08-25-2016, 05:38 PM
(08-25-2016, 05:19 PM)Duchess Wrote: I still don't understand those Republicans who support him, Paul Ryan and that crew. I've read and heard it's because they are trying to protect the down ballot people. I think that's bullshit. If I were a power player in DC I would never be able to respect someone who didn't stand up for their convictions. It astounds me when Republicans in Washington say they don't agree nor approve of Trump yet they say they are voting for him. Paul Ryan said some of Trump's comments were "textbook definition of a racist" and then went on to say he supported him. That just disgusts me to no end.
I caught Lawrence O'Donnell interviewing Glenn Beck last night, which I thought was an odd pairing but turned out be a very good and informative exchange.
Beck feels the same way as you do. He's disgusted by Republicans who've compromised everything they've been claiming to stand for their whole careers by (even if reluctantly) supporting Trump. He no longer calls himself a "conservative" because he says it's no longer clear what that means for several reasons, including Trump's proposals for large government.
He also talked about Bannon's self-proclaimed dedication to Leninism and the promotion of it and how dangerous it is for people to let Trump bring the Breitbart propoganda into the mainstream and not speak out against the white nationalism that it entails.
Beck's no fan of LBJ, or Clinton, or Obama and several past Republican presidents who he feels propagated the false promises of progressivism either...but he at least admits that they weren't/aren't off their rockers and dangerous like he perceives Trump to be.