George Will: Trump and his Congressional enablers must be voted out

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NorthDallas40 said:
They never were doing that. Trump is a means to an end for evangelicals as he is the closest thing they have to accomplish what they want. They will hold their nose and vote for him again.
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You have hit the nail on the head. It’s not that they love him. It’s that they think he’s the least objectionable.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Can't access the Washington Post due to their subscription model, but various media have picked it up. Conservative Icon George Will Urges November Sweep: Vote Out Trump, All GOP Enablers | HuffPost

The thesis is that Trump is unhinged and just when you think Trump has hit rock bottom, you learn there is no depth he won't sink to. Will also chastises the Republican party leadership for failure to reign him in.

Last night's display at the church I was hoping would cause some Republicans to really pull back in their support of him at revulsion to the full circumstances. Tear gas, flash bangs, and rubber bullets to clear the square so he could stand there and look menacing with a Bible in his hands was too much. I would have thought so, anyway.

That Trump invoked Christian symbols like that ... I don't know. There was something very sinister about it.
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On what legal grounds counselor?

My goodness this is stupid. If he was so unhinged you'd have already seen military action.
 
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GAVol said:
You have hit the nail on the head. It’s not that they love him. It’s that they think he’s the least objectionable.
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They both see each other as pawns. He sees them as path to power and they see him as maybe being able to end abortion and and force Christian prayer in schools. They both know it and both dont care.

That photo op yesterday was beyond gal though. He didnt even pretend to pray or quote scripture.
 
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allvol123 said:
On what legal grounds counselor?

My goodness this is stupid. If he was so unhinged you'd have already seen military action.
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Unhinged? Maybe not yet. But I guarantee his advisors have to talk him off the ledge hourly trying to prevent him from doing something he can’t take back. We should be thanking them.
 
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GoBigOrangeUT said:
Unhinged? Maybe not yet. But I guarantee his advisors have to talk him off the ledge hourly trying to prevent him from doing something he can’t take back. We should be thanking them.
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So the grounds for removal are what? I mean this thread was created by an attorney.
 
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Sea Ray said:
It's not news that George Will hates Donald Trump. In fact Will has become an insignificant person nationally since 2016. In short, he lost his power to Trump.

What else you got?
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George Will is a widely respected, highly educated political thinker. Trump is white trash with money. Edge goes to Will.
 
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Purple Tiger said:
Too dumb to serve? Insanity? Malfeasance? Failing? Sociopathic lack of feeling? Mentally retarded? Lazy as F? Do you need more?
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Would need something a little more technical since we want to maintain status as a first world country.
 
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Lol. A trump hater speaking out against trump. Color me shocked. I’m sure he’ll be on MSNBC to give his unbiased politically conservative views.
 
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Purple Tiger said:
Too dumb to serve? Insanity? Malfeasance? Failing? Sociopathic lack of feeling? Mentally retarded? Lazy as F? Do you need more?
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So who will you be voting for come November? 🤣😂. Don’t take the “anybody but Trump” route either.
 
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Will says in part:


A political party’s primary function is to bestow its imprimatur on candidates, thereby proclaiming: This is who we are. In 2016, the Republican Party gave its principal nomination to a vulgarian and then toiled to elect him. And to stock Congress with invertebrates whose unswerving abjectness has enabled his institutional vandalism, who have voiced no serious objections to his Niagara of lies, and whom T.S. Eliot anticipated:


We are the hollow men . . .

Our dried voices, when

We whisper together

Are quiet and meaningless

As wind in dry grass

or rats’ feet over broken glass . . .
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Purple Tiger said:
George Will is a widely respected, highly educated political thinker. Trump is white trash with money. Edge goes to Will.
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I’ve always liked George Will. I find it comical that suddenly he’s so well liked by the left. You folks were singing a different tune when Teleprompter Jesus was POTUS and Will was tearing him a new one.
 
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Trump is claiming a right to the support of God and Christians, and in doing so repeatedly engages in words and actions that should offend them.
 
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MG1968 said:
I’ve always liked George Will. I find it comical that suddenly he’s so well liked by the left. You folks were singing a different tune when Teleprompter Jesus was POTUS and Will was tearing him a new one.
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I started reading Will in the 90s. He wrote some great columns for Newsweek and the WSJ. I don't always agree with him but I think he's a fine writer and a fellow baseball enthusiast, too.
 
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lawgator1 said:
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Trump is claiming a right to the support of God and Christians, and in doing so repeatedly engages in words and actions that should offend them.
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LOL! I bet he quoted 2 Corinthians while he was there. The Evangelical Right will be furious he posed in front of an Episcopal Cathedral where women and gay people are ordained to ministry.

The Bishop of DC nearly had a stroke when she heard about this photo op. Now we Episcopalians will have to have the Cathedral exorcised.
 
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tvolsfan said:
I'm not surprised he said this, because he's a true conservative.
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I agree with you that George Will is more of a conservative than Trump. Trump is not an ideologue. In fact, I made the case before he was elected and after that he’s not really a conservative.

Conservatives like George Will, however, are what got trump elected. He’s a smart guy who’s more of an intellectual than a person who can effectively change minds. Will has been a leading voice for the conservative thinkers now for a few decades yet he hasn’t done a lot to take up for the cause when it’s slandered by other journalists.

It short, he’s a sharp guy who isn’t very effective. People tired of his preferred way of doing things. The status quo that Will likes just wasn’t really working. It sure as hell wasn’t going to beat Hillary.
 
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