George Will quits the Republican party

[Wry Catcher]

It's fascinating to watch the right turn on itself.

Everyone who doesn't drink the kool aid and march lock-step to the prevailing issue that animates the base is a RINO, or a fake conservative, a Democrat mouthpiece, or whatever.

And many of these people are supporting Trump, who has supported liberal causes and has been a political whore for much of his life.

George Will hasn't been a Republican for a long time. You're barking up the wrong tree on this one

Don't believe you.

Sorry.

What don't you believe? If it is the uncivil was going on within the Republican Party, you win the T Shirt of the day:

Herein is the shirts graphic, just for you:

 

[kaz]

George Will, conservative intellect, columnist, has quit the Republican party because of Donald Trump.
Donald Trump has taken the Republican party away from conservative values.

The new "Republicans" probably do not know who George Will or William F Buckley are.

The new "Republican" is an uneducated white person who has no idea about true conservatism.

He hasn't been a conservative since at least 1999.

Will is one of the few principled conservatives left.

Well, I agree with you on principled in that I think he does actually believe the crap he keeps spewing, but I have no idea how you figure he's a "conservative" unless by conservative you just mean not a socialist

 

[bodecea]

It's fascinating to watch the right turn on itself.

Everyone who doesn't drink the kool aid and march lock-step to the prevailing issue that animates the base is a RINO, or a fake conservative, a Democrat mouthpiece, or whatever.

And many of these people are supporting Trump, who has supported liberal causes and has been a political whore for much of his life.

George Will hasn't been a Republican for a long time. You're barking up the wrong tree on this one

That's your opinion...and you know what they say about those.

 

[Synthaholic]

George Will is not a conservative, he's a NEOCONSERVATIVE. Neocons are the idiots that invaded Iraq and destabilized the entire middle east. Neocons are the arrogant jackasses that started the "PNAC" and promised a "new American Century" of peace and prosperity but instead delivered massive budget deficits, ever expanding government, and endless wars. .

Neocons are scum that destroyed the GOP.

Good riddance George.

Almost every Democrat voted to invade Iraq, doofus.

That's a blatant lie.

 

[kaz]

The Republican party had drifted away from conservative values years (actually decades) before Drumpf ever showed up.

And conservatives meekly stood off to the side, silent?

Sorry, wingnut - you own this.

Silent? You can't be serious, it's been a war since Reagan. Seriously, how many times have you heard the term RINO at this point. What is wrong with you? Learning disability? Just blinded by your Democrat hate? How can you say this with a straight face? Of course it's a Republican's face, LOL

 

[Katzndogz]

Is George Will going to give up going on those lecture cruises?

 

[kaz]

It's fascinating to watch the right turn on itself.

Everyone who doesn't drink the kool aid and march lock-step to the prevailing issue that animates the base is a RINO, or a fake conservative, a Democrat mouthpiece, or whatever.

And many of these people are supporting Trump, who has supported liberal causes and has been a political whore for much of his life.

George Will hasn't been a Republican for a long time. You're barking up the wrong tree on this one

That's your opinion...and you know what they say about those.

It's my opinion and a whole lot of other people. Guess how much I care what a leftist's view of my view of conservatives is???

 

[Picaro]

George Will liked being an insider and getting all those easy money Talking Head gigs the Establishment doles out to good little hacks. He did nothing for Trump, Trumps knows it, and lil George pouts and takes his marbles and leaves. Big deal. Meaningless to almost everybody.

 

[Redfish]

What came first, the Obama administration or the Bush administration? Hence, who needs to take responsibility for the mess first?

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Since the followed the same policies, they are both responsible

yeah, its funny how the libs bash Bush but praise obozo for doing the exact same things.

mental illness, it defines liberalism

If anyone is mentally ill it is you. That you believe President Obama and President G. W. Bush are doing the same things is absurd, if not psychotic.

not at all, what Obama has done is much worse.

But, you fools complain about the Bush tax cuts, while Obama continued them, you complain about wars in the mid east, and Obama has expanded them.

 

[Synthaholic]

Well, we may be witnessing the fourth conservative party to go under. Is the conservative failure to keep a party going just a result of some Republicans too easily led by simple slogans and no allegiance to conservatism, or what?

It tells me there is no real appetite for conservatism, which is obsolete and stale.

 

[Synthaholic]

My best guess is that Trump's VP list is down to Jesse Ventura and Hulk Holigan....

Jesse is more of a Jill Stein vote:

Jesse Ventura on Twitter

 

[playtime]

Will is, and has always been, a conservative.

Now that the party has devalued conservatism and moved to nationalist populism, he's without an ideological home.

i'd classify it more as fascism.


Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.

6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.

7. Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed
to the government's policies or actions.

9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.

12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

The 14 Defining Characteristics Of Fascism

 

[Synthaholic]

At least he did not try to paraphrase Ronald Reagan saying that he did not leave the Republican Party. the Republican Party left him.

Oh, yes he did - today, on Fox News Sunday.

 

[Synthaholic]

Will is, and has always been, a conservative.

Only when it's been convenient. The rest of the time he makes excuses, or plays the 'lesser of two evils' game.

 

[playtime]

George Will, conservative intellect, columnist, has quit the Republican party because of Donald Trump.
Donald Trump has taken the Republican party away from conservative values.

The new "Republicans" probably do not know who George Will or William F Buckley are.

The new "Republican" is an uneducated white person who has no idea about true conservatism.

When you describe these people who don't have a college education as uneducated you are actually speaking a falsehood because many of them have high school diplomas. Perhaps you mean they don't have college degrees or experience. Why use it as a negative? Are you trying to imply that these people are incapable of making any kind of decision whatsoever about their lives and the democracy that they live under? Why not just label them as mentally retarded so they wouldn't burden the system with their 'uneducated' thinking?

The elitism that comes out of the left against work class folk who don't have college degrees is overwhelming sometimes.

Some call you the elite, I call you my base. - George W. Bush

 

[Wry Catcher]

George Will is not a conservative, he's a NEOCONSERVATIVE. Neocons are the idiots that invaded Iraq and destabilized the entire middle east. Neocons are the arrogant jackasses that started the "PNAC" and promised a "new American Century" of peace and prosperity but instead delivered massive budget deficits, ever expanding government, and endless wars. .

Neocons are scum that destroyed the GOP.

Good riddance George.

Almost every Democrat voted to invade Iraq, doofus.

That's a blatant lie.

Is he stupid,? All one needs to do is to check on the Iraq Resolution vote, so a lie gives him too much credit.

 

[Picaro]

Ah .. the usual bedwetting hysteria over 'populism' and 'nationalism'. Funny stuff. I guess it makes them feel like they have something in common with the 1%'ers if they spout gibberish denouncing 'populism' and 'nationalism', and some rich guy like Warren Buffet will see their ass kissing and give them $10 million dollars for being a good lil PC Nazi. They genuinely hate working people and patriotic Americans so virulently they can't call them that any more, they have to hide behind mis-labeling in shame and deceit.

 

[bodecea]

George Will is not a conservative, he's a NEOCONSERVATIVE. Neocons are the idiots that invaded Iraq and destabilized the entire middle east. Neocons are the arrogant jackasses that started the "PNAC" and promised a "new American Century" of peace and prosperity but instead delivered massive budget deficits, ever expanding government, and endless wars. .

Neocons are scum that destroyed the GOP.

Good riddance George.

Almost every Democrat voted to invade Iraq, doofus.

That's a blatant lie.

As has been pointed out to him....he has no shame.

 

[bodecea]

It's fascinating to watch the right turn on itself.

Everyone who doesn't drink the kool aid and march lock-step to the prevailing issue that animates the base is a RINO, or a fake conservative, a Democrat mouthpiece, or whatever.

And many of these people are supporting Trump, who has supported liberal causes and has been a political whore for much of his life.

George Will hasn't been a Republican for a long time. You're barking up the wrong tree on this one

That's your opinion...and you know what they say about those.

It's my opinion and a whole lot of other people. Guess how much I care what a leftist's view of my view of conservatives is???

Well...how many other people? Yeah....didn't think so.

 

[playtime]

George Will is not a conservative, he's a NEOCONSERVATIVE. Neocons are the idiots that invaded Iraq and destabilized the entire middle east. Neocons are the arrogant jackasses that started the "PNAC" and promised a "new American Century" of peace and prosperity but instead delivered massive budget deficits, ever expanding government, and endless wars. .

Neocons are scum that destroyed the GOP.

Good riddance George.

Almost every Democrat voted to invade Iraq, doofus.

Dumbass. 110 Democrats voted for the authorization. 147 voted against it.

And you will be voting for one of those that voted for it.


You know who didn't vote for the invasion?


Trump.

However, Trump also wouldn't rule out using nukes in a future war & wants to expand the world's arsenal to include other countries having them.