Quiz for Never-Trump Republicans (Charles Pierce)
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a19808876/never-trumpers-republican-party-conservatives/
First five quiz questions:
1) Many of you have expressed your dismay at how Sinclair Broadcasting forced its local anchors to read a canned statement about the curse of fake news, divining, correctly, that this was the companys way of delegitimizing serious coverage of the many and varied corruptions of the current administration*. In 2004, when Sinclair forced its local stations to run a meretricious fake documentary slandering John Kerrys service in Vietnam, were you as offended as you are today? Were you public with your disapproval? Did you take your concerns to upper echelons in the Bush campaign and the Bush White House? To whom did you take them?
2) Please provide an example of how you pushed back against the entire Swift Boating of Kerry? Did any of you upbraid the people who were peddling Purple Heart Band-Aids at the 2004 Republican Convention?
3) Please explain in detail how you, because of your deep concern for political civility and an open marketplace of ideas, pushed back against the vicious attacks by Bush administration officials, and conservative journalists, who were critical of Americans who doubted the phony case for the invasion of Iraq. Please explain Andrew Sullivans famous Fifth Column essay in light of how Donald Trump talks about his political opponents. Bonus Question: Please discuss the Bush Administrations assaults on the UN weapons inspectors in the context of the Trump Administrations assaults on the credibility of the FBI?
4) In one sentence or less, please describe the political style and impact on the nation of the following: Newt Gingrich, Lee Atwater, Karl Rove, Richard Mellon Scaife, the Mercer family, the Koch Family, the Bradley Family. Please include details of the positive contributions of each of these to the political life of the nation.
5) True or False: Ronald Reagan was correct in referring to Michael Dukakis as a mental patient from a White House podium.
. . .and there are nine more at the link.
Plus these three "bonus questions:"
And, finally, write a 500-word essay on one of the following topics:
1) Donald Trumps attempted politicization of the Justice Department is different than Karl Roves attempted politicization of the Justice Department.
2) Donald Trumps corrupt Cabinet is different than Ronald Reagans corrupt Cabinet.
3) Michael Cohen is a thug while Karl Rove is a visionary political philosophe.
You have two hours.
Begin.