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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWSJ: “it would be terrible to think the left was right about the right”
Speaking of disapproval, WSJ, wringing its hands about the rise of Trumpolini:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/staring-at-the-conservative-gutter-1456791777
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/03/will-conservatives-do-right-thing-november
the only thing worse than being a party of screaming racists, is our being right about your being a party of screaming racists?
kpete
(71,965 posts)is a thing with them
peace and hummus to you Kelvin Mace,
kp
longship
(40,416 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)And now that their party is so fucked up they are pretending to just notice the rotten core of the GOP. Fuck the WSJ greed is good crowd.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)before people admit it.
I won't hold my breath.
Rex
(65,616 posts)It angers them that we are right, so they have to grow up first and I don't see that happening.
MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)The 2 things that racists hate are.
1. Black people
2. Being called racists.
adigal
(7,581 posts)I'm interested to see what my mother will do in November - she is a Republican, but not a hater. She votes for Schumer. He hates Hillary. I'm intrigued.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Not much "hatred" showing through there.
Myrina
(12,296 posts)I recall that spectacle on the convention floor.
Andy823
(11,495 posts)He has already told me he will not vote for anyone this year. He says none of them are worth voting for.
Rex
(65,616 posts)They hate all the male candidates that think Trump is a vile human being. They are actually going to vote for HRC. And this is the deep south! Gives me hope.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)Conservativism is all about selfishness dressed up as public service, i.e. it is fundamentally dishonest in both its intentions and in its actions.
Cal33
(7,018 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)2naSalit
(86,336 posts)Before I was educated enough to understand it, I head an interview with J.K. Galbraith and it rocked my world and understanding of "the system" and how what George Carlin said about the "big Club" that we have no access to was true.
bbgrunt
(5,281 posts)Matrosov
(1,098 posts)Trump's name has been invoked in hate crimes, he wants to close the United States to Muslims, he wants to deport all undocumented Latinos and have Mexico build a super-sized Berlin Wall, the Klu Klux Klan loves him, he is endorsed by white supremacist David Duke, he is endorsed by segregationist Jeff Sessions, and all of these things keep his poll numbers rising and rising.
Why? Because the Republican party is the party of hate. The so-called decent conservatives are the ones that are better at keeping their racism covered up.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Fuck them and their owners.
malaise
(268,723 posts)we continue to be right - thanks Trump - you've exposed the entire party
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)is that the Vulgar Talking Yam says it openly and not in carefully coded euphemisms.
Skittles
(153,122 posts)don't you just love all these freaking moralists, acting as if the Greedy Old Pig party has not been a bunch of racist assholes until Trump came along?
CTyankee
(63,893 posts)about this?
WE TOLD YOU SO. OBVIOUSLY, YOU WEREN'T LISTENING.
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Trump's no worse than the rest of them. At least he's straightforward in his bigotry
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)We've been blowing these dog whistles for decades, and suddenly all these dogs have shown up. Hoocuddanode?
Skittles
(153,122 posts)JAYSUS
CTyankee
(63,893 posts)Marr
(20,317 posts)Immigrants have historically been a pretty minor member on the GOP racial bogeyman hate parade. But points for acting like this whole thing began with Trump.