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Ferd Berfel

(3,687 posts)
Tue May 10, 2016, 01:24 PM May 2016

WSJ: Hillary: The Conservative Hope

http://www.wsj.com/article_email/hillary-the-conservative-hope-1462833870-lMyQjAxMTI2NjE0MDYxNzA5Wj

The best hope for what’s left of a serious conservative movement in America is the election in November of a Democratic president, held in check by a Republican Congress. Conservatives can survive liberal administrations, especially those whose predictable failures lead to healthy restorations—think Carter, then Reagan. What isn’t survivable is a Republican president who is part Know Nothing, part Smoot-Hawley and part John Birch. The stain of a Trump administration would cripple the conservative cause for a generation.

This is the reality that wavering Republicans need to understand before casting their lot with a presumptive nominee they abhor only slightly less than his likely opponent. If the next presidency is going to be a disaster, why should the GOP want to own it?
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WSJ: Hillary: The Conservative Hope (Original Post) Ferd Berfel May 2016 OP
The Former Fist Lady... NewImproved Deal May 2016 #1
That's the kind of leadership I expect from republicans Renew Deal May 2016 #2
Funny ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #3
 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
3. Funny ...
Tue May 10, 2016, 01:54 PM
May 2016
For conservatives, a Democratic victory in November means the loss of another election, with all the policy reversals that entails. That may be dispiriting, but elections will come again. A Trump presidency means losing the Republican Party. Conservatives need to accept that most conservative of wisdoms—sometimes, losing is winning, especially when it offers an education in the importance of political hygiene.


Isn't this, essentially, what the Sanders' supporters are saying?
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