Never Not No Trump
It takes effort to be loathsome while resisting someone so contemptible. Never Trump grifters remain as objectionable as the enemy who remains their sole purpose years after his tantrum upon losing to Joe Biden ended his career. They hate to hear that, so be sure to repeat it to them.
A debate with options where neither is particularly fun at least summarizes out times. Were the smarmy buffoons liberals the whole time or just sellouts whose guiding principle is churning out whatever dreck donors will pay them? Both philosophies are just lovely in their way.
It’s at least fun to mock the soulless dispatchers and bulwark custodians like determining who’s the worst Cleveland Browns draft pick. But players presumably wanted to play well even if it seemed like they only wanted to collect paychecks.
Gatherers of gold who allegedly resist the equivalent are worst mercenaries available. Effete quasi-elites who struggle to lift their tweeting devices are not about to win your war. Pleasing the daft wealthy dopes who are keeping them afloat is their only victory, and it sure feels Pyrrhic. Besting Hillary Clinton is another uncanny parallel.
People who’ve read the Constitution are punished for not joining either cult. Members seemed a bit pushy even before we asked about day care and gym discounts. If you just wanted somewhere to serve as an oasis for respecting federal limits, you’ve been enjoying life on the road as a nomad.
Our quite same times feature shrieking liberals freaking out about the most liberal Republican president around. True dissenters didn’t want to join a GOP bully cult, either. An unwavering ideology was supposed to be the whole point. For some, the guiding mantra was to rake in cash by exploiting whoever was in a lather.
Government sucks. Some things remain consistent. The party that ostensibly exposes its eternal expansion doesn’t become cool while wielding authority. Remaining in favor of cutting federal spending in half as a good start to cutting it by 95 percent.
Values remain constant for constant people. The question of whether it’s better to abandon them for a quick cash infusion or reflexively disagree with whatever a wayward ex-president spews is a debate for the august pages of a stalwart ether journal.
The resistance unit despises Trump so much that they became liberals. They make as much sense as each other. One of the countless cases against him as the Republican standard-bearer is his fondness for invasive government.
An all-time buffoon’s capricious lust for autocracy came about either because he’s a fan of an intrusive state or just because he likes pretending he’s a strongman boss. I don’t know what excuse his sworn foes use.
Delivery means nothing for the unstylish. Both factions of alleged conservative standard-bearers argue for federal invasiveness. Agreeing with Democrats in order to resist a surly executive whose policies sure often sounded similar is the sort of skirmish each side deserves. Unfortunately, the collateral damage only starts with increased unfathomable debt.
One thing not getting promoted is adherence to the Constitution. Fighting for liberalism is just what the villain in question wants as long as he’s the one who gets to tell everyone else what to do. Obeying pleases Trump as much as unchecked fealty.
Trump’s superpower is dragging down others into the sewer with him. It’s not a particularly nice or useful ability, but it did get him enough notoriety to host a reality show and win some election. The cartoonish caricature is unlike Lex Luthor, who actually earned a fortune while admitting he was bald. Taking the bait is the Lincoln Project’s specialty.
Arguing on his miserable terms apparently isn’t bad enough. Altering views based on what they think their opponent believes serves as one heck of an editorial policy. Ending up agreeing with the de facto Democrat means the farce continues. For the record, tariffs are foolish no matter which president from which party thinks punishing the crime of buying imported goods thinks.
Commentators we respected show that The Simpsons isn’t alone in either getting praised as the greatest or condemned as irrelevant while losing its purpose depending on the era. Missing when it was awesome makes present lamentable output even more agonizing by comparison. Some consumers of conservative commentary may have dug their contributions to National Review or the Weekly Standard in years past. But Trump sunk the reputation of everyone who defined themselves in relation to him whether they were for or against.
Thorough charlatans remain linked in ostensible opposition to a petulant fraud who hasn’t been president since just after his minions threw a vicarious tantrum for him. The only thing worse than taping one’s personality to another is constantly announcing they reject him. People who themselves by what they hate are surely as joyous as they are distinct.
Trump’s semiprofessional adversaries don’t want his tired toxic shtick exiled to the past. His self-parodic shtick was tiresome enough in the ’80s when it was in semi-vogue. But volunteer sentries would feel purposeless without their bête noire and his black glass. Similar phonies still stake their identities on dissenting against who he pretends to be.
Defiantly rejecting allegedly sacrosanct conservative policies was a missed opportunity to reaffirm doctrine just like shyster developer was precisely the wrong person to rebuild the wreckage left by the Obama presidency. The lost chance is perfectly reminiscent of Trump’s tenure. They really are the same.
