What now for conservatives? Where the folks at National Review say we should be headed to rebuild (the convention of states idea is especially intriguing, I think):
The party of Lincoln is in ruins. A minority of its primary voters have torched its founders’ legacy by voting for a man who combines old-school Democratic ideology, a bizarre form of hyper-violent isolationism, fringe conspiracy theories, and serial lies with an enthusiastic flock of online racists to create perhaps the most toxic electoral coalition since George Wallace. …
For at least a generation, the Left has been arguing that American conservatism is shot through with racism, sexism, and xenophobia. And now millions of Americans will face the difficult task of rebutting charges of hateful bigotry while supporting a man who gives aid and comfort to avowed racists, incites violence, and can’t even consistently disavow the Klan. …
… Donors, activists, and volunteers must go all-in to preserve the Republican majority in the House (the Senate as well, but that’s a tall order). …
If the current election cycle has revealed anything, it’s demonstrated that large chunks of the celebrity Right — you know, the people who spent most of the last ten years or so calling out “RINOs” and proclaiming themselves the true arbiters of American conservatism — have proven that they’re little more than populist audience-whores, following where the lowest common denominator leads. …
… the best solution for rolling back the extraordinary growth, power, and increasing corruption of the federal government is the convention of states, the Article V remedy for a runaway president and an out-of-control Congress. If two-thirds of states submit an application for a convention to propose constitutional amendments, then any proposed amendments can be ratified by three-fourths of state legislatures — circumventing the federal government entirely. …
For some time I’ve been advising the Convention of States Project. It’s making progress (Tennessee, for example, just became the fifth state to call for a convention), and the Article V effort has been endorsed by conservatives such as Marc Levin, Marco Rubio, George Will, Ron Johnson, Tom Coburn, and National Review’s Andy McCarthy. …
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!. I know Hillary is a Liar.
2. Hillary broke the law on her bathroom server. One of the penalties is that she cannot work for
the US government.
3. Her appointees to the SCOTUS will be just like Obama’s; Kagan and Sotomayor.
4. Her voice!!
Trump might be all those things Hillary is, but then again he might NOT. I will get one of those clothes pins.
I just had time to look at today’s Times-News
Staring at me is the headline
“NC LGBR law violates civil rights”
Lemme see now.
It is a violation of a civil right to return to a situation that was standard forever before some people created a law changing things.
It is the violation of civil rights pro prevent women from being subject to the leering eyes of perverted men.
Bob,
1. On the question of truthfulness, Trump makes Hillary look like George Washington.
2. Hillary is under investigation by the FBI. Trump is being sued by various Attorneys General for fraud in connection with his “university”.
3. Trump loves Planned Parenthood and perversion, has no understanding of the Constitution and wants to appoint his pro-abortion sister to the Supreme Court.
4. His Yankee accent.
5. Plus there are lines of decency only Trump has crossed:
A. Mocking the disabled.
B. Posting unflattering pictures of spouses.
C. Stalking women who spurned him.
D. Mocking POWs.
E. Attacking people for going to the bathroom.
F. Referencing people’s menstrual cycles.
G. Repeatedly cursing in front of women and children.
I was proud of Ryan today for refusing to endorse Trump.
I was proud of Big Bush and Little Bush for staying out of the race.
Any Republican with any principles should boycott the Trump convention and refuse to endorse the lunatic.
donna j: The problem with that scenario is that even after their gains in 2010 and 2014, Republicans do not control nearly enough legislatures to ratify amendments. It takes a virtual bipartisan consensus to amend the Constitution.
Wandering Views 
Campaign 2016.
Is it over? Or is it just getting started?
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What now for conservatives? Where the folks at National Review say we should be headed to rebuild (the convention of states idea is especially intriguing, I think):
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/434952/donald-trump-nomination-conservatives-must-react-how
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The party of Lincoln is in ruins. A minority of its primary voters have torched its founders’ legacy by voting for a man who combines old-school Democratic ideology, a bizarre form of hyper-violent isolationism, fringe conspiracy theories, and serial lies with an enthusiastic flock of online racists to create perhaps the most toxic electoral coalition since George Wallace. …
For at least a generation, the Left has been arguing that American conservatism is shot through with racism, sexism, and xenophobia. And now millions of Americans will face the difficult task of rebutting charges of hateful bigotry while supporting a man who gives aid and comfort to avowed racists, incites violence, and can’t even consistently disavow the Klan. …
… Donors, activists, and volunteers must go all-in to preserve the Republican majority in the House (the Senate as well, but that’s a tall order). …
If the current election cycle has revealed anything, it’s demonstrated that large chunks of the celebrity Right — you know, the people who spent most of the last ten years or so calling out “RINOs” and proclaiming themselves the true arbiters of American conservatism — have proven that they’re little more than populist audience-whores, following where the lowest common denominator leads. …
… the best solution for rolling back the extraordinary growth, power, and increasing corruption of the federal government is the convention of states, the Article V remedy for a runaway president and an out-of-control Congress. If two-thirds of states submit an application for a convention to propose constitutional amendments, then any proposed amendments can be ratified by three-fourths of state legislatures — circumventing the federal government entirely. …
For some time I’ve been advising the Convention of States Project. It’s making progress (Tennessee, for example, just became the fifth state to call for a convention), and the Article V effort has been endorsed by conservatives such as Marc Levin, Marco Rubio, George Will, Ron Johnson, Tom Coburn, and National Review’s Andy McCarthy. …
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About the Trump v Hillary thingy;
!. I know Hillary is a Liar.
2. Hillary broke the law on her bathroom server. One of the penalties is that she cannot work for
the US government.
3. Her appointees to the SCOTUS will be just like Obama’s; Kagan and Sotomayor.
4. Her voice!!
Trump might be all those things Hillary is, but then again he might NOT. I will get one of those clothes pins.
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They’re the “worst of both sexes” as Mona Charen calls them. 😦
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I just had time to look at today’s Times-News
Staring at me is the headline
“NC LGBR law violates civil rights”
Lemme see now.
It is a violation of a civil right to return to a situation that was standard forever before some people created a law changing things.
It is the violation of civil rights pro prevent women from being subject to the leering eyes of perverted men.
Blithering idiots.
The world is full of idiots.
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Bob,
1. On the question of truthfulness, Trump makes Hillary look like George Washington.
2. Hillary is under investigation by the FBI. Trump is being sued by various Attorneys General for fraud in connection with his “university”.
3. Trump loves Planned Parenthood and perversion, has no understanding of the Constitution and wants to appoint his pro-abortion sister to the Supreme Court.
4. His Yankee accent.
5. Plus there are lines of decency only Trump has crossed:
A. Mocking the disabled.
B. Posting unflattering pictures of spouses.
C. Stalking women who spurned him.
D. Mocking POWs.
E. Attacking people for going to the bathroom.
F. Referencing people’s menstrual cycles.
G. Repeatedly cursing in front of women and children.
I was proud of Ryan today for refusing to endorse Trump.
I was proud of Big Bush and Little Bush for staying out of the race.
Any Republican with any principles should boycott the Trump convention and refuse to endorse the lunatic.
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donna j: The problem with that scenario is that even after their gains in 2010 and 2014, Republicans do not control nearly enough legislatures to ratify amendments. It takes a virtual bipartisan consensus to amend the Constitution.
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Is it Friday yet?
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