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Worth reading from one of the leaders of the #NeverTrump movement.

 

The first paragraph in a list of Trump's "accomplishments":

Republicans have tried, on and off, to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling since the 1980s. The effort has always engendered intense opposition and always been abandoned. A provision for drilling in ANWR is included in the Republican tax bill almost as an afterthought.

I mean, Jesus Christ.

 

"Four score and seven years ago...."
"All we have to fear...."
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down....
"You grab them right by....

 

Yes. Not only did he run on a conservative republican platform, he’s actually got the balls to govern like a conservative republican, and enact the agenda he ran on.

 

It might be what the party stands for today, but drilling for oil in an animal refuge (what part of refuge is unclear?) is hardly conservative.

 

Yup, first politician to say what he’s going to do and actually do it. And he’s doing it with this tax bill with the consent of the Congress. They are putting in every thing on their Christmas wish list since Goldwater. They are passing it by simple party majority. It’s almostaboveboard,except they aren’t telling the public what they are going to do until it’s done. It’s legal. And there are no ethics in policies and politics.
His previous Executive orders were also conservative republican policy, criticize your opponent for governing by executive fiat until the conservative is in power, then use Executive Orders like a liberal democrat or RussianPresident.

If anythingTrump has done that is good,IMHO, he has removed all pretense of values as the basis of any republican policy. From McConnell andRyan to Trump and Pense and Putin, it is all about making as much money off the government, from the government and from the people as possible.

It’s not that Trumpdoesnt care what people think about him, its that he believes he’s totally loved.

 

He also believes he's the smartest guy on the planet, but he can't even read a prepared speech properly.

Also hasn't mastered the art of drinking from a glass, but that's a minor quibble.

 

“Conservative values” is a nonsense phrase, devoid of meaning. The rapid flip-flop of the deficit hawks has proven that.

 

Using their offices for personal gain.

 

I thought it was a Trump/Hillary mashup, Conan-style.