Jilted Never Trumpers Want You To Care They’re Losing
It's weird to see some on the right being welcomed with open arms by some liberals. Of course for different reasons, but the liberals don't care about that of course.
We have folks no longer wanting to be 'republicans' as a result of Trump. Then others stay for the 'greater good', to give some leeway on things we don't like and/or disagree with, in order to get more done overall. It's a balancing act, IMO, and not every person on the right are going to be in agreement on all issues this go 'round. I can handle that, I'm cool with that. Sometimes a little compromise is necessary to get to that greater good as well.
Now personally, I hate to see the party suffer overall, or see congress losing seats instead of compromising to keep folks and help other things get done as a result. Surely giving up congress is something none of us wants to see. At the same time, I understand folks and principles and remaining to that. As I said, it's a balancing act. It is what it is in those cases, I hold no ill will towards folks that are still wanting conservative issues completed.
Whether folks help out in this direction, or some helping out going the other direction - it sucks to see liberals laughing and knowing that it doesn't have to be that way, and they will pounce and take advantage.
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Jilted Never Trumpers Want You To Care They’re Losing
Jeff Flake no longer wants to be a senator.
On Tuesday, the Republican senator and frequent Donald Trump critic delivered a grandstanding speech on why he decided to throw in the towel on campaigning for another term in office.
“There are times where we must risk our careers in favor of our principles,” Flake declared. “Now is such a time.”
“It must also be said that I arise today with no small amount of regret,” he continued. “Regret because of the state of our disunion…Regret because of the coarseness of our leadership. Regret because of the compromise of our moral authority and by our–and I mean all of our–complicity in this alarming and dangerous state of affairs.”
Flake urged his Republican colleagues to stand up against the president undermining American democracy and resist the “new normal.”
His speech was typical of his recent commentary on the president — the now-retiring senator even wrote a whole book about how his principled conservative self couldn’t stand Trump.
But to several liberal journalists, Flake’s speech was one of the greatest in the Senate’s history and Americans will remember it for generations.
In all likelihood, we’re going to forget about his resignation speech next week, but that won’t stop CNN from trying to get a temporary ratings boost out of it.
One of the oddest things about the coverage of Flake’s resignation is how the media tried to spin it as a loss for the president. A prominent critic of Trump deciding to leave office does not sound like a loss for POTUS, no matter how many lame barbs Flake lobbed at him during his “defiant” surrender.
Flake’s resignation is the epitome of a trend that began when Trump first secured his party’s nomination for president — various conservatives melodramatically announcing their exit from the GOP or even the right-wing itself.
Just a day before the Arizona senator made his announcement, MSNBC-approved conservative Charlie Sykes wrote a whole column about how he was no longer going to associate with a conservative movement dominated by Trumpism.
Proudly calling himself an independent conservative, Sykes declares, “If the conservative movement wishes to be defined by the nativist, authoritarian, post-truth culture of Trump-Bannon-Drudge-Hannity-Palin, then I’m out.”
The former radio host believes it is imperative for conservatives to return to those oh-so precious principles — such as free markets, limited government and the very right-wing idea of inclusion — for the movement to keep an important man such as Charlie Sykes in the fold.
Sykes also outlines how conservatism can accomplish the important task of keeping himself happy. The guidelines include purging anyone he deems to be a racist and magically winning over minority voters with Paul Ryan’s agenda.
It’s a real mystery why NBC publishes this guy’s opinions…
Sykes is surely not alone in breaking up with the GOP and conservative movement over Trump. Neoconservatives like Bill Kristol and Max Boot have repeated their departures ad nauseam. MSNBC host Joe Scarborough managed to grab a lot of headlines for saying he is no longer a Republican.
Liberals love these kinds of stories because it contributes to their narrative that Trump is destroying the GOP. The conservatives departing love to engage in this behavior because it nets them positive press coverage and strange new respect from their liberal colleagues — a respectable conservative’s biggest dream!
But do average Republicans care? The answer seems to be a strong no.
Rest - http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/25/ji...theyre-losing/
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Originally Posted by Abbey
Keeping the liberals happy tells a little story in itself. And no one said anything about bowing to anyone. 
You're kinda helping prove my point. Folks obsessed with hatred for Trump, and that hatred is hurting things going forward. I think folks are going against a lot of issues, because it's what Trump wants. Or folks won't even look at candidates, because Trump is involved, or Bannon somehow. And yup, you are right, we all pay somehow, whether right now or down the road.
