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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Fri Jan 5, 2018, 01:28 PM Jan 2018

Weekly Standard(?!): "Situation All Fouled Up, Not Normal"

http://www.weeklystandard.com/situation-all-fouled-up-not-normal/article/2011022

4:50 PM, JAN 04, 2018 | By STEPHEN F. HAYES


Trump wants a book banned, a political opponent in jail, and says his former adviser is insane. This is all dangerous.

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So the president wants a book banned. He wants a political opponent in jail, and, for good measure, maybe the former FBI director, too. He thinks his former top adviser is insane.

This isn’t normal. And it’s not just “Trump being Trump,” the preferred dodge of elected Republicans. It’s a reflection of the president’s troubled mind and of his erratic, irrational judgment.


Normally I would never link the WS here, but this is a CONSERVATIVE Republican publication and a CONSERVATIVE writer.
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Weekly Standard(?!): "Situation All Fouled Up, Not Normal" (Original Post) steve2470 Jan 2018 OP
Article is typical Republican viewpoint HopeAgain Jan 2018 #1

HopeAgain

(4,407 posts)
1. Article is typical Republican viewpoint
Fri Jan 5, 2018, 01:51 PM
Jan 2018

He ends the article by saying how much he likes the aggregation of wealth in the 1% through tax reform and the appointment of political, incompetent judges. But what none of these idiots understand is that to get the oligarchy they want, they also get leaders like Trump.

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