My Party Is in Denial About Donald Trump

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/07/31/my-party-is-in-denial-about-donald-trump-215442

I’ve been sympathetic to this impulse to denial, as one doesn’t ever want to believe that the government of the United States has been made dysfunctional at the highest levels, especially by the actions of one’s own party. Michael Gerson, a con­servative columnist and former senior adviser to President George W. Bush, wrote, four months into the new presidency, “The conservative mind, in some very visible cases, has become diseased,” and conservative institutions “with the blessings of a president … have abandoned the normal constraints of reason and compassion.”

[cato potatoe]

I would take issue with his definition of conservative, but agree with everything else.  Hopefully other congressmen will develop similar courage.

[Hondo69]

one doesn’t ever want to believe that the government of the United States has been made dysfunctional at the highest levels

A little slow on the uptake, eh?

If you didn't get it during the past 25 years but then suddenly had a revelation is definitely a You problem.

[INVAR]

Flake?

Flake wouldn't know what Conservatism was if it bit him in the ass. 

Lying sack that he is.  Mr. Beefcake "I lied about term limiting myself".

Flake was one of the notorious morons in the Gang of 8 McCain/Rubio/Grahamnesty Amnesty bill.

He was one of the architects of creating the atmosphere that Trump capitalized on.

His party is in denial about what their abandonment of Principled Conservatism is going to cost them and the country.

But truth be told, they don't care.  They want big statism as readily as the Democrats do.

[Joe Wooten]

 

Flake?

Flake wouldn't know what Conservatism was if it bit him in the ass. 

Lying sack that he is.  Mr. Beefcake "I lied about term limiting myself".

Flake was one of the notorious morons in the Gang of 8 McCain/Rubio/Grahamnesty Amnesty bill.

He was one of the architects of creating the atmosphere that Trump capitalized on.

His party is in denial about what their abandonment of Principled Conservatism is going to cost them and the country.

But truth be told, they don't care.  They want big statism as readily as the Democrats do.

 

[Cripplecreek]

The regret will drive some over the edge.