Hearing Rachel Maddow interview Liz Cheney -- after the lead-in recounting how she had formed her own political identity around an "anti-Cheney" axis -- was truly heartwarming. That people who disagree on just about everything else agree on the menace of Trump should do something to shake the Trump apologists out of their subservience. J…
Hearing Rachel Maddow interview Liz Cheney -- after the lead-in recounting how she had formed her own political identity around an "anti-Cheney" axis -- was truly heartwarming. That people who disagree on just about everything else agree on the menace of Trump should do something to shake the Trump apologists out of their subservience. Judge Luttig teaming up with Lawrence Tribe is another sign that maybe, just maybe the anti-Trumpers (of all political persuasions) have a point.
Instead, the Trump apologists try to identify some nefarious reason for Cheney, Luttig, Kinzinger, George Conway, Charlie Sykes et al. to be taking the stance they have.
I think the reason I've been anti-Trump since 2015 is this: I'm not confident that I know what the best policy choices are -- i.e., which good things should be traded off for other good things when you can't have them all, or what is the most effective way to achieve what everyone agrees is good. But I am more confident that I can recognize abysmal character when I see it. And at some point, bad character really is more damaging than suboptimal policy.
Hearing Rachel Maddow interview Liz Cheney -- after the lead-in recounting how she had formed her own political identity around an "anti-Cheney" axis -- was truly heartwarming. That people who disagree on just about everything else agree on the menace of Trump should do something to shake the Trump apologists out of their subservience. Judge Luttig teaming up with Lawrence Tribe is another sign that maybe, just maybe the anti-Trumpers (of all political persuasions) have a point.
Instead, the Trump apologists try to identify some nefarious reason for Cheney, Luttig, Kinzinger, George Conway, Charlie Sykes et al. to be taking the stance they have.
I think the reason I've been anti-Trump since 2015 is this: I'm not confident that I know what the best policy choices are -- i.e., which good things should be traded off for other good things when you can't have them all, or what is the most effective way to achieve what everyone agrees is good. But I am more confident that I can recognize abysmal character when I see it. And at some point, bad character really is more damaging than suboptimal policy.