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BumRushDaShow

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21. Oh yeah.

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #20)

Fri Oct 11, 2019, 07:05 PM

Oct 2019

We had a subscription to the NYT since back in the mid-70s and I certainly remember Safire's columns (including the "On Language" series) and of course Buckley was the father of what became "modern conservatism"... although he was owned by James Baldwin during their famous debate and I expect he is rolling in his grave at the anti-intellectualism embraced by the current loons.

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George Will: No Republican who supports Trump should be re-elected [View all] brooklynite Oct 2019 OP

George Will's decades of nonsense BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #1

+1. But we need conservative voices against Trump, too. nt tblue37 Oct 2019 #2

Yes we do. But as I wrote, have they thought about their role in bringing Trump about. Blue_true Oct 2019 #8

They just dislike his vulgarity & that he says the quiet part out loud. For the most part they are tblue37 Oct 2019 #17

Exactly. Blue_true Oct 2019 #6

The laundry list also includes the now-deceased Krauthammer BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #16

+1 dalton99a Oct 2019 #19

Totally. Add the deceased William Safire and William F Buckley to your extended list. Blue_true Oct 2019 #20

Oh yeah. BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #21

That pompous dick with a thesaurus still thinks "liberals are wrong about Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2019 #11

Yep. I suspect they still favor the idea that they... dchill Oct 2019 #15

Does not get much more high profile conservative than George Will. Remember a column of his in which emmaverybo Oct 2019 #3

I was a college English teacher at the time, too. Brainstormy Oct 2019 #5

I imagine he still feels the same way. What a sweeping insult! He is not ever going to make up emmaverybo Oct 2019 #7

A broken clock is correct twice a day. GoCubsGo Oct 2019 #4

glad there's at least 1 thing on which I can agree with George Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #9

I don't remember ever agreeing with any of Will's political opinions, Susan Calvin Oct 2019 #10

George will is flat out a fucking asshole rufus dog Oct 2019 #12

But what about Trump's "great and unmatched wisdom?" tclambert Oct 2019 #13

He must think he still has sway hibbing Oct 2019 #14

No Republican should be re-elected Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #18