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March 11, 2016
The conservative media’s claims that the Republican party must reject Donald Trump because he is not a “conservative” are pathetic and ridiculous to those of us who are old enough to remember the last 25 years.
I spent the last 20 years watching the conservative media in Washington endorse and urge me to vote for one candidate after another who made a mockery of conservative principles and values.Everyone talks about how thankful we are for the Citizensâ United decision but seems to have forgotten how we were urged to vote for the coauthor of the law that the decision overturned. In 2012, we were told to vote for Mitt Romney, a Massachusetts liberal who proudly signed an individual insurance mandate into law and refused to repudiate the decision. Before that, there was George W. Bush, the man who decided it was Americaâs duty to bring democracy to the Middle East (more about him later). And before that, there was Bob Dole, the man who gave us the Americans with Disabilities Act. I, of course, voted for those candidates and do not regret doing so. I, however, am self-aware enough to realize I voted for them because I will vote for virtually anyone to keep the Left out of power and not because I thought them to be the best or even really a conservative choice. Given this history, the conservative media's claims that the Republican party must reject Donald Trump because he is not a "conservative" are pathetic and ridiculous to those of us who are old enough to remember the last 25 years. An Open Letter to the Conservative Media Explaining Why I Have Left the Movement | Ricochet
Posted by gerardvanderleun at March 11, 2016 12:51 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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at March 11, 2016 5:36 PM