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‘He’s Destroyed Conservatism’
"Stuart Stevens spent four decades helping Republicans—a lot of Republicans—win. He’s one of the most successful political operatives of his generation, crafting ads and devising strategies for President George W. Bush, Republican presidential nominees Mitt Romney and Bob Dole, and dozens of GOP governors, senators and congressmen. He didn’t win every race, but he thinks he had the best won-lost record in Republican campaign world.
And now he feels terrible about it.
Stevens now believes the Republican Party is, not to put too fine a point on it, a malign force jeopardizing the survival of American democracy. He’s written a searing apologia of a book called It Was All a Lie that compares his lifelong party to the Mafia, to Bernie Madoff’s fraud scheme, to the segregationist movement, even to the Nazis. He’s pretty disillusioned."
I sincerely hope real Repubs can resurrect the GOP from the ashes left behind by the Orange Menace. We need a vibrant, fact based, second party lead by people with integrity. People who are willing to intelligently debate topics like what to do about climate change without denying its existence. People who, if they propose repealing the ACA, have a workable plan to replace it. People who hold mainstream positions on gun control, NATO, trade, in other words, people who reject the buffoonery that is Trumpery.
"Stuart Stevens spent four decades helping Republicans—a lot of Republicans—win. He’s one of the most successful political operatives of his generation, crafting ads and devising strategies for President George W. Bush, Republican presidential nominees Mitt Romney and Bob Dole, and dozens of GOP governors, senators and congressmen. He didn’t win every race, but he thinks he had the best won-lost record in Republican campaign world.
And now he feels terrible about it.
Stevens now believes the Republican Party is, not to put too fine a point on it, a malign force jeopardizing the survival of American democracy. He’s written a searing apologia of a book called It Was All a Lie that compares his lifelong party to the Mafia, to Bernie Madoff’s fraud scheme, to the segregationist movement, even to the Nazis. He’s pretty disillusioned."
‘He’s Destroyed Conservatism’: The Republican Case Against Trump’s GOP
Stuart Stevens was a winning GOP operative. Now he feels terrible about what he’s done to the country.
www.politico.com
I sincerely hope real Repubs can resurrect the GOP from the ashes left behind by the Orange Menace. We need a vibrant, fact based, second party lead by people with integrity. People who are willing to intelligently debate topics like what to do about climate change without denying its existence. People who, if they propose repealing the ACA, have a workable plan to replace it. People who hold mainstream positions on gun control, NATO, trade, in other words, people who reject the buffoonery that is Trumpery.