WSJ: “it would be terrible to think the left was right about the right”

[kpete]

Speaking of disapproval, WSJ, wringing its hands about the rise of Trumpolini:

It would be terrible to think that the left was right about the right all these years. Nativist bigotries must not be allowed to become the animating spirit of the Republican Party. If Donald Trump becomes the candidate, he will not win the presidency, but he will help vindicate the left’s ugly indictment. It will be left to decent conservatives to pick up the pieces—and what’s left of the party.

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

[Kelvin Mace]

1. So,

the only thing worse than being a party of screaming racists, is our being right about your being a party of screaming racists?

[kpete]

2. Hating hippies

is a thing with them


peace and hummus to you Kelvin Mace,
kp

[longship]

3. ^THIS^ nt

[Rex]

11. The dirty hippies have been right for decades now and it eats up the establishment.

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]

13. Yes, I keep wondering how often we have to be right

before people admit it.

I won't hold my breath.

[Rex]

14. I won't either, all we ever get for being right is a swift kick in the butt.

It angers them that we are right, so they have to grow up first and I don't see that happening.

[MynameisBlarney]

26. 2 things.

The 2 things that racists hate are.
1. Black people
2. Being called racists.

[adigal]

4. How can they even doubt it's true at this point??

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]

6. Schumer endorsed Hillary for president over 2 years ago.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/11/02/chuck-schumer-endorses-hillary-clinton-for-president-if-you-run-youll-win/

Not much "hatred" showing through there.

[Myrina]

30. Yeah, they were practically holding hands in 2008 when she gave NY's delegates to Obama.

I recall that spectacle on the convention floor.

[Andy823]

9. My dad is a republican

He has already told me he will not vote for anyone this year. He says none of them are worth voting for.

[Rex]

15. I have some older aunts that always vote GOP, except this time around.

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]

25. It's not just a river in Egypt. nt

[bemildred]

5. "Decent conservative" is an oxymoron.

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]

8. Right you are!!!

[hifiguy]

17. J.K. Galbraith nailed these shitheels decades ago

"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]

18. Great quote.

[2naSalit]

27. Indeed...

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]

28. perfect quote.

[Matrosov]

7. Decent conservatives = closet racists

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]

10. Fuck you WSJ, yeah it would be terrible because YOU ARE the right!

Fuck them and their owners.

[malaise]

12. We have been right and

we continue to be right - thanks Trump - you've exposed the entire party

[hifiguy]

16. The only difference between Trumpolini and Repigs since Raygun

is that the Vulgar Talking Yam says it openly and not in carefully coded euphemisms.

[Skittles]

19. oh please

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]

20. Yeah, NOW thier upset! Where the fuck were they when we were screaming in thier ears

about this?

WE TOLD YOU SO. OBVIOUSLY, YOU WEREN'T LISTENING.

[Nevernose]

22. Preach it

Trump's no worse than the rest of them. At least he's straightforward in his bigotry

[gratuitous]

31. Golly!

We've been blowing these dog whistles for decades, and suddenly all these dogs have shown up. Hoocuddanode?

[Skittles]

32. EXACTLY

JAYSUS

[CTyankee]

21. Oh, shut up.

[Marr]

23. It isn't nativist. It's white supremacist.

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.

[hatrack]

24. It's even worse KNOWING they were right . . .

on the WSJ.

[truebluegreen]

29. Fuck Republicans. They Built That. nt