Category: Politics
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Professional ‘Conservatives’ Worried Hillary Will Lose
Alt-rightists call them 'cuckservatives,' but I am no alt-rightist. (I don't believe the cure for a Commie is a Nazi.) So I use 'sneer' quotes. Professional 'conservatives' are like a lot of professional 'philosophers': they cherish their cushy yap-and-scribble lifestyle whether or not it brings about any personal or social improvement. Wisdom? What's that? (Memo…
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The Bumpy Ride of Our Flight 93
Good commentary from Roger Kimball on the Flight 93 piece by Publius Decius Mus. Kimball now has a more positive view of Trump: As recently as a few weeks back, I was a lesser-of-two-evils, reluctant Trump supporter: classic Russian roulette vs. the loaded semi-automatic that is a Hillary Clinton victory. But then Trump embarked on…
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Predicting What One Wants to Happen
Perhaps you have noticed this too. People will often predict what they want to happen, even when what they want to happen is far from a foregone conclusion. At the moment I am reading an article by David P. Goldman who asserts that Hillary is "road kill": The presidential election was over the moment the…
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Hillary’s Chappaquiddick
You decide. (HT: Bill Keezer)
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Hillary the Vacuous
In an outstanding NRO piece, William Voegeli has collected some choice specimens of Hillarious blather. Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, really did say in an economic-policy speech this year, “I believe in an America always moving toward the future.” This inanity is not a new problem. Consider the two most important speeches the president…
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Lawyers are Over-represented in Government
And you are going to vote for Hillary?
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Lies, Truth, Narratives, and Hillary
Hillary Clinton we now know to be a liar beyond any shadow of a reasonable doubt. A liar is one who habitually makes false statements with the intention of deceiving her audience. This definition, however, presupposes the distinction between true and false statements. Aphoristically: no truth, no lies. Hillary cannot be a liar unless there…
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Glenn Reynolds: Vote for Trump!
Here (emphasis added): When Richard Nixon tried to weaponize the IRS, top officials at the Service made a stink. Under Obama, the IRS weaponized itself. And, of course, the press is in the tank for the Democrats as usual. Bad news about Obama and Clinton has been soft-pedaled, with reporters sometimes admitting that they don’t want to…
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The Flight 93 Election
Required reading, especially for you yap-and-scribble, go-along-to-get-along, objectively pro-Hillary, bow-tied, milquetoast 'conservatives.' Via Malcolm Pollack. See also: NeverTrumps and the End of America as We Know It
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Why a Conservative Should Vote for Trump
Dennis Prager makes the case. He concludes (emphasis added): Therefore, with another four years of Democrat-left rule — meaning a nearly permanent left-wing Supreme Court and left-wing-controlled lower courts; the further erosion of federalism; an exponential growth in the power of the federal government; further leftist control of education; and the de-Americanization of America in…
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Ideological Certification
It ought to be obvious that anyone seeking entry into our country should be ideologically certified. We have no obligation to accept subversive elements. Now those who promote Shari'a are subversive elements. Therefore, we have no obligation to allow them in. Indeed we, or rather the government as representing us the people, has a moral…
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The Catholic Case for Donald Trump
The following is by Chris Jackson. I found it at The Remnant and I reproduce the whole of it here. It receives the coveted MavPhil nihil obstat. ……………………………. This is the most critical presidential election in the history of the United States. Hillary Clinton, a corrupt, radical pro-abortion, anti-Christian, career politician threatens to change the face of…
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Avoid ‘Lesser of Two Evils’
If you say that Trump is the 'lesser of two evils,' you invite the riposte: why vote for anyone who is evil? Say this instead: "Despite Trump's manifest negatives, he is better than Hillary." And then go on to explain why he is better. Politics here below is not about Good versus Evil. It…
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Could a Catholic Support Trump?
Via Burgess-Jackson, I came to this piece by Robert P. George and George Weigel, An Appeal to Our Fellow Catholics (7 March 2016). Appended to it is a list of distinguished signatories. Excerpt: Donald Trump is manifestly unfit to be president of the United States. His campaign has already driven our politics down to…