Bill Kristol, former Republican and erstwhile opponent of Trump
It's a little perverse, but I enjoy the neocon Bill Kristol, a frequent talking-head on MSNBC. He's interviewed in this week's Washington Post Magazine:
Republican hypoccracy "really came to a head on impeachment, where we fought hard trying to get Republicans to do the right thing and failed entirely, except for Romney.
"I think that brought home to me,
-- and should have brought home to everyone -- that Republican members of Congress should get ZERO credit for saying things in private that they’re not willing to say in public.
"At least the true believers believe it, right? I mean, is going along REALLY a more admirable stance? Is being a cynical apparatchik BETTER than being a true believer?"
Later in the interview, he was prompted: "It’s astounding for so many people to go along with something they don't believe."
He replied "That’s a good way of putting it: They DON'T believe it. But I think they also don’t believe it’s that damaging. I guess if you had to give a reasonable argument, it wouldn’t be that they believe it or that they’re intimidated even, exactly, but -- and I used to hear this when I talked to these people, which I don’t do much anymore -- 'Come on, Bill, it’s not that bad. He’s a jerk, and he says stupid things, but the system is the system. It’s working adequately.'”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/conservative-willliam-kristol-were-really-going-to-pay-a-price-for-this-terrible-failure-in-leadership/2020/05/11/16a87c84-7818-11ea-b6ff-597f170df8f8_story.html
Yes. Bill, we ALL will
Republican hypoccracy "really came to a head on impeachment, where we fought hard trying to get Republicans to do the right thing and failed entirely, except for Romney.
"I think that brought home to me,
-- and should have brought home to everyone -- that Republican members of Congress should get ZERO credit for saying things in private that they’re not willing to say in public.
"At least the true believers believe it, right? I mean, is going along REALLY a more admirable stance? Is being a cynical apparatchik BETTER than being a true believer?"
Later in the interview, he was prompted: "It’s astounding for so many people to go along with something they don't believe."
He replied "That’s a good way of putting it: They DON'T believe it. But I think they also don’t believe it’s that damaging. I guess if you had to give a reasonable argument, it wouldn’t be that they believe it or that they’re intimidated even, exactly, but -- and I used to hear this when I talked to these people, which I don’t do much anymore -- 'Come on, Bill, it’s not that bad. He’s a jerk, and he says stupid things, but the system is the system. It’s working adequately.'”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/conservative-willliam-kristol-were-really-going-to-pay-a-price-for-this-terrible-failure-in-leadership/2020/05/11/16a87c84-7818-11ea-b6ff-597f170df8f8_story.html
Yes. Bill, we ALL will