It's doozies like this that make it difficult for lifelong Democratic centrists like me to fully embrace "conservative" Never Trumpers like S.E.: "So you've got Democrats arguing about progressivism versus more progressivism. And you've got Republicans arguing about nonsense like tariffs and let's explode the debt. Who cares? Crazy stuff…
It's doozies like this that make it difficult for lifelong Democratic centrists like me to fully embrace "conservative" Never Trumpers like S.E.: "So you've got Democrats arguing about progressivism versus more progressivism. And you've got Republicans arguing about nonsense like tariffs and let's explode the debt. Who cares? Crazy stuff. No one's here to talk about conservatism." Is that what Democrats are arguing about? I thought the argument was about who could best defeat Trump in November-Biden, Harris or someone else. Taking a swing at the "progressive pinata" is disingenuous at best. They are at the moment a fringe movement within the Democratic party. Moreover, it's conservatives like S.E. (aided and abetted by some corporate Democrats) that led to the gutting of a large chunk of the US industrial base as we offshored core industries like steel and semiconductor production. Tariffs broadly applied are probably not the answer, but I can't fault those who see selective tariffs as a possible way to shield certain industries. S.E. seems more interested in tarring Democrats as far lefties to preserve her precious memories of "conservatism" (was that during the 2008 financial crisis under Bush II or the Iraq War under Bush II?) and play both sides bad instead of accepting that most of what she once believed about Republican conservatism was (to steal from the title of Neil Sheehan's book about John Paul Vann and the US experience in Vietnam) a bright, shining lie.
It's doozies like this that make it difficult for lifelong Democratic centrists like me to fully embrace "conservative" Never Trumpers like S.E.: "So you've got Democrats arguing about progressivism versus more progressivism. And you've got Republicans arguing about nonsense like tariffs and let's explode the debt. Who cares? Crazy stuff. No one's here to talk about conservatism." Is that what Democrats are arguing about? I thought the argument was about who could best defeat Trump in November-Biden, Harris or someone else. Taking a swing at the "progressive pinata" is disingenuous at best. They are at the moment a fringe movement within the Democratic party. Moreover, it's conservatives like S.E. (aided and abetted by some corporate Democrats) that led to the gutting of a large chunk of the US industrial base as we offshored core industries like steel and semiconductor production. Tariffs broadly applied are probably not the answer, but I can't fault those who see selective tariffs as a possible way to shield certain industries. S.E. seems more interested in tarring Democrats as far lefties to preserve her precious memories of "conservatism" (was that during the 2008 financial crisis under Bush II or the Iraq War under Bush II?) and play both sides bad instead of accepting that most of what she once believed about Republican conservatism was (to steal from the title of Neil Sheehan's book about John Paul Vann and the US experience in Vietnam) a bright, shining lie.