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JHB

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15. Kristol was "Dan Quayle's brain" and the guy who thought Sara Palin...
Sun Apr 26, 2020, 09:32 PM
Apr 2020

...was just the right person to bring in votes for John McCain.

Yeah, fine, he was against Trump. Yipee. If his group makes anti-Trump ads, great. But don't say "Wrong" when someone brings up that he helped turn the Republican party into the Trump-cult mess that it is today.

All of the NeverTrumpers who were part of Republican messaging and conservative media were part of the road crew that paved the way for Trump. Kristol, Rick Wilson, Steve Schmidt, Charlie Sykes, all the ones who get much too much media time trying to tell Democrats how to run our party.

They stoked division, they leaned on hot buttons, they lied their asses off, they fostered a Republican base that would argle-bargle on command and foam over every horseshit claim about Democratic pols to give them the electoral numbers to pass their tax cuts and stuff the federal courts with ideological conservative operatives. It was just "playing hardball", no matter what kind of hellbeast they were creating. After all, they were in charge of it... until they weren't.

I'm fine with making smileyfaces at them until November 4, but never, ever forget what they really are. If you do, you'll find you've been stabbed in the kidneys by a blade with their fingerprints all over it.

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Pass.It.On. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2020 OP
Remember, Billy......... MyOwnPeace Apr 2020 #1
Wrong. Kristol has always been a Never-Trumper. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #4
He was for Jeb. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2020 #6
Jeb was not, is not, and never will be tRump. No confusion. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #7
Jeb was normal. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2020 #14
Kristol is the one Scarsdale Apr 2020 #21
Converts are welcome DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2020 #22
Kristol was "Dan Quayle's brain" and the guy who thought Sara Palin... JHB Apr 2020 #15
Yes, Trump finally showed him he'd gone too far localroger Apr 2020 #18
Joseph Stalin was a despot and mass murderer Dem4Life1102 Apr 2020 #20
Google General James Longstreet DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2020 #23
Kristol also worked on DAniel Patrick Moynihan's campaign so he has a history JI7 Apr 2020 #26
That will all depend on how he acts afterward, doesn't it? JHB Apr 2020 #29
Bear in mind also there will be Republicans who claim to be Dems now dixiegrrrrl Apr 2020 #32
Yes. So you agree with me? JHB Apr 2020 #27
Yes Dem4Life1102 Apr 2020 #31
Great ad Gothmog Apr 2020 #2
They showed Dr. Brix with the perfect amount of time and the perfect reaction. Patterson Apr 2020 #3
Can you just imagine what was going through her mind at the time ? Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #5
Probably a fervent prayer hoping Trump wasn't going to expect a response lunatica Apr 2020 #28
That's all well and good but Kristol is still an asshole. n/t totodeinhere Apr 2020 #8
So does anyone realize that tRump is talking about a cure from Star Trek the orginal series? infullview Apr 2020 #9
Is that the one where Spock went blind? tclambert Apr 2020 #10
Yup! infullview Apr 2020 #11
From pon farr self abuse. nt R. P. McMurphy Apr 2020 #13
My question Susan Calvin Apr 2020 #12
It makes me sick to think that Trump could still win a second term LiberalLovinLug Apr 2020 #16
Straight from Machiavelli: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." brush Apr 2020 #17
Exactly, there are more than two sides. localroger Apr 2020 #19
K & R & Retweeted! SunSeeker Apr 2020 #24
Perhaps ReformedGOPer Apr 2020 #25
Kristol's still a Republican and all that being one stands for. live love laugh Apr 2020 #30
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