45:14 +0000

In reply to Mitt Romney????……………Sometimes

I understood you. My point is

Michael Wolraich — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:44:48 +0000

In reply to I meant the political

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.

p.s. This is already

artappraiser — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:42:16 +0000

In reply to I meant the political

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?)

I meant the political

artappraiser — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:38:41 +0000

In reply to "those who refuse to cowtow

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.