Why I’m Leaving the Republican Party

[Silver Pines]

Why I’m Leaving the Republican Party

The Kavanaugh confirmation fight revealed the GOP to be the party of situational ethics and moral relativism in the name of winning at all costs.

By Tom Nichols
10/07/18


Unlike Senator Susan Collins, who took pages upon pages of text on national television to tell us something we already knew, I will cut right to the chase: I am out of the Republican Party.

I will also acknowledge right away what I assume will be the reaction of most of the remaining members of the GOP, ranging from “Good riddance” to “You were never a real Republican,” along with a smattering of “Who are you, anyway?”

Those Republicans will have a point. I am not a prominent Republican nor do I play a major role in Republican politics. What I write here are my views alone. I joined the party in the twilight of Jimmy Carter’s administration, cut my teeth in politics as an aide to a working-class Catholic Democrat in the Massachusetts House, and later served for a year on the personal staff of a senior Republican U.S. senator. Not exactly the profile of a conservative warrior.


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/tom-nichols-why-im-leaving-republican-party/572419/

[Silver Pines]

The other day I mentioned Tom Nichols as an example of NeverTrumpism that has passed into insanity.  Then I saw this.

"I have written on social media and elsewhere how I feel about Kavanaugh’s nomination. I initially viewed his nomination positively, as a standard GOP judicial appointment; then grew concerned about whether he should continue on as a nominee with the accusations against him; and finally, was appalled by his behavior in front of the Senate."

So Kavanaugh is what prompted him to quit the GOP?

He says he'll be an independent who votes for Republicans and Democrats.  Interesting, because he's been on a crusade for a long time on Twitter, encouraging Repubs to vote Dem.

[mountaineer]

This reminds me of  a TOS opus, and I'm not sure why we are supposed to care about this guy's political decisions.

On election day this year, I will cast a vote for a Democrat running for our county commission because he's a much better candidate than the whackjob running as the Republican. I don't feel the need to publish an article about how it makes me a newly-minted Independent.

[Wingnut]

That pansy ass has serious issues.  The least of which is his choice of political party. Grow a pair dude.

[rustynail]

"he'll be an independent who votes for Republicans and Democrats"
But not in primaries.

[dfwgator]

Sounds like the typical caller to C-SPAN who starts out their call with "I'm a life-long Republican, but....."

[TomSea]

Atlantic's readership leans liberal, that is whom this is aimed at.

Though, if one reads comments, some do defend conservative values. It's all on the web, so who knows how much that is worth.

Atlantic does run some respectable articles.

[Silver Pines]

This reminds me of  a TOS opus, and I'm not sure why we are supposed to care about this guy's political decisions.

On election day this year, I will cast a vote for a Democrat running for our county commission because he's a much better candidate than the whackjob running as the Republican. I don't feel the need to publish an article about how it makes me a newly-minted Independent.

@mountaineer

Nichols is a self-impressed gasbag.  He's so puffed up he should be on a Japanese dinner plate with a poison warning.

[mountaineer]

 

[Silver Pines]

That pansy ass has serious issues.  The least of which is his choice of political party. Grow a pair dude.

@TheGhost

Kavanaugh's self-defense was just too scary.

[Silver Pines]

Sounds like the typical caller to C-SPAN who starts out their call with "I'm a life-long Republican, but....."

@dfwgator

Uh-huh, and that butt is huge

I really did mean to type "but."   

[Wingnut]

@TheGhost

Kavanaugh's self-defense was just too scary.

LOL...The boy needs a safe space!   

[Silver Pines]

@mountaineer

 

[INVAR]

Nichols is a self-impressed gasbag.  He's so puffed up he should be on a Japanese dinner plate with a poison warning.

 

Good one! and AMEN!

Obviously his reasons for leaving the GOP are because it is not Liberal/Left enough for him.

Which makes him a Liberal ass Democrat at best and a wannabe Marxist at worst.

[Silver Pines]

LOL...The boy needs a safe space!

@TheGhost

[Silver Pines]

Good one! and AMEN!

Obviously his reasons for leaving the GOP are because it is not Liberal/Left enough for him.

Which makes him a Liberal ass Democrat at best and a wannabe Marxist at worst.

@INVAR

Thanks, Invar!  He's the enemy within, for sure.

[endicom]

He says he'll be an independent who votes for Republicans and Democrats.  Interesting, because he's been on a crusade for a long time on Twitter, encouraging Repubs to vote Dem.

Then he's more FOS than a lost lamb.

[Silver Pines]

Then he's more FOS than a lost lamb.

@endicom

Yep, he's lying through his teeth in his article.

[mountaineer]

Maybe he's unaware that voters can cast their votes however they want.  We don't have to declare our party loyalty at the door,  nor do we have to vote straight ticket.

[roamer_1]

Maybe he's unaware that voters can cast their votes however they want.  We don't have to declare our party loyalty at the door,  nor do we have to vote straight ticket.

That ain't right - I am not even a Republican and I am still treated as a traitor for not pulling the lever for the big rhinestone 'R'.  That assumed obligation is precisely why I am a Republican no more - Not that it helped a single whit.