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In reply to the discussion: Jennifer Rubin: Why I dropped 'conservative' from my Twitter profile [View all]Crunchy Frog
(26,582 posts)22. I'm always very happy to see Mike Steele speak out, and
as much as I've loathed Bill Kristol in the past, and very likely in the future, I think he's doing an outstanding job with RVAT.
Mike Steele was on fire last night on the 11th Hour. We need as many hands on deck as possible right now IMO.
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Jennifer Rubin: Why I dropped 'conservative' from my Twitter profile [View all]
brooklynite
Sep 2020
OP
I wonder how many who made a living off of "conservatism" might actually be re-thinking
lagomorph777
Sep 2020
#1
conservatism to me is more of an unrealistic, unreachable ideal; now that the GOP is officially dead
onetexan
Sep 2020
#5
+1000! "Very few are willing to admit they were somebody else's useful idiot." n/t
Kind of Blue
Sep 2020
#47
Mississippi born Stuart Stevens has abandoned it totally, looks like Rubin has followed his lead.
Blue_true
Sep 2020
#36
This didn't just happen. Her "movement" hasn't been moving in the direction she thought...
Beartracks
Sep 2020
#50
Hey, sorry, I was meaning to Reply to the OP, forgot I was still viewing your post.
Beartracks
Sep 2020
#53
If you divorce the word "conservative" from the assholes who have been calling...
Silent3
Sep 2020
#7
personal responsibility in the US means I got mine, fuck you, go look for some bootstraps on yer own
Celerity
Sep 2020
#19
The phrase "personal responsibility" doesn't have to have that particular coded meaning...
Silent3
Sep 2020
#28
It was long ago weaponised in the US to the point it is no longer a useful concept there. nt
Celerity
Sep 2020
#29
"We are an inherently a selfish society", so... what? Give up on talking about it?
Silent3
Sep 2020
#64
Jennifer Rubin has always spoke out against Trump. It didn't take her 4 yrs to figure it out
tulipsandroses
Sep 2020
#24
She is still a huge fangirl of the underlying memes and modes of government that led to Trump.
Celerity
Sep 2020
#34
I'm glad to see this. "Conservative" no longer means any of the things "conservatives" used to ...
Hekate
Sep 2020
#9
I remember how she thought Mitt Romney was going to be an awesome President
RhodeIslandOne
Sep 2020
#12
The USA should probably have 4 parties (not counting Libertarian and Green)
LiberalLovinLug
Sep 2020
#15