I can't remember where I read it (might have been Matty Y), but the observation is that conservatism can't fail, only be failed. Dubya was an exemplar conservative until he was unpopular and then he became a mutant liberal. Trump is a conservative as long as he's passing taxes, as soon as he washes out republican majorities he'll be an unorthodox lib. Republicans never change their core policies - low taxes for rich people - just the packaging it comes in.
I can't remember where I read it (might have been Matty Y), but the observation is that conservatism can't fail, only be failed. Dubya was an exemplar conservative until he was unpopular and then he became a mutant liberal. Trump is a conservative as long as he's passing taxes, as soon as he washes out republican majorities he'll be an unorthodox lib. Republicans never change their core policies - low taxes for rich people - just the packaging it comes in.
Yup, that was a MY piece from the other day, suggesting that Captain Secret OpEd is laying the groundwork for conservatives disowning Trump. They really are like Marxists whose fallback position, over and over, is that communism hasn't really been tried, so, for reals, it's still a legit option no matter the horror show it keeps on proving to be. If you want to understand Republicans, look to Communists.