Stephen Colbert - Guest Nicolle Wallace: The GOP Is Built On A Foundation Of BS

[Rhiannon12866]

Nicolle Wallace, host of "Deadline: White House" on MSNBC, believes Republicans have gradually lost touch with the truth since her days working for President George W. Bush.

[Hekate]

1. That was a good interview. I really like them both. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I wasn't a fan when she first came on since she worked for George W Bush*!

But now that I've watched for awhile, she's become one of my favorites, smart and well spoken - and as anti-Trump as you can get. She said that she ceased being a Republican when Sarah Palin was chosen as the Vice Presidential nominee.

[thucythucy]

8. I always wonder about the back story--

how someone that intelligent and empathetic ends up being a Republican and working for someone like the W. Generally it has to do with personal connections--family was Republican for generations, friends at college, etc.

Time was there were a number of Republicans I knew and respected and even trusted, though we disagreed on most everything political. Over time they've either gone over entirely to the Dark Side, or have ceased being Republicans, at least for now.

Now there isn't a single Republican I can name for whom I have any respect, let alone trust.

I wonder what's going to happen to all the folks like Ms. Wallace. Will the GOP ever come back to the point where they might again offer their loyalty, or have too many bridges been burnt? I suspect it will be the latter, but only time will tell.

[nuxvomica]

3. She's absolutely right about how to cover the Repubs

They are choosing to be under the loser's thumb. And it did seem kind of opaque when he was occupying White House -- we wondered "what he had on them" -- but now it's clear that they are choosing to be his followers, probably because they have lost the ability to create winning policies themselves, and the press should cover what they are voluntarily buying into.

[Escurumbele]

13. Bush was a looser himself, nothing has changed, its just that trump is the king of deplorable

They are all the same, they cling to what they think will help them stay in power.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. All the virtually remote personnel struggle with background

In this case a closet peeking out from the left, an open door on the right, and the obligatory framed picture on the wall behind. Good interview though, she's bringing more depth as the months roll by.

[czarjak]

5. Deplorable's built that long ago. Bushie. Period.

[SheltieLover]

6. Their only agendas are to steal -- elections & money

Elections so that they can continue to grift.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. It's unconscionable, especially when Americans are getting sick and dying

[SheltieLover]

9. Absolutely!

But their whole agenda is unconscionable!

Interesting how those who hate government seek to run it & continue feeding at the rich federal trough!

[Rhiannon12866]

10. It's become a way of doing business since the Trump followers took office

And I heard a discussion on one of the news shows last night on how, now that it's started, whether it can ever be turned around.

[SheltieLover]

11. I've been wondering too

It will only stop if those responsible are jailed for a long time.

We know this will never happen because our society just does not punish old white males.

[Escurumbele]

12. The GW Bush was an administration of lies, and corruption...republicans have always been liars and

cheaters, nothing has changed. In the age of Theodore Roosevelt he had to fight with republican corruption, and he was a republican.

The republican party has always been a party of grifters, racists, nothing has changed inside their culture, I believe their bad ideals are passed through generations and the offspring seldom deviate from them.

And although I like Nicole very much, I think she is terrific and very intelligent, she cannot defend republicans in the era of Bush or anyone else, unless she wants to go all the way back to Roosevelt who was honest, progressive, intelligent (no other republican in power has matched his academics or his intelligence), courageous, and was a real man of the people.

Lets stop thinking that the republican party needs to go back to its root, or even less what it was before trump, the only thing that has changed is that now they don't care about showing their racism, their corruption, their hypocrisy, etc. for everyone to see, when in the past they kept it in the closet. In other words, they have come out of the closet showing all their bad character attributes, their despicable behaviour.

I find myself using "etc." every time I start listing republicans evil character attributes, there are so many.

[dalton99a]

14. Kick

[Delphinus]

15. Thank you

I was impressed with what she had to say and how he was able ask the right questions.

[kentuck]

16. She is brilliant!

She has such a grasp on the political realities.

[Wild blueberry]

17. Good interview

I've come to like and admire Nicolle Wallace. Her "Lives Well Lived" series is outstanding, very compassionate.
Thank you.

[Rhiannon12866]

18. Oh, same here! She's so smart and well spoken and also likeable

And I have the same reaction. I'm not much of a crier, but when she describes those special lives, I find myself getting choked up with her...