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A normal thinking conservative, usually Republican, newspaper.
They have had enough of the repulsive thing that is living in the White House.


Aug 20, 2017.
These are not normal times.

The man in the White House is reckless and unmanageable, a danger to the Constitution, a threat to our democratic institutions.

Last week some of his worst qualities were on display: his moral vacuity and his disregard for the truth, as well as his stubborn resistance to sensible advice. As ever, he lashed out at imaginary enemies and scapegoated others for his own failings. Most important, his reluctance to offer a simple and decisive condemnation of racism and Nazism astounded and appalled observers around the world.
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With such a glaring failure of moral leadership at the top, it is desperately important that others stand up and speak out to defend American principles and values. This is no time for neutrality, equivocation or silence. Leaders across America — and especially those in the president’s own party — must summon their reserves of political courage to challenge President Trump publicly, loudly and unambiguously.

Enough is enough.

Some people clearly understand this. On Monday, after Trump suggested that “alt-left” counter-protesters were as much to blame as Nazis and white supremacists for the fiasco in Charlottesville, a courageous CEO — Kenneth Frazier, the chief executive of Merck & Co. — resigned from the president’s American Manufacturing Council in protest. His departure, which the ever-gracious president greeted with derision, led to an exodus of other commission members.
“ " This is no time for neutrality, equivocation or silence. " ”
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Also last week, five members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a tacit rebuke to the president by condemning racism and hatred in Charlottesville. Denouncing Nazis and Klansmen is not exactly controversial or cutting-edge in 2017, but for the generals to take on the commander in chief is, to say the least, highly unusual.

Many Republicans and conservatives have broken ranks as well in recent months, dismayed by the daily chaos, belligerence and mismanagement. Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) have been outspoken critics. Max Boot, David Frum and other conservative public intellectuals have written articulately about the failures of the Trump presidency; the venerable conservative magazine National Review has as well. On Friday, former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Trump’s response to Charlottesville had “caused racists to rejoice,” and that if he didn’t apologize it could lead to “an unraveling of our national fabric.” These votes of no-confidence from fellow conservatives and Republicans are powerful indictments.

But where are the rest?

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) are the two most-powerful men in Congress. Both have fired off the occasional potshot but for the most part have stood firmly behind this wildly flawed president, despite the taunts and insults Trump hurled at them from his Twitter redoubt.

What holds them back? Craven, self-serving political calculations designed to protect their careers, and dwindling hope that the president, despite everything, will help them move their long-delayed legislative agenda.

Their silence is shameful.

How about the more rational members of Trump’s Cabinet? They should be fleeing the administration, refusing to stand mutely against the wall at his press conferences while he steps on their messages and undermines their best efforts.
“ " Men and women of conscience can no longer withhold judgment. " ”
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Many rank-and-file GOP members of Congress are simply too scared of alienating Republican voters or of enraging a vindictive Trump or of provoking a primary challenge from the right funded by the Koch brothers or the Mercer family. They should wake up and declare their independence.

In California, the pressure is sometimes in the other direction. For instance, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista), a Trump supporter who won reelection in 2016 by an extraordinarily narrow 2,348 votes, knows he needs to distance himself from Trump if he hopes to win reelection in 2018; he has done so, slowly, a bit. It would be nice if he did so on principle, but in the end, he and his colleagues may be more persuaded by Trump’s low favorability ratings and the near certainty of challenges from Democrats in the midterm election.

Men and women of conscience can no longer withhold judgment. Trump’s erratic nature and his impulsive, demagogic style endanger us all.

Republicans and conservatives around the country should be just as concerned as Democrats about Trump’s conflicts of interest, his campaign’s relationship with the Russians and whether he engaged in obstruction of justice. They should call him out when he sows division, when he dog-whistles, when he emboldens bigots. They should stand up for global human rights, for constructive engagement with the rest of the world and for other shared American values that transcend party allegiances.

Rejecting the president of one’s own party could mean alienating friends, crossing allies, damaging one’s chances of advancement or risking one’s career altogether for a matter of principle. But that’s the very definition of leadership.

No one can sit on the sidelines now. It’s time for Republicans to show some spine.

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tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

The LA times...hahahaha.
That is a liberal rag full of liberal garbage. Very unhealthy reading material.

EyeSawYou

The LA Times is a Conservative newspaper?? ROTFLMBO is what world you idiot?

A 2005 report[18] by Tim Groseclose and Jeffrey Milyo, political scientists at UCLA, concluded that based on estimated ideological scores, all of the news outlets they examined except Fox News’ Special Report and the Washington Times showed a strong liberal bias (scores to the left of the average member of Congress). Of the 20 major media outlets studied, 18 scored left of center, with CBS' "Evening News," The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times ranking second, third and fourth most liberal behind the news pages of The Wall Street Journal. Only Fox News' "Special Report With Brit Hume" and The Washington Times scored right of the average U.S. voter.

http://www.conservapedia.com/Liberal_bias

The LA Times is liberal and left.

In a UCLA media study, professors Groseclose and Milyo studied media bias. They rate the LA Times as liberal.

https://www.quora.com/Is-Los-Angeles-Times-liberal-or-conservative

user47602 Loc: ip 304.0.0.33.32

and you get this info from Conservapedia.com? they may also be biased, no?



A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, overt propaganda, poor or no sourcing to credible information and/or is fake news. Fake News is the deliberate attempt to publish hoaxes and/or disinformation for the purpose of profit or influence (Learn More). Sources listed in the Questionable Category may be very untrustworthy and should be fact checked on a per article basis. Please note sources on this list are not considered fake news unless specifically written in the notes section for that source. See all Questionable sources.

Bias: Extreme Right, Propaganda

Notes: Conservapedia is an English-language wiki encyclopedia project written from an American conservative, Young Earth creationist, and Christian fundamentalist point of view. This website is not credible for science information and a lot of reports are simply false. (8/21/2016)

do you believe the earth is 6000 years old or 10,000 years old?

La Times does have a liberal bias, however they are VERY accurate... they do not distort facts and make shit up.

drainbamage

I got a big belly laugh, too!!

Drumpf - not the sharpest tool...LA Times is conservative. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

Liberal.

https://www.quora.com/Is-Los-Angeles-Times-liberal-or-conservative

dljen Loc: Central PA

Issa has a competitor from the Left who is looking very strong.

SBW

Oh keenan, it looks like the new meds did not work. LOL

idaholover Loc: Nampa ID

WTF gives a shit WTF the LA Times thinks about anything?

soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

U beat me too it.

idaholover Loc: Nampa ID

The left ain't lookin to strong period.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/20/democrat-fundraising-worst-decade

idaholover Loc: Nampa ID

"La Times does have a liberal bias, however they are VERY accurate... they do not distort facts and make shit up."

When covering convenience store robberies!

Drumpf-is-a-fool

I notice how not one of you criticized the editorial.
So apparently all of you have now become convinced that the editorial made a lot of good points and you agree with it.
25 for 45, impeachment, resignation, stroke from eating too much chocolate cake, whatever works.

idaholover Loc: Nampa ID

I wouldn't waste my time reading it! Unless it accidentally ended up on the bottom of a bird cage, which I don't have.

drainbamage

Your article starts out with this:

"These are not normal times. The man in the White House is reckless and unmanageable, a danger to the Constitution, a threat to our democratic institutions."


Do you think that sounds like a bipartisan statement that would encourage a conservative to continue reading? If you think so, then I have no other recourse than to think all you want to do here is stir things up. And your last sentence of your post above says it all....