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louis c

(8,652 posts)
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 05:58 PM Jan 2018

If I hate Republicans so much, why am I falling in love with...

Nicole Wallace?

Her show on MSNBC at 4:00 PM is just so convincing and interesting.

She slices Trump up with such class and a winning smile.

I'll tell you, I was never a fan of hers in the years she worked in the Bush Whitehouse, but she sure in hell has won me over in the past 10 months or so.

I think I'm smitten.

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If I hate Republicans so much, why am I falling in love with... (Original Post) louis c Jan 2018 OP
I like to watch her show too radical noodle Jan 2018 #1
You Are Crazy ConnorMarc Jan 2018 #2
forgive me my flings... louis c Jan 2018 #3
With me it's Steve Schmidt and, of course, Robert Mueller. pnwmom Jan 2018 #4
Maybe we can flip Steve Schmidt over to our side? FM123 Jan 2018 #13
He is rather good to listen too. bdamomma Jan 2018 #23
I have learned so much from Steve Schmidt, I always listein when he talks now. Old Vet Jan 2018 #24
She does very well, no need to apologize. elleng Jan 2018 #16
Right, she just believes Red Don takes is a jerk but doesn't mind the underlying policies of the GOP uponit7771 Jan 2018 #7
Hmm..Not sure how you would know thst, especially whathehell Jan 2018 #12
she's always been pro choice. We should welcome those who come around. Hamlette Jan 2018 #25
She is a sane Republican Gothmog Jan 2018 #5
the enemy of my enemy is my friend maxsolomon Jan 2018 #6
She has called herself a former Republican on her show. stopbush Jan 2018 #8
Severe abuse makes a lesser abuser look good in comparison JHB Jan 2018 #9
Exactly! I'm so sick of their "good cop-bad cop" bullshit maxrandb Jan 2018 #22
Her dislike for Para Salin is worth something. deminks Jan 2018 #10
I think she refers to herself as a "non-practicing republican", that's why. FM123 Jan 2018 #11
I think she's great-- her reaction to Trump indicates a certain moral clarity... TreasonousBastard Jan 2018 #14
I used to hate Nicole so much--now I like to see her face and her exquisite passing on of WH gossip. librechik Jan 2018 #15
I've observed that the Trump administration Downtown Hound Jan 2018 #17
I like her too Happyhippychick Jan 2018 #18
Trump has made awful Republicans like Bush look respectable. jalan48 Jan 2018 #19
Nicole Wallace is great trueblue2007 Jan 2018 #20
NW really dumped on Palin. If Ilsa Jan 2018 #21
It calls into question why she is a registered Republican. I honestly don't 'get' people like her. YOHABLO Jan 2018 #26
There used to be some smart responsible Republicans C_U_L8R Jan 2018 #27
All I know is that they're all over MSNBC and I like them when they're on Mr. Ected Jan 2018 #28
She is very good. karmaqueen Jan 2018 #29
She's one of the good ones, with a bias for the truth. Lil Missy Jan 2018 #30

radical noodle

(8,003 posts)
1. I like to watch her show too
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 06:00 PM
Jan 2018

I'm not sure she's still on the Republican bandwagon at all. She never lets GOP apologists get by with praising trump.

 

ConnorMarc

(653 posts)
2. You Are Crazy
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 06:02 PM
Jan 2018

If you are "falling in love with Nicole Wallace."

She was part of the Bush II Administration as an aide, and also was part of the McCain/Pain campaign.

Nope, there's no forgiveness or pacifying any of that.

Besides, she still believes everything you're against.

No, no, and a thousand times NO!!!

 

louis c

(8,652 posts)
3. forgive me my flings...
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 06:05 PM
Jan 2018

...but she sure puts Trump apologists in their place.

Besides, I'm happily married, but Nicole does impress me for this particular fight.

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
4. With me it's Steve Schmidt and, of course, Robert Mueller.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 06:08 PM
Jan 2018

I especially like to hear former employees saying he drove them too hard.

bdamomma

(63,868 posts)
23. He is rather good to listen too.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 08:34 PM
Jan 2018

I don't about David Frum wasn't he in bush administration? Is it David Jolly who used to be a Rep? I like him.

elleng

(130,964 posts)
16. She does very well, no need to apologize.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 06:25 PM
Jan 2018

Both she and Steve Schmidt have stated clearly they've stepped away from their former positions, and when such happens, we should happily accept such.

JHB

(37,160 posts)
9. Severe abuse makes a lesser abuser look good in comparison
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 06:16 PM
Jan 2018

“Reasonable” conservatives are still complicit. They came to power as a raft floating on a lake of what they now try to disown as “Trumpism”.

maxrandb

(15,334 posts)
22. Exactly! I'm so sick of their "good cop-bad cop" bullshit
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 08:25 PM
Jan 2018

Wallace, Schmidt, Steele...etc., they helped build this shitshow.

Fuck them all sideways with a First Edition hard cover copy of Atlas Shrugged... the worthless pieces of amphibian shit.

The destruction of America, the rise of the white supremacists, the normalizing of Nazism... it's all on these people's hands.

In a just world, they'd be facing prison, not getting praise from DU.

deminks

(11,014 posts)
10. Her dislike for Para Salin is worth something.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 06:18 PM
Jan 2018

Her giddiness over McCain, though, is a bit much. IMHO.

FM123

(10,053 posts)
11. I think she refers to herself as a "non-practicing republican", that's why.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 06:19 PM
Jan 2018

Her show is pretty good - but IMHO nobody holds a candle to Rachel.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
14. I think she's great-- her reaction to Trump indicates a certain moral clarity...
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 06:25 PM
Jan 2018

and her history as a Republican should mean little.

It is entirely possible for a Republican to be a decent and productive human being-- to say otherwise is a form of bigotry and part of the problem.

Really, don't we hate it when wingnuts call all Democrats names?

librechik

(30,674 posts)
15. I used to hate Nicole so much--now I like to see her face and her exquisite passing on of WH gossip.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 06:25 PM
Jan 2018

and don't ask me to look into her current agreement with the GOP agenda--I think she believes her party has lost its mind.

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
17. I've observed that the Trump administration
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 06:31 PM
Jan 2018

is making some unlikely allies amongst people that used to be bitter enemies.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
21. NW really dumped on Palin. If
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 07:54 PM
Jan 2018

Steve Schmidt's movie about the 2008 campaign is accurate, she skipped voting for McCain/Palin, even though she worked the campaign, because Palin was ignorant and nuts.

 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
26. It calls into question why she is a registered Republican. I honestly don't 'get' people like her.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 08:56 PM
Jan 2018

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
27. There used to be some smart responsible Republicans
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 08:56 PM
Jan 2018

I don't think any of them identify with today's GOP. I think they're a little lost right now amongst the racists, crooks and christo-fascists who've overrun their grand old whatever.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
28. All I know is that they're all over MSNBC and I like them when they're on
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 08:59 PM
Jan 2018

The moment I watch MSNBC and I don't like them anymore, I'll turn off the TV.

I respect ANY Republican who has the cajones to blister Trump. That's a fairly limited demographic.

karmaqueen

(714 posts)
29. She is very good.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 09:08 PM
Jan 2018

She does a better job destroying 45 than most liberal hosts. I record her show and I have rarely been disappointed in her very intelligent questions and conversations. The way she talked about Sarah Palin was first caught my attention.

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