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In reply to the discussion: Steve Schmidt... [View all]calimary
(81,085 posts)Im one of many, here and elsewhere, who love and embrace Steve Schmidt and other in the Dark Side who appear to have come into the light. They certainly sound like they have.
So okay then. All that stuff about forgiveness and not looking a gift horse in the mouth. Fine. But are they REALLY among the converted? I guess well have to see how complete that rehabilitation really is. Have they really seen and understood the error of their ways? Have they really reformed from their wretched, cockeyed, wrong-headed, CONservative worldview? Seriously? Only time and the eventual end of the trump era will tell. Because as we all know, republi-CONS certainly can talk a good game.
Im glad to hear the about-face NOW. But thats NOW. Im hard-wired NOT to trust anything republi-CON. Even if it sounds good NOW. I believe souls can be saved, and I believe there are deathbed conversions. But are these REALLY that? Is Steve Schmidt really a changed man? A genuine penitent - or a Trojan Horse?
Is Jennifer Rubin, a conservative who has more recently been vigorously dumping on trump, REALLY among the converted?
How about Bill Kristol? Max Boot? Ana Navarro? And the recovering GOPers like the former Congressmen who are now regular contributors on MSNBC? And all those others who say theyve now switched from GOP to Independent? Are they REALLY among the good guys now? Have they understood and acknowledged the error of their thinking, and reformed? Have they sincerely and legitimately seen the light, and renounced their previous sincerely-held beliefs? Theres a bunch of political asylum-seekers on this list right now.
But theres something in me that doesnt want to let down my guard. Theres something in me thats not ready to trust. What keeps echoing loudly in my ears is the comment Im hearing more frequently now that the elections mere days away, and the poll numbers are tightening: Republicans always come home.