"Lowry and others are intelligent people who know better, but their decision to bend the knee to Trump—even if only with a very small curtsy—requires them to take to the pages of America’s national newspapers and say that Trump might be terrible but Democrats are worse. ...

The anti-anti-Trumpers must now define Harris—and all Democrats—as evil beyond words. Otherwise, how would they explain the ghastly compromises they’ve made?"

#Trump #Republicans #NewYorkTimes #character #values
/2

"Principles are sometimes burdensome things; that’s part of what makes them principles. The behavior of the anti-anti-Trumpers continues to be an inexcusable betrayal of the values they once claimed to hold. Many of them spoke, even passionately, against Trump—and then they shuffled into line. And for what? One more federal judge? A few billion more dollars in the account of a donor?"

#Trump #Republicans #NewYorkTimes #character #values #morality #principles
/3

"It’s one thing to sell your soul cheaply. It’s another to keep taking out second and third mortgages on it until all that’s left is debt and shame."

#Trump #Republicans #NewYorkTimes #character #values #morality #principles
/4

"As of Monday, August 26, 2024, we can safely say that the NYTimes is an 'unserious newspaper.'

The NYT’s Monday edition included a guest essay by Rich Lowry entitled, Trump Can Win on Character. ...

When the Times opens its editorial pages to opinions that are objectively, demonstrably false and misleading, the Times should be viewed as approving of those opinions."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #Republicans #NewYorkTimes #character #values #morality #principles
/5

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/harris-walz-campaign-goes-on-offense