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How Trump Split Conservatives Three Ways
« on: February 25, 2017, 11:12:21 pm »
 How Trump Split Conservatives Three Ways

A guide to the new intellectual camps that could reshape American politics.

By Tevi Troy

February 25, 2017

In the beginning, there was “Never Trump.” When Donald Trump began to top the Republican primary polls, the first widespread reaction among conservative intellectuals was to reject the candidate as not thoughtful, not qualified, and above all, not conservative. But during the recent presidential campaign, a conservative writer with the pen name of Publius Decius Mes ardently began backing Trump, lambasting fellow conservative intellectuals for failing to support the controversial nominee. Decius’s identity has now been revealed, along with the fact that he is serving as a senior National Security Council aide in the Trump White House: he's Michael Anton, a former Bush aide and corporate speechwriter.

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Re: How Trump Split Conservatives Three Ways
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2017, 11:39:20 pm »
If we are down to just three I would say he has worked wonders!
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Re: How Trump Split Conservatives Three Ways
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2017, 11:58:06 pm »
From Pete Wehner, who was cited in the original article, writing in January:

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Republican leaders in Congress need to be ready to call Mr. Trump on his abuses and excesses, now
that he is actually in office. It is a variation of the Golden Rule, in this case treating others, including a Republican
president, as they deserve to be treated. They need to ask themselves a simple, searching question: “If Barack
Obama did this very thing, what would I be saying and doing now?” — and then say and do it.
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Re: How Trump Split Conservatives Three Ways
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2017, 03:22:17 am »
Good article.
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Re: How Trump Split Conservatives Three Ways
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2017, 03:38:20 am »
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Never Trumpers see the need to continue highlighting Trump’s deficiencies, both to criticize him but also to maintain their own credibility.

That is what is going on here with the few that are actually non-Leftists on this site.  They consider their credibility to be more important than the USA itself.
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Re: How Trump Split Conservatives Three Ways
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2017, 05:03:55 pm »
Quote from: anubias on February 26, 2017, 03:38:20 am
That is what is going on here with the few that are actually non-Leftists on this site.  They consider their credibility to be more important than the USA itself.

You do realize that that doesn't really make any sense, right?
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Re: How Trump Split Conservatives Three Ways
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2017, 05:13:58 pm »
How Trump Split Conservatives Three Ways

Let's be honest. Three ways are more fun. Am I right people?
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