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Matt Jamison's avatar

I was a moderate and a Republican team player for a long time. The turning point for me was the National Review "Never Trump" edition. It suddenly became clear to me that the professional think-tank pundit class that NR epitomizes has zero influence on voters. Furthermore, ordinary, right-leaning working-class Christian Americans had almost as much contempt for Republicans as they did for Democrats. Then I watched the stampede of free-traders and open-borders clowns like Larry Kudlow pull a screeching 180-degree turn to stay relevant.

I may be a late convert to MAGA world, but I'm a permanent one. Compromise and "civility" has gotten us nowhere.

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Aaron M. Renn's avatar

Part of our conversion got into that. The idea that the "moderate Republicans" stopped producing results.

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TorqueWrench10's avatar

Awesome, are these moderate Republicans going to keep out illegal alien criminals, restore common law, enforce law and order, protect our gun rights, religious rights, speech rights, deregulate the economy, stand tall on abortion, stop subsidizing people who hate us, stop surveilling us, or allow us freedom of association?

Do you think we got here by accident?

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Clark Coleman's avatar

Lots of interesting history and discussion. Still not sure what a "moderate" is, though.

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Peter Payette's avatar

Minutes 4:00 to 6:00 they extrapolate characteristics from Eisenhower's presidency

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Clark Coleman's avatar

Yes, and there are other inferences to be drawn throughout the talk, but not really a definition. I have been searching for decades for a definition, and even those who call themselves moderates cannot give a definition.

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TorqueWrench10's avatar

Oh a moderate is someone who gets invited to the right cocktail parties.

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