Don't Blame #NeverTrump... By Rich Lowry

[mystery-ak]

 Don't Blame #NeverTrump

Intraparty feuds didn't undermine the campaign of the worst presidential candidate in recent memory.

By Rich Lowry

October 19, 2016


No one can accuse Kellyanne Conway of complacency. She has already prepared the ground for the recriminations phase of the campaign, which usually doesn't begin in earnest until a candidate has actually lost.

In recent interviews, Donald Trump's campaign manager has cited Hillary Clinton's financial advantage, media bias and President Barack Obama's popularity as reasons Trump should be losing to Hillary Clinton even more badly than he is now. She also floated the stabbed-in-the-back thesis: "We have the Never Trumpers," she said in a MSNBC interview, "who are costing us 4 or 5 percent in places."

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http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/dont-blame-never-trump-214371

[EasyAce]

Having read the entire essay, the sole legitimate conclusion is that Donaldus Minimus
didn't need any actual or alleged #NeverTrumps to "sabotage" his campaign---the
candidate has managed that all by his lonesome.

Thank God (again) my state has "None of These Candidates" as a voting option.

[AllThatJazzZ]

From the article:

If Trump thought he needed any of his conservative critics or reluctant endorsers, he could have actively sought to allay their concerns and conduct himself and his campaign more rationally. But the fundamental conceit of his campaign was that he could do it his own way, and win. With the exception of the month prior to the first debate, he has indeed done it his own way, and is losing.

Oh, but wait. It's never Donald's fault. Nix the above.

[HonestJohn]

She also floated the stabbed-in-the-back thesis: "We have the Never Trumpers," she said in a MSNBC interview, "who are costing us 4 or 5 percent in places."

Joy. 

Who else used the 'stabbed in the stab' and 'international bankers are destroying our sovereignty' and 'globalism is evil' memes?

Hmmm.

This is extremely worrying.  And it's coming from the right.  Which acts as proof that those the did it in the past were, indeed, extreme right wing.

[mountaineer]

the sole legitimate conclusion is that Donaldus Minimus didn't need any actual or alleged #NeverTrumps to "sabotage" his  campaign---the candidate has managed that all by his lonesome.

Yep, pretty much.