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Vogon_Glory

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47. Seventy percent? That many sane Republicans left?

Sat Sep 30, 2017, 08:54 AM

Sep 2017

Maybe it's because I live in Texas, but after the rise of the Tea Party and the failure of what I thought of as the wiser, responsible, competent part of the Republican Party to brake the craziness, I'd be surprised if the sane part of the Republican Party touches sixty percent.

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This Bill Kristol tweet is pretty surprising. Not used to seeing any truth from him. [View all] NRaleighLiberal Sep 2017 OP

And you helped Iliyah Sep 2017 #1

Absolutely, but... Kristol, unlike conservatives merely by personality, knew that an intellectual Hortensis Sep 2017 #46

Not surprising, he has always been a never Trumper. marylandblue Sep 2017 #2

It's surprising he admitted it. Elected conservatives have only cared about money and power. LonePirate Sep 2017 #3

Ive met him twice, both times he was not at all what I expected. Agschmid Sep 2017 #4

A "not-stupid?" :) For sure. Hortensis Sep 2017 #45

Kristol has been surprisingly clear about Trump from the start... First Speaker Sep 2017 #5

Same with Krauthammer....EOM physioex Sep 2017 #7

Yes. So many other GOP "Never Trumpers" have turned out to be craven. kcr Sep 2017 #9

No "credit" at all from me. He's just another rat that knows the ship is sinking. Midnight Writer Sep 2017 #35

Wasn't Kristol the one who.... SergeStorms Sep 2017 #36

Grover Norquist. But cut from the same cloth. Dressing fascism in intellectual foppery. Midnight Writer Sep 2017 #40

That's right! SergeStorms Oct 2017 #56

PNAC. End of discussion on William "Wrong About Everything" Kristol. lastlib Oct 2017 #62

Takes one to know one SHRED Sep 2017 #6

good point NRaleighLiberal Sep 2017 #8

He supported the corruption that... SHRED Sep 2017 #10

My reply SHRED Sep 2017 #11

a perfect pitch! NRaleighLiberal Sep 2017 #12

Thanks SHRED Sep 2017 #15

THIS lindysalsagal Sep 2017 #44

I've seen you do that before, just curious do they reply? KelleyKramer Oct 2017 #57

Not famous people SHRED Oct 2017 #58

Kristol Has Too Much to Answer for Leith Sep 2017 #13

When Bill Kristol is right.... Turbineguy Sep 2017 #14

Scary jberryhill Sep 2017 #18

"the most reliable fount of wrong there has ever been" milestogo Sep 2017 #48

Kristol? He's like a broken clock. Liberal In Texas Sep 2017 #16

He's a broken calendar jberryhill Sep 2017 #20

Kristol is a two faced clock rpannier Sep 2017 #32

David Frum, too LyndaG Sep 2017 #17

This is big for Kristol, he's saying the GOP is corrupt sharedvalues Sep 2017 #19

His definition of "corrupt" is "I don't have a piece of the action" jberryhill Sep 2017 #22

No. He's saying the GOP is corrupt. That is unusual for any republican sharedvalues Sep 2017 #24

Yes, and if he were on this gravy train, he wouldn't be saying that. jberryhill Sep 2017 #26

We need to find common cause with those who see the light. sharedvalues Sep 2017 #55

He is not on our team, Liberal In Texas Sep 2017 #27

If he says the GOP is corrupt and they created Trump sharedvalues Sep 2017 #28

He's not innocent, but he's not wrong. And he's no longer our most dangerous enemy. FreepFryer Sep 2017 #21

Note this tweet is anti-GOP, not just anti-Trump sharedvalues Sep 2017 #29

Wasn't Bill Kristol the one who talked McCain into selecting Sarah Palin? BluesRunTheGame Sep 2017 #23

What's gotten into him? I suspect the contrast between the "no drama Obama"... brush Sep 2017 #25

I mean, anyone intellectually honest sharedvalues Sep 2017 #30

Ive said/posted that MANY times Cosmocat Sep 2017 #42

Yup. Article from Miami Herald about this sharedvalues Sep 2017 #54

Rubin has been saying the same thing about the GOP dalton99a Sep 2017 #31

And he helped bring conservatism to that point. Nice of him to wash his hands now. nt TeamPooka Sep 2017 #33

He's been on quite a few (mostly MSNBC) shows for awhile criticizing Trump Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #34

True, but none of them including Steve Schmidt etc talk about OnDoutside Sep 2017 #37

You're right, I know what you mean Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #39

Seventy percent? That many sane Republicans left? Vogon_Glory Sep 2017 #47

Kristol has been like this toward Trump since day 1. phleshdef Sep 2017 #38

Kristol... Mike Nelson Sep 2017 #41

I followed him for past year on Twitter Saboburns Sep 2017 #43

I may disagree with Kristols politics titaniumsalute Sep 2017 #49

Yikes! Baitball Blogger Sep 2017 #50

NeoCons started this. Duppers Sep 2017 #51

The neoconservative ideology is different from BainsBane Sep 2017 #53

He's been critical of Trump from the beginning BainsBane Sep 2017 #52

Says one of the leading enablers malaise Oct 2017 #59

Bill Kristol's second sentence is approximately 49 years late. Efilroft Sul Oct 2017 #60

Conservatism IS corruption. Orsino Oct 2017 #61