Post by NFA on Feb 3, 2021 20:36:05 GMT 8
Jeffrey Lord, a man I respect who worked with and for the Ronald Reagan team, posted an article at The American Spectator titled,
Ex-Bush Officials Flee the Party of Reagan and Trump
They’re following the cult of the GOP establishment instead.by Jeffrey Lord February 1, 2021, 11:19 PM
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OK. Full stop.
For those who came in late, this struggle has nothing — say again, nothing — to do with Donald Trump.
What this is all about is nothing more than the latest chapter in the eternal fight between conservatives and the GOP Establishment.
For those who came in late, this struggle has nothing — say again, nothing — to do with Donald Trump.
What this is all about is nothing more than the latest chapter in the eternal fight between conservatives and the GOP Establishment.
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What all these Never Trumpers have exactly in common with the Never Reagan Establishment of years ago is their despising not just the man himself but the voting base that both Reagan and Trump voters represented.
Social class — not principle — was and remains the be-all and end-all for Establishment Republicans.
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There is a cult inside the GOP.
It is the Cult of the GOP Establishment.
As the Trump Revolution, like the Reagan Revolution before it, expands the party’s base, bringing in more African-Americans, Hispanics, blue-collar workers, and others, one can only feel less than sorry at the departure of the GOP Establishment’s members.
Hopefully the door doesn’t hit them too hard on the way out.
As the Trump Revolution, like the Reagan Revolution before it, expands the party’s base, bringing in more African-Americans, Hispanics, blue-collar workers, and others, one can only feel less than sorry at the departure of the GOP Establishment’s members.
Hopefully the door doesn’t hit them too hard on the way out.
