I have to agree with Mittens

[Voltaire2]

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[Blue_Roses]

1. Good grief

I know I am living in bizarre times, but when I find myself agreeing with Mitt, it's gone from just bizarre, to down-right surreal.

[TNNurse]

2. It happened for me when I agreed with George Will.

Never thought it would happen.

[Blue_Roses]

3. Oh yes, him too!

[GoCubsGo]

7. For me, it was agreeing with Charles Krauthammer.

[Blue_Roses]

10. And another there too...

Nt

[Honeycombe8]

9. Yes...that was it for me. "Hey...I'm agreeing with George Will?" He got fired, you know...

for not toting the Republican banner enough for Trump. But he's doing fine...no shortage of places for him to write for and appear as pundit on tv.

[Honeycombe8]

8. But you know, people from other political ilks aren't aliens. They ARE people....

who aren't evil thru and thru. Of COURSE the two parties have SOME thoughts and beliefs that are the same.

But I'm struck by how simple and clear Romney's statement is. Those are the words of someone who COULD be a leader. Who had been a governor. It brings home how far the Repub Party has gone. The difference between what could have been a regular Republican President and what we now have, which is a Nazi sympathizer and pathological liar with the attention span of a 3 year old.

[Blue_Roses]

12. I agree, as long as they are consistent

in their statements. It's the pandering that turns me off.

[TNNurse]

13. Trump gave any decent person reasons to not vote for him

You can use "pussy grabbing", you can use the instruction to physically remove people with force from his rallies, you can use John McCain not being a hero, you can use the Khan family.

Any of those was good enough to know his character and too many people chose to ignore or accept them. It is hard for me to believe they accepted those examples. It is hard for me to accept them as good people.

[Honeycombe8]

15. The saying is that Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line.

Republicans are good at elections, is the saying, but they're terrible at governing. Democrats are great at governing, but not so great at elections.

Republicans vote party, time and time again. That's how they keep getting elected. Democrats, OTOH, have a tendency to vote third party more often or not vote at all, like we saw in the last election.

Some of the people voting for Trump were not regular Republicans. He appealed to the populist movement that swept Great Britain and the Brexit vote (which they shortly regretted).

But there is a difference between establishment Republicans, who are bad enough, and this...I don't know what it is...this person and his ilk who are in the White House. Bannon, Trump, etc.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. Don't forget Bill Kristol

(who was on All-In w/Joy Reid subbing for Chris Hayes last night).

OMFG we are in the alternate universe -

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Bill Kristol Retweeted Bill Kristol

"You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!"

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It will be quite a moment when Kelly, McMaster & Mattis go to see Trump & say to him, quoting Cromwell as Leopold Amery did on May 7, 1940:
5:25 AM - 16 Aug 2017

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Bill Kristol Retweeted John Whitehouse

They started by rationalizing Trump. They ended by rationalizing slavery.

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John Whitehouse @existentialfish
Fox News now
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What is the last and favorite refuge of those Trump apologists who remain?
10:53 AM - Aug 15, 2017
(34%) But...the media.
(24%) What about...Obama?
(31%) Hillary!
(11%) "Sean Hannity says..."

[Oneironaut]

4. What you're seeing is the Republican Party going so far right that it's them vs. the country.

[extvbroadcaster]

5. Go Mitt!

Yes, I find myself agreeing with the likes of Mitt, George Will, Krauthammer, and others that I never thought I would. It is hard to believe anybody can't see what a menace Trump is. How do you get up in the morning and lick this man's boots? But plenty do. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is one of the worst. Her job is to get up in the morning, get a bucket and clean up the latest vomit from the Orange idiot. And she does it willingly. She, and others enabling Trump should be ashamed of themselves. Money and power are not worth selling your soul for. Real Americans in Congress, if there are any on the GOP side, should be working to impeach Trump or use the 25th amendment to remove him. Hell, I'd take Pence over Trump, and that is enough to make me choke.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

6. +1000000, you have say in much nicer terms what I was thinking.

Welcome to DU. Glad to have you aboard.

[Honeycombe8]

16. And David Frum. He's working Twitter extensively. He, too, got fired for not toting the Republican

for not toting the Republican banner enough, when Trump started to rise. He has not been silent and is one of the most prolific voices against him.

Most people, it seems, are drawn to the flame of power and money. We see it in action. Minions cowtow to the liar in chief, knowing full well what he is and stands for, because he is powerful & has money.

Remember when LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act, and said when he signed it that the Dems had just lost the south? He signed it, even tho it was bad politics, bad for his party, because it was the right thing to do. We don't have anyone like that, anymore.

[Ilsa]

18. Rick Wilson, R strategist, has lost work and money for not

towing the current R leadership line. I follow him on twitter. He is smart, eloquentt, and brutal when he needs to be.

We can have differences of opinion and still respect one another.

[BainsBane]

11. Remember when we though he was bad?

Sigh.

[forgotmylogin]

14. If it helps...

Think of them as agreeing with us.

[Ilsa]

17. This is a time when those of us with different opinions to

come together to oppose rightwing extremism. It needs to be put down like a rabid dog.