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Pragmatism 'trumps' principle
Reader comment on item: Why I Just Quit the Republican Party
Submitted by Joel Scott (United Kingdom), Jul 22, 2016 at 03:51
"... the party of Lincoln and Reagan can rebuild."
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! If Hillary becomes President, conservative America is gone forever. It all becomes California.
Trump has genuinely changed his position to right of center, and he is surrounding himself with safer, saner minds who should balance him out.
Regardless, even if he lurches to the right he will still be less damaging than Obama II.
Don't vote for Trump -- vote against Hillary. Vote to keep the lesser evil out of power or you are helping enable the death of freedom, prosperity and American exceptionalism.
Wake up! There is some hope in having Trump in the White House, but there is *none* if Hillary wins.
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Daniel Pipes replies:
There is also more danger with Trump in the White House.
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| 1 | Well what do the Democrats have to offer us? They all speak with forked tongues.. Socialism [509 words] | Anne- USA | Jul 30, 2019 14:52 | 252096 | |
| 1 | Would Trump be telling us: Islam is the religion of peace? [344 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | dhimmi no more | Aug 27, 2017 11:46 | 240612 | |
| Trump description [43 words] | Kamath | Oct 21, 2016 12:51 | 233509 | ||
 Trump Entourage V Clinton II Masses [31 words] | M Tovey | Oct 24, 2016 11:25 | 233509 | ||
| Hillary or Trump: Lesser of two evils. [560 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Brutus Balan | Oct 8, 2016 20:59 | 233226 | ||
| It is a comment by Robert A J Gagnon [58 words] | Brutus Balan | Oct 12, 2016 19:23 | 233226 | ||
| 1 | Why a Predeliction of current American Politics Bodes Ill for America's Tragedy [327 words] | M Tovey | Oct 20, 2016 16:17 | 233226 | |
| "What have you got to lose?" [72 words] | Brutus Balan | Oct 22, 2016 02:09 | 233226 | ||
| 3 | Next two weeks in the campaign might be very productive and pleasant [334 words] | Prashant | Oct 23, 2016 01:34 | 233226 | |
| An American Post Mortem - What Really Died with the Loss to Democratic Socialism [282 words] | M Tovey | Jan 11, 2021 17:09 | 233226 | ||
| However... [87 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Kepha Hor | Oct 3, 2016 21:27 | 233146 | ||
| Please Rethink [222 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Alana Ronald | Sep 28, 2016 10:11 | 233057 | ||
| Please reconsider [222 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Alana Ronald | Sep 28, 2016 10:07 | 233054 | ||
| Margaret will not help. Thinking is a matter of brains, not pictures. [16 words] | Joe | Sep 7, 2016 01:46 | 232374 | ||
| Your timing is horrible [72 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | ziggrl | Aug 28, 2016 14:54 | 231890 | ||
| Lessons for the future [109 words] | PezDispenser | Aug 20, 2016 15:34 | 231537 | ||
| Constitution Party [18 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Mike Patton | Aug 20, 2016 15:01 | 231536 | ||
| 1 | agree and disagree [39 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Vincent Scopa | Aug 15, 2016 12:10 | 231401 | |
| Amen. [29 words] | Peter Ahern | Aug 14, 2016 11:28 | 231378 | ||
| hobson's choice is a bitter one [92 words] | walter R | Aug 10, 2016 13:55 | 231278 | ||
| Bravo, Daniel Pipes! [58 words] | T. S | Aug 10, 2016 13:53 | 231277 | ||
| You are dead wrong [42 words] | Floyd Green | Aug 3, 2016 15:17 | 231173 | ||
| 2 | A democratic win will do irreparable harm to Israel and the world [127 words] | Prashant | Aug 6, 2016 23:29 | 231173 | |
| 3 | Leaving the Republican Party [205 words] | Ilbert Phillips | Aug 1, 2016 12:16 | 231127 | |
| 5 | The Elite Oligarchy, and the New World Order [424 words] | MIchael S | Aug 6, 2016 00:10 | 231127 | |
| If Timing is Everything -Then Now is the Hour of Salvation from the New World Order [175 words] | M Tovey | Aug 10, 2016 18:45 | 231127 | ||
| No burials in the Millennium [261 words] | Michael S | Aug 15, 2016 03:11 | 231127 | ||
| Ezekiel on the Move..... [130 words] | M Tovey | Aug 18, 2016 10:45 | 231127 | ||
| Election of the Beast [648 words] | Michael S | Aug 20, 2016 03:04 | 231127 | ||
| 1 | Could not agree more [27 words] | Theofilo | Aug 24, 2016 16:42 | 231127 | |
| The Poor [550 words] | Michael S | Aug 26, 2016 06:19 | 231127 | ||
| Why you quit the GOP [215 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Michail Kalman | Aug 1, 2016 02:30 | 231115 | ||
| Americans are Brainwashed [50 words] | DENNIS DURKOP | Jul 31, 2016 02:36 | 231080 | ||
| No Thanks [38 words] | LAMJr. | Aug 7, 2016 18:04 | 231080 | ||
| If a More Credible Republican Candidate Were Available... [59 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 17:19 | 231053 | ||
| Sometimes Compromise is the Prudent Course [133 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 31, 2016 14:59 | 231053 | ||
| 1 | Now is Time for a Unified GOP, Starting With you [956 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 17:13 | 231052 | |
| 2 | Response to Trump being chosen [55 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | A. Chequer | Jul 27, 2016 18:27 | 230980 | |
| 2 | Irrational fears? [219 words] | Stein | Jul 27, 2016 17:21 | 230978 | |
| 1 | Our is not time for classical conservatism. [86 words] | Phil Mond | Jul 27, 2016 05:35 | 230964 | |
| Trump or the Clintons [101 words] | antoni | Jul 26, 2016 18:55 | 230937 | ||
| Dropping out of the GOP [23 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | C.Cannon | Jul 26, 2016 13:31 | 230904 | ||
| Why I just quit the Republican Party. response to Daniel Pipes. [139 words] | Anne- USA | Jul 26, 2016 12:00 | 230898 | ||
| The Royal Family Trump [52 words] | Billy Dunbar | Jul 25, 2016 17:05 | 230864 | ||
| Go Rogue [65 words] | Tony M Robinson | Jul 25, 2016 08:27 | 230846 | ||
| A compliment. [24 words] | stevenl | Jul 24, 2016 18:49 | 230831 | ||
| Huge Respect and Admiration to Daniel Pipes [21 words] | Danusha Goska | Jul 24, 2016 17:07 | 230829 | ||
| easy to point out the negatives [84 words] | apikorus | Jul 27, 2016 16:06 | 230829 | ||
| 3 | How about... [91 words] | Anon | Jul 23, 2016 22:06 | 230795 | |
| 4 | Vanity, vanity, all is vanity [194 words] | Abu Nudnik | Jul 23, 2016 10:07 | 230779 | |
| Fascism [148 words] | Tom Campbell | Jul 24, 2016 11:00 | 230779 | ||
| 12 | No one should ignore Mr Trump [256 words] | Prashant | Jul 23, 2016 07:58 | 230775 | |
| Trumpian Views [68 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Alan Glazman | Jul 23, 2016 06:01 | 230773 | ||
| 9 | Wrong to quite the Republican Party - Better to Overthrow the Elite [419 words] | Alan H Blair | Jul 23, 2016 03:12 | 230772 | |
| 3 | Mr Pipes Please Help Trump [119 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Jerry | Jul 23, 2016 01:08 | 230771 | |
| okay [3 words] | Mark Zabel | Jul 23, 2016 00:21 | 230767 | ||
| 2 | Free speech [565 words] | Joe | Jul 22, 2016 23:17 | 230766 | |
| 2 | Liberal Republicans [68 words] | Hal Briggs | Jul 22, 2016 23:04 | 230765 | |
| 5 | GOP wrongly supported Trump? [138 words] | Raul Marks | Jul 22, 2016 22:34 | 230764 | |
| AMEN! [23 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 17:35 | 230764 | ||
| Please rethink your position [90 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Kal Silverberg | Jul 22, 2016 18:54 | 230757 | ||
| 5 | Trump is a risk worth taking [189 words] | Prashant | Jul 23, 2016 16:24 | 230757 | |
| Well, Then, Mr. Pipes... [30 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 17:37 | 230757 | ||
| 1 | A little late ... [74 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | David Koral | Jul 22, 2016 17:36 | 230750 | |
| Couldn't agree more [42 words] | Tom Campbell | Jul 22, 2016 17:34 | 230749 | ||
| Donald Trump and the rise of populism [284 words] | ANN FARMER | Jul 22, 2016 17:16 | 230748 | ||
| 2 | Solution for the Trump Issue [43 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Liz Marsh | Jul 22, 2016 16:22 | 230743 | |
| 6 | Quiting the Republican Party [109 words] | Herb Yellin | Jul 22, 2016 16:00 | 230741 | |
| THANK YOU! Your Reasons 1, 2, 3, & 5 Are a Perfect Compilation of Reasons for Our Concern [38 words] | Allan Elverson | Jul 22, 2016 15:53 | 230737 | ||
| resemblance to Italian dictator [40 words] | dan e | Jul 22, 2016 15:09 | 230732 | ||
| Congratulations---Welcome to the Club [124 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Mitchell Langbert | Jul 22, 2016 14:09 | 230727 | ||
| 1 | Quiting Might Have Been An Option - Had the Republican Party Not been Neutralized Already [262 words] | M Tovey | Jul 22, 2016 13:40 | 230723 | |
| 4 | Sorry to see you join the others ... [688 words] | BJ Trahan | Jul 22, 2016 13:27 | 230721 | |
| 4 | This is a mistake [178 words] | alberto | Jul 22, 2016 13:23 | 230720 | |
| 1 | Personal accountability [105 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Trevor Kidd | Jul 22, 2016 12:42 | 230714 | |
| Republican party [33 words] | marvin winick | Jul 22, 2016 12:16 | 230709 | ||
| 1 | Better to Keep Hillary Out [29 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 17:59 | 230709 | |
| 1 | Pipes is the only one I follow religiously but now.... [63 words] | Shoshanna | Jul 22, 2016 12:14 | 230708 | |
| 2 | Why I'm voting for Trump [115 words] | Ruth Siegman | Jul 22, 2016 11:39 | 230699 | |
| 1 | Trump [79 words] | John Bowman | Jul 22, 2016 11:31 | 230697 | |
| 1 | Anything Else?! [16 words] | Barry Black | Jul 22, 2016 11:28 | 230696 | |
| 1 | this is a hold your nose election [163 words] | Ghilemini | Jul 22, 2016 11:03 | 230695 | |
| 2 | Fanciful [103 words] | Keith McLennan | Jul 22, 2016 11:02 | 230694 | |
| 1 | Future [97 words] | Ramblequist | Jul 22, 2016 09:24 | 230680 | |
| 1 | Russia looms and Hillary croons [22 words] | judy | Jul 22, 2016 08:47 | 230674 | |
| 2 | You can't run a dictatorship from the bottom up...it is called a revolution. [172 words] | judy | Jul 22, 2016 08:42 | 230672 | |
| 2 | Trump LOVES America! & NOT vested interests. He WILL Unite us! [19 words] | BREE DANIELS! | Jul 22, 2016 08:12 | 230669 | |
| Political Ecumenism, Progressivism, and the Neo-Con Betrayal; Cultural Marxism in Full Bloom [538 words] | David Sauls | Jul 22, 2016 08:07 | 230667 | |
| For All That "Intellectual" Blather... [112 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 18:09 | 230667 | ||
| 1 | relationship with theTrump supporters [34 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | myth | Jul 22, 2016 07:18 | 230663 | |
| Response to "Why I Quit the Republican Party" [316 words] | Vickie Harrell | Aug 3, 2016 16:11 | 230663 | ||
| 2 | I'm staying.. [47 words] | Eydie Weichselbaum | Jul 22, 2016 06:14 | 230659 | |
| 2 | In the Land of the Blind [237 words] | Boris Gorbis | Jul 22, 2016 05:27 | 230657 | |
| Lockstep is the Way to Go [83 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 18:18 | 230657 | ||
| 2 |  Pragmatism 'trumps' principle [117 words]w/response from Daniel Pipes | Joel Scott | Jul 22, 2016 03:51 | 230650 | |
| Revolutionary Era? [175 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | PezDispenser | Jul 22, 2016 03:50 | 230649 | ||
| 2 | Mr Pipes [53 words] | madrigal | Jul 22, 2016 03:10 | 230644 | |
| 5 | Mr [13 words] | Beno | Jul 22, 2016 02:21 | 230639 | |
| Bailing was good; now, reorientation [103 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Larry Behrens | Jul 22, 2016 02:13 | 230638 | ||
| Where to go from here [167 words] | David H Spence | Jul 22, 2016 01:37 | 230636 | ||
| 1 | The Conservative Mind: vs GOP: Republican party [149 words] | jules | Jul 21, 2016 23:38 | 230629 | |
| 2 | Conserve Conservatism. [130 words] | Alan M Bevin | Jul 21, 2016 22:56 | 230625 | |
| 1 | I don't think that word means what you think it means [126 words] | Trevor Kidd | Jul 22, 2016 12:52 | 230625 | |
| 7 | Disappointed [110 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Brutus Balan | Jul 21, 2016 21:31 | 230623 | |
| 1 | Trump's no Saint [43 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 21:03 | 230623 | |
| 1 | Succinct point in raw terms [99 words] | Brutus Balan | Jul 31, 2016 20:27 | 230623 | |
| 1 | Et tu, Brute...? [13 words] | LAMJr. | Aug 5, 2016 19:19 | 230623 | |
| Trump is no conservative [461 words] | Robert M Werdine | Jul 21, 2016 20:38 | 230622 | ||
| 3 | Still Going for Trump [42 words] | Jim Austin | Jul 21, 2016 20:22 | 230620 | |
| 11 | ad hominem over substance [517 words] | Keith | Jul 21, 2016 20:18 | 230619 | |
| 3 | Substituting a Cage Fighter for a Sissy [97 words] | waljay | Jul 21, 2016 20:04 | 230618 | |
| Agree [34 words] | Ephraim | Jul 21, 2016 19:53 | 230617 | ||
| 2 | Lest we forget [156 words] | Marla Hughes | Jul 21, 2016 19:39 | 230616 | |
| 10 | Unpersuasive Argument by Pipes [129 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Desmond Dwyer | Jul 21, 2016 19:25 | 230615 | |
| Trump [6 words] | Verne Dagenais | Jul 21, 2016 18:44 | 230613 | ||
| Congratulations on quitting what's left of the Republican Party [40 words] | John Robson | Jul 21, 2016 18:31 | 230611 | ||
| 7 | Your remarks about Mr. Trump [391 words] | Margaret L. | Jul 21, 2016 18:24 | 230610 | |
| a response to Your remarks about Mr. Trump by Margaret L [132 words] | Rick Ross | Jul 22, 2016 16:55 | 230610 | ||
| You don't get it [94 words] | Margaret L | Jul 24, 2016 10:33 | 230610 | ||
| 4 | Disappointed [60 words] | Roger Froikin | Jul 21, 2016 18:13 | 230609 | |
| Please [101 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Harriet Wallen | Jul 21, 2016 18:12 | 230608 | ||
| 7 | Letting Hillary Clinton win is a big mistake [581 words] | John Meyer | Jul 21, 2016 18:08 | 230607 | |
| 1 | Comment on Trump [56 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Michael jonak md | Jul 21, 2016 17:51 | 230606 | |
| 1 | I Quit Too! [43 words] | SAKOVKT | Jul 21, 2016 17:47 | 230605 | |
| Quitting the Party is over reacting [444 words] | Saul Stein | Jul 21, 2016 17:45 | 230604 | ||
| I'm With You [132 words] | Susan Hunsinger | Jul 21, 2016 17:27 | 230600 | ||
| 1 | Actions speak louder [24 words] | Joel Scott | Jul 22, 2016 04:20 | 230600 | |
| thank you so much [151 words] | Anne Julienne | Jul 21, 2016 17:18 | 230596 | ||
| 1 | Ozzie time zone [10 words] | Joel Scott | Jul 22, 2016 04:17 | 230596 | |
| 3 | Sour grapes [62 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | John Nicholson | Jul 21, 2016 17:03 | 230595 | |
| Too late to prefer anyone else, Mr. Pipes [17 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 21:21 | 230595 | ||
| 2 | and so... [26 words] | josil | Jul 21, 2016 17:00 | 230594 | |
| 4 | Bravo - no Trump, however, this election terribly crucial - No next one. [197 words] | kman | Jul 21, 2016 16:59 | 230593 | |
| 4 | Fixed That For You [31 words] | Mike MacMurray | Jul 21, 2016 16:41 | 230592 | |
| 7 | Hillary is the greater danger by a factor of a hundred [252 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Alec Rawls | Jul 21, 2016 16:20 | 230591 | |
| 1 | Fear is no excuse to elect a lifelong criminal [17 words] | Abu Nudnik | Jul 23, 2016 10:10 | 230591 | |
| 5 | Really? [317 words] | Jordan Montgomery Lewis | Jul 21, 2016 16:18 | 230590 | |
| 3 | The failure of intellectual conservative movement [158 words] | Vadim Anshelevich | Jul 21, 2016 16:09 | 230588 | |
| kudos [101 words] | Gideon Remez | Jul 21, 2016 15:52 | 230585 | ||
| 3 | I get it [244 words] | George O'Har | Jul 21, 2016 15:46 | 230584 | |
| Thank you, Mr. Pipes [85 words] | Michael Caplan | Jul 21, 2016 15:24 | 230583 | ||
| Where is John Galt [165 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Richard Benkin | Jul 21, 2016 15:21 | 230582 | ||
| 3 | You are dead wrong [42 words] | Floyd Green | Jul 21, 2016 15:17 | 230581 | |
| 8 | Big mistake [130 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Jul 21, 2016 15:08 | 230579 | |
| I regret I have but one chance to bail on the GOP -- because I did it already [3 words] | Chip Joyce | Jul 21, 2016 14:44 | 230576 | ||
| 6 | Here is why I am staying with the GOP. [474 words] | Stuart Fagin | Jul 21, 2016 14:32 | 230575 | |
| 1 | Well said, Stuart Fagin [1 words] | Will Scott | Jul 22, 2016 04:05 | 230575 | |
| Must choose [83 words] | Terry Hogan | Aug 4, 2016 16:47 | 230575 | ||
| 6 | Trump's boorishness [195 words] | Ann Wiggins | Jul 21, 2016 14:27 | 230574 | |
| 6 | DISAPPOINTING ARTICLE [141 words] | Jacques Koolen | Jul 21, 2016 14:22 | 230572 | |
| Hopeful? [24 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | H Fragman | Jul 21, 2016 14:16 | 230571 | ||
| Protest vote = Hillary vote [21 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 21:12 | 230571 | ||
| 5 | disagree [39 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | richard | Jul 21, 2016 14:11 | 230569 |
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