The Time to Resist Is Already Here: Do Not Go Gentle

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-18 05:37:28 | Updated at 2024-11-18 07:37:29 2 hours ago

The Time to Resist Is Already Here: Do Not Go Gentle
The Bulwark ^ | November 15, 2024 | Bill Kristol

Posted on 11/17/2024 9:26:13 PM PST by lowbridge

What a cavalcade of kooks and creeps Donald Trump is trotting out for positions of trust and responsibility in the United States government! If the character and quality of the individuals running the most important government agencies weren’t a serious matter, one could almost sit back and enjoy the spectacle.

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Come on, now. If Democrats wanted to demonstrate the Republicans’ lack of a gag reflex, they can consider that point amply proven over the last few days. Now it’s time to make clear to the public just why these nominees are so nauseating, so worth gagging at.

It’s true that the ultimate problem isn’t Gabbard or Kennedy or Gaetz or Hegseth. The problem is Trump. We’re stuck with him for the next four years. But for that reason, weakening Trump politically at the beginning of his term is important. The place to start is by doing everything possible to defeat a bunch of his nominees. That will require Republican votes in the Senate. But one way to get some Republican votes is for Democrats to create outrage at Trump’s nominees, who are so unfit for the offices they’re being named to. Democrats can make clearer the level of governmental degradation their GOP colleagues are willing to accept.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: billkristol; insurrectionist; thebulwark; trump

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1 posted on 11/17/2024 9:26:13 PM PST by lowbridge

To: lowbridge

Bill Kristol would rather have bald cross dressing weirdos that steal women’s luggage.

2 posted on 11/17/2024 9:34:43 PM PST by SpaceBar

To: lowbridge

LOL. What a kook. Butthurt is off the charts. Nutcase.

3 posted on 11/17/2024 9:36:41 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)

To: lowbridge

Sounds like insurrection to me. Throw them in prison for a couple of years before they get in front of a judge.

4 posted on 11/17/2024 9:36:54 PM PST by The Duke (Not without incident.)

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