From 2000-2016, the single most hated figure in US politics & media among US liberal-left was Bill Kristol. only Dick Cheney competed. then came Trump

[basquebromance]

I've never seen one of them ponder what it means that he is now a major thought leader and operative for their political faction.

With New D.C. Policy Group, Democrats Continue to Rehabilitate and Unify With Bush-Era Neocons

This union is far more than a marriage of convenience to stop Trump; it reflects broad-based agreement on U.S. hawkishness toward Russia and beyond.

theintercept.com

 

[DudleySmith]

Trump is popular because he lives in the heads of left wing vermin and corrupt violently racist Democrats; everything else is just icing on the cake. Nobody thinks Trump is an intellectual, except you, apparently. Don't now many people outside of the faggots at the New York Times who ever cared what Bill Kristol thought about anything either. Reagan focused on running drugs and guns and pandering to Iranian terrorists, not crap Kristol sent him in the mail.

Meanwhile Democrats at that time were focused on their new 'Super Delegate Rule', designed to keep those uppity unwashed proles from ever again having a say in the national Party. They went on to rake in billions in insider trading for themselves and their cronies,, as Pelosi and Feinstein did.

 

[Donald H]

In that Bill was so highly valued as a conservative neorightist, which caused embarrassment when he defected.

As with Dick Cheney and Liz and probably Michael too.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

In that Bill was so highly valued as a conservative neorightist, which caused embarrassment when he defected.

As with Dick Cheney and Liz and probably Michael too.

I for one found Kristol to be the kind of mind the party has been so sorely lacking...he's a welcome addition of which we have so few
...are the others still despised by the white liberals for their faux Fascism? or is all forgiven?...
...in any case they all make for a major upgrade to/in the party.