GOP Pressure on Trump
Was Long Overdue
National Review,
by
Jonah Goldberg
Original Article
Posted By: M2,
10/23/2019 6:44:03 AM
Upon hearing the news that President Trump bowed to pressure from congressional Republicans and reversed his decision to hold next year’s G-7 summit at the Trump National Doral Miami, my immediate response was, “Ah, what might have been.”
No, I’m not wistful about the missed opportunity for taxpayers to throw a lifeline to Trump’s struggling resort. Rather, I’m a bit misty-eyed about what the last three years might have looked like if Republicans had shown this kind of spine all along.
There is an interesting consensus among the fiercely pro-Trump and anti-Trump forces on the right. For simplicity let’s call them Never Trumpers and Always Trumpers. Among the Never Trumper Republicans
Reply 1 - Posted by:
HPmatt 10/23/2019 6:48:34 AM (No. 215100)
How about we have it at your resort Jonah? What? You don’t have one? How about other elected RINOs- they don’t own any? No one but Trump has created things of value? Why not? They don’t create value? Just steal it? Sounds like democrats - come to DC and get rich on a government salary? How does that work? Ask Hunter Biden, et al....
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Highlander 10/23/2019 6:51:08 AM (No. 215101)
Like many anti-Trumpers, Goldberg has yet to take his blinders off.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Toby Ten Bears 10/23/2019 6:55:05 AM (No. 215103)
So... Who is this Trump hating Liberal/DemocRAT Jonah Goldberg? Kind of like that loser son/skunk of Reagan's... Little Miss Ronnie.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 10/23/2019 7:01:15 AM (No. 215105)
Jonah you are a national embarrassment....
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
NancyD 10/23/2019 7:01:54 AM (No. 215107)
Jonah, I get your argument regarding Doral. It's a non-issue. How does THAT affect me and my family? It doesn't. I don't give a rip where they hold the summit. I DO CARE about the path that Our Gov't has been going for a few decades. I do care about the attempt of Globalist control of the Free people in the USA, I do Care about the Deep State who have exposed themselves ever since President Trump was elected, I see Their agenda and I, as an American do not like it. I hate the way the media and Deep State have treated Every Single Republican President that has been elected in my life time.
President Trump is acting Presidential. No doubt. He is looking out for the Citizens of the USA, that is what he is supposed to do. The Never Trumpers, Deep State, Media and Dems cannot handle the way President Trump pushes back instead of cowering that they've been used to seeing in GOP Presidents. Trump is fighting for us and the, as you call it "Always Trumpers" know it. We aren't blinded by hate, we want our Country to succeed and that is why we look at the accomplishments of this President. It's the Never Trumpers who are bitter that a non Gov't man made it into the White House and has been successful, because that's something that a life long politician hasn't been able to do...
Keep Fighting for us, President Trump!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Doconc 10/23/2019 7:10:07 AM (No. 215111)
Same old crap Jonah
I don’t read ur tripe anymore
Johnny one note
Get your jeb! and Mitt pennants out
Maybe u can vote for piaps again
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
RTC60 10/23/2019 7:11:20 AM (No. 215112)
I want back the time I spent reading and admiring Jonah's earlier opinion pieces. It's almost, but not quite, embarrassing as having voted for Delightful Peter back in 2012.
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Never Trumper Jonah too bad you are blind also.
No writing skills unlike your mother and father you hang on by their skirt and shirt tails trying to be relevant.
Go away like you mothers failing site that is so hart to maneuver now that they have to charge to float it.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Periwinkel 10/23/2019 7:16:47 AM (No. 215117)
Here come Jonah and Steve...just in time for an election!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Krause 10/23/2019 7:18:46 AM (No. 215119)
So, does Goldberg sit out the vote,
vote for a soft republican who has no chance of getting any votes, write in Mitt Romney, or go for a crazy democrat. That’s all I want to hear from a never-Trumper, just for kicks.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 10/23/2019 7:24:54 AM (No. 215125)
I can't wait to find out the author's secret Twitter name. After all, if all of the cool kids are doing it...
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
msjena 10/23/2019 7:25:26 AM (No. 215127)
This makes it sound like the Never Trumps are a significant part of the Republican Party. In fact, it’s Jonah, Bill Kristol and a few others. Is Jonah misty-eyed for President Hillary?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
qr4j 10/23/2019 7:25:31 AM (No. 215128)
Can’t bring myself to take the click bait. Won’t read the Never Trumper ... or rather Trump Hater.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
chance_232 10/23/2019 7:32:13 AM (No. 215136)
Perhaps Trump would be more presidential if he was diddling White House interns. Or having the Muslim Brotherhood over and throwing weekly parties for rap stars and serving up 300$ a lb Kobe beef.
There's enough about Trump that I find cringeworthy. BUT I dont wake up every moring fearing what a presidentially acting president is going to do today to screw over me or the country.
I would much rather have someone in the White House that has our backs over someone who acts the part and "manages our decline".
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
jalo1951 10/23/2019 7:35:22 AM (No. 215139)
I'll take Trump and his endless tweets over Hillary and her minions any day.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 10/23/2019 7:43:42 AM (No. 215150)
Thank you, #5 for your thoughts. I wish they'd hold the G7 in San Francisco to show the world what Democratic leadership can do for a garden spot. Doral IS a non issue. Perhaps JG is right, the Republican Party needs to implode. The GOP surely has become the DNC with better manners.
OTOH, if Jonah quit kvetching about Trump for a minute, people would just begin to say he was being wishy-washy.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
MDConservative 10/23/2019 7:53:06 AM (No. 215160)
PDT doesn't need the grief from "driving" government business to his Doral golf resort. That's the sort of theing Nadler would investigate, the media would pontificate, and the GOPe could ifnally use as its turning point to "see where the evidence takes this" on impeachment. If he's rich, doesn't need the money, etc., it's doubly stupid. Take this thing to Frisco or Flint...
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
chumley 10/23/2019 7:57:03 AM (No. 215167)
Maybe Jonah would feel better with Romney and his ilk in the disloyal opposition party?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
The Remnants 10/23/2019 7:58:15 AM (No. 215168)
I am already worried about who might follow President Trump in 2024, and the thought that the President could be impeached before 2020 elections terrifies me because that will result in semi-socialism, socialism, communism.Think of all the countries in the European Union. Some time-traveler should create a documentary that begins with each country before and then continues showing their evolution as they became members of the E.U. Watch the chaos enfold.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Sully 10/23/2019 8:01:58 AM (No. 215170)
What on Earth is this idiot blabbing about? ONE thing matters in this county right now:
Will the soldiers of the left political and media elite army revoke the peaceful transition of power in the United States of America?!?
Will a political coup whipped up by pure fantasy and promoted in the press unseat an elected POTUS? Will our votes ever matter again? That is the ONLY issue this dimwit should be writing about.
Sorry Lucianne. You did not spank that kid enough.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
immelman 10/23/2019 8:05:05 AM (No. 215174)
Presidential is as the President does. New paradigm.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Jen103143 10/23/2019 8:07:59 AM (No. 215177)
Just to think that I once listened and agreed with Jonah on the Fox Special report.....sigh. Now I see his name, and pass by his articles as fast as I can. I’m a never-JGolberg!
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Rinktum 10/23/2019 8:09:15 AM (No. 215179)
Go back in your hidey hole, Mr. Goldberg. No need to poke your head out spew your anti-Trump venom. Clearly, you are incapable of writing an honest piece regarding this President. You are willing evidently to disregard real criminal corruption to flay away at your nemesis. Just being a deplorable Trump supporter who has zero influence or connections to the lofty elites who have ruined this country, I appreciate the work he has done on behalf of the American people. He has made real changes for the good of our country and its people. No need to list them because nothing this President could possibly accomplish would ever sway your opinion that he is a bad guy, end of story. Thankfully, Americans aren’t as sanctimonious as you and understand we all have flaws and make mistakes. It must be very lofty air you breathe up there as you condescend to lecture your fellow Americans. I’d like to propose a challenge to you. Put yourself out there. Let the democrats, media and Rinos feast on your carcass every single day and see how you respond. Let them revile you, your family, your children and grandchildren. Let them advocate for your assassination. Let them lie, distort and omit anything that does not further their get Jonah agenda and then get back to me. You could not withstand one day of the vicious attacks that this President has endured for three years. Therefore, your opinion means diddly squat to the American people. You are a mean spirited bitter and resentful excuse for a man. Grow up! Take the self-righteous blinders off. Anyone who could continue on this Ahab-like quest to damage this President has some serious problems with integrity.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
FunOne 10/23/2019 8:21:07 AM (No. 215187)
One thing that is long overdue is the going out of business of the Never Trumper National Review. Not a good business model to build your success on the support of conservatives, and then think that a hard left turn will enroll the radical democrats. Can't wait until this biased entity joins CNN in bankruptcy.
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Jonah kiss my azz....
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Newtsche 10/23/2019 8:28:30 AM (No. 215198)
It has to be awful for Jonah to get out of bed every day.
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'I’m a bit misty-eyed about what the last three years might have looked like if Republicans had shown this kind of spine all along.'
They might have looked like...the George W. Bush years. Economic chaos, bailouts, TARP etc. Military deployments everywhere to no avail. Taking Dem abuse daily and hiding under the desk.
Honestly, what is there about Establishment Republicans that is positive, brave, desirable etc?
Doesn't 'spine' as used in this column actually mean a lack of spine as exhibited by McConnell, Romney, Ryan et al?
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
jacksin5 10/23/2019 8:45:20 AM (No. 215223)
PDJT was going to host the G7 Summit on his dime, rather than soak the taxpayers. Democrats and whatever Jonah represents now, are howling because they feel it's the Government's imperative to spend as much taxpayer money as they can so they can demand more.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Chabis 10/23/2019 8:45:59 AM (No. 215225)
I used to read Goldberg with so much pleasure.
I take no pleasure in him now. And no, not in his fall away from the grace of clear thinking either.
One by one those who have become 'never Trumpers' have lost what they had -- and thus what they had to give.
That is the danger of ego. And, if I may be so bold, of not seeing the divine in what happens in our beloved Republic.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
TJM 10/23/2019 8:51:48 AM (No. 215230)
I didn't bother reading the article because it was written by unhinged RINO Girlie-Man Goldberg. Are he and Pierre Delecto lovers?
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I'm still waiting for the long overdue GOP pressure on the Democrats. Perhaps once they've shown they can actually put up a real fight against their true political opponents then they will have some credibility in "pressuring" Trump.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
LadyHen 10/23/2019 8:55:33 AM (No. 215237)
This was news for about 15 mins days ago. Why write an article about it? Oh, that's right. President Trump is so successful you have nothing else negative with which to fill your weekly quota of poisonous dribble. Jonah has sadly demoted himself to NYTimes and WaPo status, fish wrap and bird cage liner.
Oh and Jonah, what's the name on your fake Twitter account? I hear they are all the rage in your set.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
gobushcheneygo 10/23/2019 9:03:44 AM (No. 215249)
Out of respect for Jonah's mother, our delightful Miss Lucianne, I will not speak ill of him. However, I will say he is terribly misguided in his thinking. Get outside the cocktail circuit, Jonah. It will clear the cobwebs.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Laotzu 10/23/2019 9:08:40 AM (No. 215253)
You've really got him on the run, now, Jonah. /sa
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
mamabear 10/23/2019 9:14:39 AM (No. 215261)
"For simplicity let’s call them Never Trumpers and Always Trumpers." No, let call them Never Trumpers and Never Socialists.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
LesUNo 10/23/2019 9:16:09 AM (No. 215263)
Oh for crying out loud. Is it so hard to recognize the renewed sense of patriotism, peace and prosperity all citizens of this great country are enjoying? This ‘deplorable’ celebrates a President who puts America first rather than embarking on world wide apology tours. I won’t list his accomplishments or disparage past Presidents. But I do have to thank him for working tirelessly for every citizen of this great country.
Mr. Goldberg seems uncomfortable with President Trump’s STYLE and remarkably not much else. I feel rather certain that he too is enjoying his tax cut and celebrates the low unemployment rates in all communities that have lead to the creation of new businesses among Hispanics and the pride of a pay check for minorities. Well, it seems I couldn’t help myself and had to point out just a few of our President’s accomplishments while constantly under assault by the Deep State. The liberals are annoying. The never Trumpets, disgusting.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 10/23/2019 9:16:35 AM (No. 215264)
Never Trumpers are just that! RINO Never Trumpers who wanted an inside politico to become POTUS and I’m certain voted for Hillary! Trump ain’t perfect, but he’s our ain’t perfect...and the weakling intellectual ? Types are having a field day as they slowly worm back in for power!
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
mean Gene 10/23/2019 9:18:19 AM (No. 215266)
The idea of having the G-7 at Trump's Doral resort was master trolling, just like dropping the word, "lynching" by Trump who already knew full well which Dems had used that term about Clinton's impeachment.
Now, why Trump is trolling so hard currently is a bit of a mystery, unless you realize he's already campaigning!
Yup.
Free publicity by the very media that hates him, including the globalist among the GOP, like Goldberg's site.
They fell for it before and are falling for it again.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
starboard 10/23/2019 9:34:42 AM (No. 215276)
Long overdue about what? The Never Trumpers are lobby money suckers. They are not loyalist but globalists and are only interested in their private bank accounts and the hell with the American people.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
Italiano 10/23/2019 9:35:30 AM (No. 215277)
If the GOP "implodes," it will not be due to Trump, but to what Trump has exposed the GOP to be all along. We were played for saps, and post-Trump, a lot of us are not coming back.
Good luck with the Jebs, Kasichs,Flakes, Romneys, et. al. You can have them.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
DVC 10/23/2019 9:41:57 AM (No. 215284)
I no longer bother reading the stuff from this writer. He has proven to be so disconnected from rational, fair commentary as to be of no value, in fact, of negative value.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
Strike3 10/23/2019 9:46:22 AM (No. 215288)
The Mouse squeaks once more. Anybody who can criticize the brilliant recovery America has made after eight years of crime, death and destruction is not capable of seeing daylight in the morning. Alongside all of those big victories on the national and international landscapes, Donald Trump is simultaneously fighting a never-ending battle with a corrupt Congress and the Deep State. How can you not look at that and see nothing but greatness?
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 10/23/2019 9:55:55 AM (No. 215298)
It wasn't just about offering a great place for the conference. It is also about providing excellent security for those in attendance. This resort would have held security costs lower than average, since the resort was all self contained and attendees did not need to leave the grounds. I am so sick of the armchair pundits who think they know better, when they are the most clueless of all in the media.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
Wizard of is 10/23/2019 9:56:33 AM (No. 215299)
I’ve heard Jonah, a D.C. resident, explain away his failure to support the candidacy of President Trump by stating “If my vote counted I would have voted for Trump.” Of course that doesn’t explain the enumerable hostile columns he’s written and his implicit support of felonious Hillary. Fortunately for the USA his opinion was irrelevant then and it’s irrelevant now.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Falconer 10/23/2019 10:24:53 AM (No. 215335)
So what democrat candidate are you supporting this time around Jonah? You should have included that in your hit piece on the President.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
lisa belanger 10/23/2019 10:38:34 AM (No. 215352)
jonah i love your mom
for many years but you are a nver trumper
i do not read you or national review anymore
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
gop_guys 10/23/2019 10:51:50 AM (No. 215362)
President Trump hit Jonah where it hurt most, in the pocketbook. Used to be a big fan. Bought his latest book, etc.. Me thinks this DTS is a real thing. Maybe the wife and I will take a winter vacation to Florida. I’m thinking the Doral would be nice. Play some golf. Lie by the pool. Have drinks with little umbrellas.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
vandal5005 10/23/2019 11:01:02 AM (No. 215366)
Once beholden to the donor class, always beholden. Jonah has much responsibilities associated with our failures as a country. Kind of a sick guy, actually.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
tearza 10/23/2019 11:18:31 AM (No. 215375)
Jonah I hate Ignorance..
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
kono 10/23/2019 11:28:28 AM (No. 215383)
Did Jonah return to full-blast anti-Trump mode before PIAPS started testing the waters for a possible late entry into the Democrat campaign? The last I recall was him moderating his monotone a bit sometime last year, after the 2020 clown show began without her. And I'm beginning to wonder if Jonah's off-putting pathology is more hot-for-Hillary than detest-of-Trump.
Either way, I still really miss the erudite and articulate commentary we used to see from Jonah, and it breaks my heart that his NeverTrump fixation has brought Ldotters to derogate him so openly in front of his mother, whom we still claim to love and respect.
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
govlawyer 10/23/2019 11:38:08 AM (No. 215391)
Sigh....we could have had better in 2016......Evan "Egg" Mac Muffin! [sarcasm off]
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
Enoch Powell 10/23/2019 11:56:31 AM (No. 215408)
Jonah who? Goldfish? Gold Digger? Goldberg? I haven't read him for years.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
Obviousity 10/23/2019 12:12:50 PM (No. 215423)
"ridiculously over served"
-- Jonah Goldberg
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 10/23/2019 1:14:44 PM (No. 215449)
I seriously doubt Democratic or Republican pressure had anything to do with President Trump canceling the G-7 at the Doral. My guess there were security concerns. The President backtracked awful fast. Usually he enjoys stirring the pot, and watching what rises up. He likes fighting Washington.
Jonah is just continuing the NeverTrump meme complaining Trump is too dishonest to be President. Really? Jonah, have you taken a close look at our career politicians (both parties) lately? There aren't any saints, and actually, Trump is more honest than 90% of Washington . Most of Washington has chosen not to govern. They would rather be power players lining their wallets. Trump really governs.
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
dwa 10/23/2019 1:24:03 PM (No. 215454)
I find Jonah Goldberg to have myopic thinking (and I use that term loosely) and not worth reading. In some ways he is worse that Adam Schiff in his Trump hatred and as a result is incapable of reasoned thought when it comes to Trump.
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Yes Jonah nothing better than screwing the American taxpayer. I wonder what victory looks like in your world? What was Trump to gain from hosting this event at cost? Name recognition? Oh please, get a grip, you nitwit, your hatred is blinding you to any reality when it comes to this man. What is it about him? Doesn't he hold his pinky up when sipping tea? Perhaps he doesn't think your flowery rhetoric along with your pals like Will and Peggy quite gets us to the world where the American people actually have a shot at the American dream.
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
vinegrower 10/23/2019 3:31:18 PM (No. 215591)
#23 you have said everything I am feeling. May I add one thing. I would like to see Jonah put himself out there to be reviled, distorted and viciously attacked everyday and do it all for FREE. I see many similarities between Trump and Lincoln. Both men are trying to do the best thing for the people of this nation and both maligned for their extraordinary effort. The press went after Lincoln with a vengeance. I hope history is kinder to Trump, he has been the best President of my lifetime, and I'm 68.
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Reply 58 - Posted by:
walcb 10/23/2019 5:37:12 PM (No. 215731)
I hope Jonah Goldberg comprehends how repulsed conservatives are with the position he takes against Trump at every opportunity. I scrolled through the comments this morning and was heartened by all of the harsh comments directed to J. Goldberg, all composed on this premier conservative site owned by his mother whom we all respect and cherish. I really had nothing to add to these comments at that time and now after coming back this evening to see that it continues, I would have to conclude that even a fool would come to realize how out of step he has become.
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
YorkieMom 10/23/2019 10:19:01 PM (No. 215874)
Reading many of the posts on this, I noticed no one mentioned the actual facts in jonah’s Opinion piece. Such as, Trump used to be pro-choice and pro-gun control. I thought those were things conservatives were against, but I guess not anymore. Message to Lucianne. I admire Jonah and agree with what he’s written. I’m a lonely voice in the wilderness here now, so I don’t comment much anymore, but I’m proud of your son for sticking up for his principles and I know you are too. I’ll never vote for a democrat, but Trump makes it hard for me to vote for him.
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
Foggybottom 10/24/2019 4:47:47 AM (No. 216000)
Pierre... Is that you?
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Reply 61 - Posted by:
NotaBene 10/24/2019 12:40:02 PM (No. 216423)
Jonah Goldberg: this is a War over the future of America and you are on the wrong side.
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He won’t be smug for long.