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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Wed May 30, 2018, 09:49 AM May 2018

Where have conservatives drawn the line in the sand?

A few years ago, at Fox News, I don't remember when or which scandal it was about... Some Fox News-host had stepped over the line and was rumored to be fired. But Roger Ailes said that it wasn't a fireable offense.

That got me thinking: What is the line in the sand you would have to cross? What would a Fox News-host have to say on-air to get fired?



And nowadays we have the same question about Trump:

What would Trump have to do to make the GOP-establishment stand up against him?

What would Trump have to do to lose his hardcore supporters?

What would Trump have to do to bring the wrath of the Evangelicals upon himself?



What horrible, horrible action would Trump have to commit to convince every last one of his supporters that they should no longer support him?



Where is the line in the sand?

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Where have conservatives drawn the line in the sand? (Original Post) DetlefK May 2018 OP
They would have to say something nice about Obama. NCTraveler May 2018 #1
Or bad about Raygun. n/t tazkcmo May 2018 #5
This is a fine point about 'Raygun' empedocles May 2018 #7
The conservative policy is to pave the beach... Wounded Bear May 2018 #2
Lines in the sand can only be legal matters and such laws are ignored daily. BSdetect May 2018 #3
I can think of several... ck4829 May 2018 #4
Drumpt goes pro-choice and advocates for reasonable gun control. kairos12 May 2018 #6

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
7. This is a fine point about 'Raygun'
Wed May 30, 2018, 10:40 AM
May 2018

The more nuanced label for 'Raygun', is 'ReaganHood' who robbed from the poor[and everybody else] to give to the rich [est]'

BSdetect

(8,995 posts)
3. Lines in the sand can only be legal matters and such laws are ignored daily.
Wed May 30, 2018, 09:52 AM
May 2018

The GOP has no intention of upholding laws pertaining to drumph (or themselves).

ck4829

(35,038 posts)
4. I can think of several...
Wed May 30, 2018, 09:52 AM
May 2018

"I think liberals are right on (some subject)"
"Muslim Americans are your fellow Americans"
"Black lives matter"
"Time to stop dehumanizing transgender Americans"

Just simply uttering one of those lines, he will be a pariah, that's all it will take.

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