Trump is no longer the worst person in government

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It’s kind of funny really. Just last year conventional wisdom was how great it would be to impeach Trump, because we had Pence, who was a “real conservative”. Now, according to Will, he’s an oleaginous toady (which I’m sure had WaPo editors scrambling for a hard copy thesaurus). Being irrelevant has obviously broken his mind.
 
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Road-Worrier said:
Now, according to Will, he’s an oleaginous toady (which I’m sure had WaPo editors scrambling for a hard copy thesaurus). Being irrelevant has obviously broken his mind.
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I doubt that they had to scramble for a thesaurus or dictionary. Extreme literacy is common among such people.
 
Can you tell us the what the content of the piece is? Afaict, it is that people should vote D because the currents Rs are even more horrid than before, and they are not talking enough about abortion.
 
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it is that people should vote D because the currents Rs are even more horrid than before, and they are not talking enough about abortion.
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None of the above. What is the basis of that suggestion? About George Will no less!
 
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There is the possibility that Trump is not truly prolife, or that Gorsuch is, for that matter. But they’re better than Hillary Clinton and whoever she would have appointed. In their cases we would know for certain they’re abortion supporters.

But prolife writers seem agreed that Gorsuch is prolife. Of course he says abortion is “settled law”. All laws are “settled” until they aren’t. Under the Supreme Court decision in “Plessy vs. Ferguson” segregation was “settled law” until it wasn’t any longer. There are lots of examples like that.

Trump did reinstate the Mexico City Policy which prohibits U.S. foreign aid programs from being used for abortions. Most importantly for now, I think, he’s not an active promoter of abortion like Obama and Clinton.

He did withdraw support for UNFPA that pays for abortions. He did change the Title X regulations requiring states to pay federal funds to abortion providers.

It was unfortunate that congress did not have the courage to provide him with a defense appropriation bill that didn’t have funding for PP attached to it. In my opinion, he should have vetoed the budget and let the government shut down.

Cardinal Dolan, who is a prolife leader among Catholics, has praised Trump’s prolife efforts. No offense, but as between you and Cdl Dolan, I think I’ll take his side of the issue.
 
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I am intrigued how the Trump fans rally to attack Will personally, but have nothing to say about the content of his pieces. I am looking for an exception.
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Kind of hard to do when the piece in question is nothing but name-calling. But possibly someone will provide some article of his that has actual content. He has surely written some even after he left the Republican party.
 
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Ridgerunner said:
Kind of hard to do when the piece in question is nothing but name-calling
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But it isn’t. You really might make an effort to read the article carefully before launching ad hominmen attacks against its authors.
 
dvdjs said:
Posters might consider doing due diligence prior to posting conclusions and ad hominem attacks.
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People starting an OP might paste the content when they are linking to an article behind a paywall.

I found two articles about Will’s article and neither mentioned any policy critique.

ps. I noticed you deflected from mentioning the policy you claim Will critiqued. Please show integrity in your postings.
 
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I have often wondered, when I see Pence in the background as Trump is signing an executive order or delivering a speech, what Pence is thinking as he looks on attentively, approvingly, perhaps even lovingly – @Hereiam, I totally get your reference to the adoring goo-goo eyes and new-bride-like blush.

I also wonder what Pence would do as President if, heaven forbid, Trump’s presidency were cut short. Would Pence continue to lead the country on the same course? Is he even capable of that? Would he become his own man and lead in a new direction? I don’t know. In this regard, Pence is a true wild card.
 
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I’m going to need a link to an article about Cardinal Dolan and specific praise of Trump’s prolife efforts.
 
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But it isn’t. You really might make an effort to read the article carefully before launching ad hominmen attacks against its authors.
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I said “piece”, not “article”, intending to refer only to the part you posted. As you know, I can’t read the whole article because of the paywall. The part you posted does not have substantive critiques, only very ugly name-calling. Maybe in other parts of the article he says something substantive.
 
Jeanne_S said:
Re read your posts on this thread as well as the numerous others’ of which you comment.You regularly crtisize those with whom you disagree
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Accuses them of being mind readers. Judges peoples hearts. Moralizing. Grammar corrections.
 
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Road-Worrier:
Grammar cop not enough for you?
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Why do you make such a charge?
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Uh, you don’t remember criticizing 7-Sorrow’s and others’ posts for grammar?
 
qui_est_ce said:
Accuses them of being mind readers. Judges peoples hearts. Moralizing. Grammar corrections.
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Thank you for the post, even though itis not germane to the content of the thread.
  1. Mind-reading is, sadly, very common here - people often prefer to argue against what they say others think rather than what others actually say. I think that this rhetoric retards fruitful discussion, and do criticize such content.
  2. I apologize if I have judged others’ hearts I can’t remember doing it, but do not discount the possibility in a heated thread.
  3. Moralizing on a Catholic site? Why would that, in general, be objectionable?
  4. I have been accused of being policing grammar, but the evidence for this charge is, I think. pretty thin. I get more criticism from my bad typing and proofing - and do not complain about it, but thank posters for the help at what I do so badly.
 
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