Asked if the Republican Party in the Trump years has become an outfit free of governing ideas, Stevens went even further: “It was all a lie.” He noted that this was word-for-word the title of his forthcoming book, It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump.
The modern GOP, he said, never truly cared about the ideas it claimed to care about.
This was a stunning indictment coming from a longtime political consultant who had toiled on five Republican presidential campaigns and numerous Senate and gubernatorial races.
“The Republican Party has been a cartel,” Stevens said excitedly. “And no one asks a cartel, ‘What’s your ideological purpose?’ You don’t ask OPEC, ‘What’s your ideology?’ You don’t ask a drug gang, ‘What’s your program?’
The Republicans exist for the pursuit of power for no purpose.”
He huffed that the Republican Party had not merely drifted away from its core positions, as sometimes occurs with political parties: “Fair trade, balanced budgets, character, family values, standing up to foreign adversaries like Russia—we’re all against that now.
You have to ask, ‘Does someone abandon deeply held beliefs in three or four years?’ No. It means you didn’t ever hold them.”
He added: “I feel like a guy who was working for Bernie Madoff.”
- White people are naturally superior and the only legitimate holders of power.
- Christianity is to be given privileged status over all constitutional principles, in the name of “religious freedom,” except:
- unrestricted firearms ownership is superior to all other constitutional principles.
- The Constitution exists to protect helpless corporations from the people.
- Outside of military bases, the only legitimate purpose of government land is to provide nearly-free access to extract resources owned by the people. Conservation of nature is not, ironically, a conservative principle.
BE THIS GUY about 3 years ago
Depends on to what party the violator of the values belongs.
Tossle Premium Member about 3 years ago
Values and common sense.
Kind&Kinder about 3 years ago
Sadly, Tossle, those are in very short supply with our conservative (or shall I say, trumped up) community.
blunebottle about 3 years ago
Conservatives have values. Liberals have agendas.
Meg: All Seriousness Aside about 3 years ago
“Depends? I prefer boxers.”
WoodstockJack about 3 years ago
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Calvin Nelson Nelson Premium Member about 3 years ago
Whatever font that is needs to fix the V pair kerning.
Silly Season about 3 years ago
Asked if the Republican Party in the Trump years has become an outfit free of governing ideas, Stevens went even further: “It was all a lie.” He noted that this was word-for-word the title of his forthcoming book, It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump.
The modern GOP, he said, never truly cared about the ideas it claimed to care about.
This was a stunning indictment coming from a longtime political consultant who had toiled on five Republican presidential campaigns and numerous Senate and gubernatorial races.
“The Republican Party has been a cartel,” Stevens said excitedly. “And no one asks a cartel, ‘What’s your ideological purpose?’ You don’t ask OPEC, ‘What’s your ideology?’ You don’t ask a drug gang, ‘What’s your program?’
The Republicans exist for the pursuit of power for no purpose.”
He huffed that the Republican Party had not merely drifted away from its core positions, as sometimes occurs with political parties: “Fair trade, balanced budgets, character, family values, standing up to foreign adversaries like Russia—we’re all against that now.
You have to ask, ‘Does someone abandon deeply held beliefs in three or four years?’ No. It means you didn’t ever hold them.”
He added: “I feel like a guy who was working for Bernie Madoff.”
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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/08/racism-republican-party-stuart-stevens/
T Smith about 3 years ago
Conservative principles:
- White people are naturally superior and the only legitimate holders of power.
- Christianity is to be given privileged status over all constitutional principles, in the name of “religious freedom,” except:
- unrestricted firearms ownership is superior to all other constitutional principles.
- The Constitution exists to protect helpless corporations from the people.
- Outside of military bases, the only legitimate purpose of government land is to provide nearly-free access to extract resources owned by the people. Conservation of nature is not, ironically, a conservative principle.
And the list goes on.
bakana about 3 years ago
After a certain Age, those Depends become very “Valuable”.