Not sure why I got to thinking about him tonight, but I did.
A few months ago he had a fit and declared that he was leaving the Republican party and going independent...because of Donald Trump. He said, "This is not my party." Presumably, he meant to add "anymore". And all because A) Trump got the nomination; and B) Paul Ryan endorsed him. Not sure what he wanted Ryan to do with a duly elected nominee instead; apparently Will isn't down with that whole "government of, by, and for the People" nonsense.
So then Ryan decided that sucking up to the Left was more in his interest than supporting the, you know, Republican voters, and he disavowed Trump. Said a bunch of crappy things about him and pulled his support, all because of some stupid guy talk that, turns out, nobody was really all that horrified by (unless they were being paid to do so).
So what happens if Hillary wins in November? Will George Will decide he wants to be a Republican after all? Or is he just so disgusted and stomping his senile feet over the GOP having the GALL! to nominate a NOKD that they are never ever ever getting back together? I mean, I get it. The nomination of John McCain, and the ensuing treatment of Sarah Palin, is what prompted me to finally dump the GOP. We'd been having problems for years anyway, and growing in different directions. I tried to hold on in hopes that things would get better, then realized we no longer had anything in common anymore and it was time to call it a day. We parted friends, no hard feelings.
Until now. Now I look at the GOP like you look at an old boyfriend who went off the edge and is now on drugs or in prison. He wasn't like that when I was with him; what made him turn like that? Or maybe he was like that all along and I just didn't see it? Now I look at them with pity, but no desire to resume our relationship; in fact, no interest in being associated with them at all. It's embarrassing to admit that I was once one of them. And, like Will, it's because of Trump - but it's the way the GOP leadership is acting over Trump, not Trump himself. He just showed me what a bunch of aholes they are.
So back to George Will:
He left the party supposedly because of one person, who isn't even a party leader (yet) and certainly doesn't set the agenda for the GOP (yet). That to me is the ultimate immature spite move and I'm curious what prompted it. I know that it couldn't have actually been because of Trump, unless Will is more dotty than I thought. One person isn't a good reason to change allegiance, especially when everyone else in the gang is still on board. If Trump got elected, THEN he could stomp off in a huff. But his defection seems premature to me, and therefore suspicious.
Anyway, that's what I'm thinking about tonight.
A few months ago he had a fit and declared that he was leaving the Republican party and going independent...because of Donald Trump. He said, "This is not my party." Presumably, he meant to add "anymore". And all because A) Trump got the nomination; and B) Paul Ryan endorsed him. Not sure what he wanted Ryan to do with a duly elected nominee instead; apparently Will isn't down with that whole "government of, by, and for the People" nonsense.
So then Ryan decided that sucking up to the Left was more in his interest than supporting the, you know, Republican voters, and he disavowed Trump. Said a bunch of crappy things about him and pulled his support, all because of some stupid guy talk that, turns out, nobody was really all that horrified by (unless they were being paid to do so).
So what happens if Hillary wins in November? Will George Will decide he wants to be a Republican after all? Or is he just so disgusted and stomping his senile feet over the GOP having the GALL! to nominate a NOKD that they are never ever ever getting back together? I mean, I get it. The nomination of John McCain, and the ensuing treatment of Sarah Palin, is what prompted me to finally dump the GOP. We'd been having problems for years anyway, and growing in different directions. I tried to hold on in hopes that things would get better, then realized we no longer had anything in common anymore and it was time to call it a day. We parted friends, no hard feelings.
Until now. Now I look at the GOP like you look at an old boyfriend who went off the edge and is now on drugs or in prison. He wasn't like that when I was with him; what made him turn like that? Or maybe he was like that all along and I just didn't see it? Now I look at them with pity, but no desire to resume our relationship; in fact, no interest in being associated with them at all. It's embarrassing to admit that I was once one of them. And, like Will, it's because of Trump - but it's the way the GOP leadership is acting over Trump, not Trump himself. He just showed me what a bunch of aholes they are.
So back to George Will:
He left the party supposedly because of one person, who isn't even a party leader (yet) and certainly doesn't set the agenda for the GOP (yet). That to me is the ultimate immature spite move and I'm curious what prompted it. I know that it couldn't have actually been because of Trump, unless Will is more dotty than I thought. One person isn't a good reason to change allegiance, especially when everyone else in the gang is still on board. If Trump got elected, THEN he could stomp off in a huff. But his defection seems premature to me, and therefore suspicious.
Anyway, that's what I'm thinking about tonight.
