The Right POV – Even A Conservative Has Had Enough Of Bill Kristol

The Right Point of View is a semi-regular guest post by my favorite Western fiction writer, Edward Massey.  His life is like one of his novels – from the hills of Utah to the renowned McKinsey & Co. to managing the band Blondie to owning a minor league baseball team. He has his own blog about the trials and tribulations of being a writer and you can also pick up copies of his wonderful books at edwardmasseybooks.com. Please check it out when you can. Edward is a good friend and a great guy but his conservative/libertarian politics are more than just my polar opposite – we might not be on the same planet.  But I’ve always thought it was important for Democrats to at least hear and understand what the other side believes, especially if we are to convert them to our side.  They may be right, but that certainly does not make them correct.

What do you do when a Conservative goes off the rails?  Worse, what do you do when a thoughtful voice of reasoned opposition goes cranky and rogue?  Double it when two of them do.  Tidal Sounder has observed the passing of Bill Kristol’s (such familiarity for William) Third Party, of course, with a few words that suggest he does not approve of Bill’s brand of thinking.  In this instance, he should not.  Nothing in years has been as off-base, incoherent, and useless as the nasty and petulant refusal of both The National Review and The Weekly Standard to accept, champion, and guide the Trump phenomenon. Trapped in my own sense of loyalty, I continue to subscribe.  No, I won’t “cancel (my) own damn subscription,” but I will continue to hope that leading Conservative thinkers develop discernment.  In this case, recognizing that Anybody But Hillary is better for this country and get to work writing articles that put shape on the Trump phenomenon and stop nipping at his heels.