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applegrove

(118,492 posts)
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 03:37 PM Jun 2016

George Will Jumps From Sinking Ship That Is The GOP

George Will Jumps From Sinking Ship That Is The GOP

by Sebastian Murdock at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-will-sinking-gop_us_576ec60ee4b0dbb1bbbac552?section=politics

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Longtime conservative columnist George Will is wiping his hands clean of the Republican Party.

“This is not my party,” Will told PJ Media on Saturday. The Washington Post writer said a Democratic presidency would be better than the alternative offered by Donald Trump — who once called Will a “major loser,” according to Politico.

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“Make sure he loses,” Will said of the presumptive GOP nominee. “Grit their teeth for four years and win the White House.”

His voter registration in Maryland has now changed from Republican to “unaffiliated,” PJ Media reported. The final straw was House Speaker Paul Ryan‘s (R-Wis) endorsement of Trump, he said.


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George Will Jumps From Sinking Ship That Is The GOP (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2016 OP
no MFM008 Jun 2016 #1
let us hope we do not let him steer the ship DonCoquixote Jun 2016 #2
Oh the neoliberals are already on this discussion forum. applegrove Jun 2016 #3
Oh, when did you notice? Just recently? Scootaloo Jun 2016 #8
They've come in much bigger numbers trying to steal democratic debate. applegrove Jun 2016 #12
What, like recently? Gosh. Scootaloo Jun 2016 #14
Most of us have known that for a long time. demmiblue Jun 2016 #9
The leftists could walk right in and have greater influence LuvLoogie Jun 2016 #4
supporting clinton with enthusiasm DonCoquixote Jun 2016 #5
Your analogy makes no sense Scootaloo Jun 2016 #7
Um. There are other people in the car. Not just you. LuvLoogie Jun 2016 #11
Your analogy is bad Scootaloo Jun 2016 #13
There are other passengers in the car. You are choosing LuvLoogie Jun 2016 #15
It's not going to work, dude. Just find a better analogy. Scootaloo Jun 2016 #16
I think it is a good analogy. LuvLoogie Jun 2016 #18
Cool analogy. randome Jun 2016 #17
Oh darn, and we're all out of flotation devices. Bye, George Will. Have a nice swim! Scootaloo Jun 2016 #6
I just saw a pig fly by my window. smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #10

DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
2. let us hope we do not let him steer the ship
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 03:48 PM
Jun 2016

We may been way too eager to fish some bit of conservative flotsam from the deep, then push a leftists overboard.

LuvLoogie

(6,913 posts)
4. The leftists could walk right in and have greater influence
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 03:59 PM
Jun 2016

In the Democratic Party by enthusiastically supporting Hillary Clinton.

You can't drive until you get in the driver's seat. Constantly complaining about the road map and refusing to pitch in gas money gets annoying. You won't get to drive if you're only thumbing a ride.

DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
5. supporting clinton with enthusiasm
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 04:20 PM
Jun 2016

Now, I will vote against trump, which means for her, but to get ENTHUSIASTIC is to tell the Debbie Wasserman Schultzes and Erskine Bowles of the world one message loud and clear:

"please go to war with syria, please cut our social security, please expor our children's jobs to china, please make our won cities rent to high for us to live in, yesyeys yesy yes we luvvvvvyouuuu, even when you ABUUUUUSSSSE us!"

It is not as if we forgot the talks about how we would be dumped overboard because Clinton did not need the left anymore, thanks to that beloved "independent voter" that so far is dancing to trump's tune. We can help tow our end of the line, as we have voting democrat in every election, but if you want someone to make coffee and donuts runs for you, you better hire another intern, because we know and have seen that loyalty means NOTHING to a center-right crew.

The center only gives us whatever crumbs they deem after a LOT of wrangling, kowtowing , two can and willplay that game.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
7. Your analogy makes no sense
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 04:35 PM
Jun 2016

"You can't drive until you get in the driver's seat" doesn't line up well with an admonishment to put someone else entirely in the driver's seat.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
13. Your analogy is bad
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 05:06 PM
Jun 2016
You can't drive until you get in the driver's seat


But...

enthusiastically supporting Hillary Clinton.


How do you "get in the driver's seat" and "enthusiastically support" someone else doing the driving?

LuvLoogie

(6,913 posts)
15. There are other passengers in the car. You are choosing
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 06:33 PM
Jun 2016

to not get in the car unless you're driving. You aren't pitching in for gas unless you're driving. You're thumbing a ride to the Grand Canyon. That's where we're all going, and we're hitting the Badlands and the Black Hills along the way. But you're complaining because we've decided to skip Wall Drug.

There are other people in the car, other drivers, other people pitching in, coming to consensus on the route and all agreeing on the destination. You're in the back seat pulling on your big sister's hair and going, "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"

LuvLoogie

(6,913 posts)
18. I think it is a good analogy.
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 06:55 PM
Jun 2016

You're looking for someone to give you their car and gas money to go wherever you want.

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