Thursday, March 30, 2017

Attacking your own right flank

Hit and Run: "Trump declares war on the Freedom Caucus."
What's the old saw? They told me if I voted for Hillary Clinton, the president would declare war against the House Freedom Caucus. And he did!
As somebody who has never had to deal with the give-and-take of politics, Trump is out of his depth.  He energized the base by appealing to Tea Party ideals, and now he wants them gone.

3 comments:

  1. I'm guessing your Anonymous commenter has a stiffy after reading that one...

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  2. Yeah, maybe. Sometimes I'm just happy to see the occasional comment.

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  3. Anonymous3:54 PM

    I'll just anonymously quote the recent political wisdom of Mr. Bournival himself:
    Maybe that's because Trump's become more conservative than Eric previously gave him credit for, shit for brains?

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