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George Will: The Reaganite

artappraiser — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 17:13:44 +0000

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George Will: The Reaganite optimist Paul Ryan on the future of the Republican Party

@ WashingtonPost.com, June 9

[....]The 2016 presidential election forced him into an excruciating collaboration. Had he sought reelection in 2018 from Wisconsin, he would have been volunteering for continuing complicity. So, he retired.

The Republicans’ 2012 vice-presidential nominee was, however, chosen by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to deliver on May 27 the first in what will be a series of speeches by Republican leaders on their party’s future

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Ryan referred obliquely to Jan. 6 — “it was horrifying to see a presidency come to such a dishonorable and disgraceful end” — and warned against basing conservatism on “the populist appeal of one personality, or of second-rate imitations. . . . Voters looking for Republican leaders want to see independence and mettle. They will not be impressed by the sight of yes men and flatterers flocking to Mar-a-Lago.” This elicited a belch of stale invective (Ryan is “a curse to the Republican Party”) from the man who was the first president since Herbert Hoover to lose the White House and his party’s control of both houses of Congress in just four years.

Some conservatives took characteristically strident exception to these Ryan words: “Culture matters, absolutely, yes, but our party must be defined by more than a tussle over the latest grievance or perceived slight. We must not let them take priority over solutions — grounded in principle — to improve people’s lives.” Having three school-age children, Ryan is keenly aware that “as the left gets more ‘woke,’ the rest of America is getting weary.”

He is scathing about Democrats’ identity politics that “has gone from ideology to obsession.” Theirs is a “dreary view of America as a collection of groups in perpetual conflict with each other” — “constantly accusing, suspecting, claiming victimhood.” But he correctly says, “too many people on the right are enamored with identity politics,” defining the party “by resentments instead of by ideals,” abandoning individualism for “the selfishness and grievance-collecting of tribe against tribe.”

Ryan, who never met Reagan, was 18 when Reagan left the presidency. In the eyes — eyes squinting with suspicion when not protuberant with anger — of those currently setting the GOP’s tone, Ryan’s invocation of Reagan is distasteful. It is discordant with their aversion to fiscal discipline (especially when their party holds the presidency; their hero ran a $1 trillion deficit at full employment). And with their growing enthusiasm for protectionism and other forms of industrial policy. Ryan, however, suggests effective language for 2022:

“Joe Biden was put into the presidency by swing suburban voters — the kind who normally vote Republican, but in this case did so only for Congress and not for president. They expected a center-left unifier. The problem is, he has focused on unifying, not the nation, but the Democratic Party, surrendering to its progressive base. . . . In 2020, the country wanted a nice guy who would move to the center and depolarize our politics. Instead, we got a nice guy pursuing an agenda more leftist than any president in my lifetime.”

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Ex-RNC Chair Blasts

artappraiser — Sat, 29 May 2021 21:18:05 +0000

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Ex-RNC Chair Blasts Republicans After They Block Jan. 6 Commission: 'Pathetic Cowards' https://t.co/yq5241AZ8P
— Heal the Planet (@fwtoney) May 29, 2021

so Lindell found himself a

artappraiser — Fri, 28 May 2021 21:16:35 +0000

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so Lindell found himself a surrogate:

MyPillow CEO flew Kristi Noem to GOP governors conference on his private jet https://t.co/2xRKhPjuXA
— Heal the Planet (@fwtoney) May 28, 2021

Mitt's basically with antifa

artappraiser — Fri, 28 May 2021 20:06:10 +0000

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Mitt's basically with antifa now:

Dear GOP voter,

As you watch @MittRomney vote for the January 6th Commission, never forget that Mitt marched with BLM; a Marxist group that advocates for abolishing the nuclear family, private property, police and Israel. They also loot, riot & kill.

Mitt supports BLM.
Not you. pic.twitter.com/vzYKvJxdPq
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) May 28, 2021

believe it or not, they have

artappraiser — Fri, 28 May 2021 17:18:46 +0000

In reply to lol, PERFECT!

believe it or not, they have more embarrassing legislators in Canada!

Canadian Lawmaker Is Exposed on Camera for a Second Time

After appearing naked during a virtual House of Commons session in April, a member of Parliament said that he urinated while on video this week.

By Ian Austen @ NYTimes.com, May 28, 2021Updated 7:15 a.m. ET

OTTAWA — For the second time in just over a month, a member of Canada’s Parliament has apologized for exposing himself during a virtual legislative session.

The lawmaker, Will Amos, who is a member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party, said in a statement posted on Twitter on Thursday evening that during the session the night before, he had “urinated without realizing that I was on camera.” [....]

lol, PERFECT!

artappraiser — Fri, 28 May 2021 06:06:28 +0000

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lol, PERFECT!

Gidget & Moondoggie - they're

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 28 May 2021 06:03:00 +0000

In reply to She says "Matt and I" several

Gidget & Moondoggie - they're simply divine, dontcha think?

She says "Matt and I" several

artappraiser — Fri, 28 May 2021 04:09:43 +0000

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She says "Matt and I" several times in this vid; they are a team now!

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you an important message from the spokesperson for the Republican National Committee: pic.twitter.com/6G5gCLnvf4
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) May 27, 2021

Desperate & dangerous: like

artappraiser — Fri, 28 May 2021 02:38:43 +0000

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Desperate & dangerous: like Trump, Matt Gaetz seems to have concluded that goading us into violence against each will save his political career. pic.twitter.com/oCc0vgrway
— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) May 28, 2021

Joy Reid retweeted:

artappraiser — Fri, 28 May 2021 02:36:36 +0000

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Joy Reid retweeted:

This is a wild story. The inmates are trying very hard to run the asylum.

Inside the Wild GOP Civil War Playing Out Under the Radarhttps://t.co/2E2Gli2Nhd
— Khashoggi’s Ghost (@UROCKlive1) May 28, 2021