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UCmeNdc

(9,601 posts)
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 07:16 AM Jun 2018

Conservative Columnist George Will: Vote Against GOP In Midterms

Longtime conservative columnist George Will is making a case against voting for Republicans in November’s 2018 midterm elections, arguing that House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and other GOP members of Congress “have become the president’s poodles.”

In a column published Friday in The Washington Post, Will lamented “Republican misrule,” and criticized lawmakers for “hav[ing] no higher ambition than to placate the president.”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-will-vote-against-gop_us_5b2d95dee4b00295f15c8a75

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Conservative Columnist George Will: Vote Against GOP In Midterms (Original Post) UCmeNdc Jun 2018 OP
This is good news Sherman A1 Jun 2018 #1
The fact is that George will is King of the Deplorables. Just another filthy Republican. olegramps Jun 2018 #11
I don't disagree, but Sherman A1 Jun 2018 #15
It is like the falling out among thieves. We can only hope they go a bridge too far. olegramps Jun 2018 #16
You should be glad. There are plenty more Hortensis Jun 2018 #17
I am hoping, maybe in vain, that they destoy each other and Americans come to their senses. olegramps Jun 2018 #19
We all need a sign saying: "It's the vote, stupid." Hortensis Jun 2018 #22
even if it only influences a few voters NewJeffCT Jun 2018 #2
Yes. Traditional conservatism as a political force Hortensis Jun 2018 #18
. dalton99a Jun 2018 #3
Then he blames Democrats bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #4
Here's a quote from his article: SHRED Jun 2018 #5
"misrule" differs from "deplorables" gummed up by Republicans??? bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #7
I couldn't have stated my opinion of Will better than you did Time for change Jun 2018 #9
And yet he says this... SHRED Jun 2018 #6
So what... George Will is irrelevant to today's "conservatives " Still In Wisconsin Jun 2018 #8
This type of stuff could tip the votes of a few moderate Republicans IronLionZion Jun 2018 #10
My visceral loathing of Will precludes me from giving him any credit or recognition. NBachers Jun 2018 #12
I'm not sure how many moderate Republicans really exist anymore. The ones who think Trek4Truth Jun 2018 #13
The last decent Republican was buried with Eisenhower. olegramps Jun 2018 #21
oh come on - its called "coalition building" - working together on what you agree on, set aside Kashkakat v.2.0 Jun 2018 #14
good for him. Now can we put him back under his rock? bigtree Jun 2018 #20

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
15. I don't disagree, but
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 10:54 AM
Jun 2018

for now he is saying the right thing and perhaps he will take a few voters along with him. I see nothing wrong with that.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
17. You should be glad. There are plenty more
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 12:11 PM
Jun 2018

victims still to come if we don't stop this. Spiting those who are turning on this administration is not a winning move.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
22. We all need a sign saying: "It's the vote, stupid."
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 12:47 PM
Jun 2018

What happens each time a vote is transferred from their party to ours -- or, more likely, just not cast at all? Or if a nonvoter votes? How the women's vote will be affected is a big question.

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)
2. even if it only influences a few voters
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 08:22 AM
Jun 2018

every little bit helps.

Will left the Republican Party over Trump about 2 years ago now, so this is just a continuation of the path of anti-Trumpism

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
18. Yes. Traditional conservatism as a political force
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 12:21 PM
Jun 2018

was purged from the Republican Party by wannabe kleptocrats and fascistic authoritarians because it was a barrier to the huge changes they plan.

But tens of millions, who've been badly corrupted, were once naturally drawn to traditional conservatism and can be again. The tendency is still there if adequate leadership eventually arises from this vacuum.

There is a huge danger, of course, that the purgers will harness anti-trumpism to their service, just as they encouraged and harnessed tea-partyism and trumpism itself. They are extremely well organized and have no intention of losing now.

bucolic_frolic

(43,295 posts)
4. Then he blames Democrats
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 08:29 AM
Jun 2018

in my view Will is a supercilious intellectual prig who uses obscure historical references to make grand pronouncements that garner far more attention than they would ever be worth in an impartial media landscape.

He even tries to rule over other historians with jabs and deflations on relatively minor points.

He must really be scared though if he's adding his 300,000 voters nationwide to November's Blue Wave.

And yes in his article he's not even lukewarm on Democrats. He treats them like Hillary's emails. Elect these bums because our bums are not holding office responsibly by legislating is basically what he's saying.

 

SHRED

(28,136 posts)
5. Here's a quote from his article:
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 08:33 AM
Jun 2018

"A Democratic-controlled Congress would be a basket of deplorables, but there would be enough Republicans to gum up the Senate’s machinery, "

bucolic_frolic

(43,295 posts)
7. "misrule" differs from "deplorables" gummed up by Republicans???
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 08:43 AM
Jun 2018

It's always that way with Will. Republicans are the one, true God, and they're just basically led astray by Trump right now. So elect these other bums, and tar and feather them, until some true, red-blooded Main Street Republicans can return to power and save us from Trump, Demcrat-Deplorables, and other cretins of liberal America.

WHO is going to save us from George Will?

Time for change

(13,718 posts)
9. I couldn't have stated my opinion of Will better than you did
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 09:10 AM
Jun 2018

But if even he has turned against Trump, that is a hopeful sign.

 

SHRED

(28,136 posts)
6. And yet he says this...
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 08:34 AM
Jun 2018

"A Democratic-controlled Congress would be a basket of deplorables, but there would be enough Republicans to gum up the Senate’s machinery, "

 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
8. So what... George Will is irrelevant to today's "conservatives "
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 09:08 AM
Jun 2018

When Hannity says to vote a certain way they obey. But George Will? Who’s he?

IronLionZion

(45,534 posts)
10. This type of stuff could tip the votes of a few moderate Republicans
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 09:23 AM
Jun 2018

the deplorables probably don't read newspaper columnists anyway, they stick with Fox News and hate radio.

 

Trek4Truth

(515 posts)
13. I'm not sure how many moderate Republicans really exist anymore. The ones who think
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 10:14 AM
Jun 2018

and claim they are moderate spout the far right bullshit.

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)
14. oh come on - its called "coalition building" - working together on what you agree on, set aside
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 10:44 AM
Jun 2018

the rest - for now. Lets pull back from the precipice first, then we can always go back to squabbling later.

Im old enough to remember a time before reagan, before identity politics when people commonly voted not for the person, but for balance in government - you would often hear things like "its swung too far left (or right), need to get in more of the opposing party ." IMHO, we were better off when centrists were really centrists and hadnt fallen under the spell of the far rw cultists. Of course now, when you hear someone claiming to be "center" more often than not its bs and they then go on to spout a far rw talking points. If some are now waking up and peeling away from the shambles that is the republican party, well ....thats a good thing.

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