Washington Post editorial board pens frantic op-ed calling for fellow Republicans to stop Trump [View all]
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/25/1491203/-Washington-Post-editorial-board-pens-frantic-op-ed-calling-for-fellow-Republicans-to-stop-Trump?detail=email
This, an absolutely frantic anti-Trump editorial from the conservative Washington Post editorial board, is hilarious. I encourage you to bask in the whole thing.
THE UNTHINKABLE is starting to look like the inevitable: Absent an extraordinary effort from people who understand the menace he represents, Donald Trump is likely to be the presidential nominee of the Republican Party. At this stage, even an extraordinary effort might fall short. But history will not look kindly on GOP leaders who fail to do everything in their power to prevent a bullying demagogue from becoming their standard-bearer.
The premise, indeed, is that the Republican Party should do "everything in their power" to stop Trump from becoming the nominee. And the board is particularly irritated with the ultra-vapid Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus, who has made it clear that he'll be rallying the party behind Trump if Trump is the nominee because no matter how odious Trump's views might be, there's nothing there Reince feels he can't embrace if there's an election on the line. But what about the rest of you Republicans? What about you "serious" conservatives who are always going on about "serious" conservatism? WHY ARE YOU LETTING THIS HAPPEN TO US?
The silence may reflect an absence of courage and also an element of calculation: There was an assumption that Mr. Trump would fade, and that confronting him would only make him stronger.
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