What would descesed political writers say about this election?

[Thunderbird is the word]

If Norman Mailer, Hunter S Thompson, Christopher Hitchens, William F Buckley, whoever else comes to mind as a political commentator where still alive today what do you think that they would say about the election?

[Ronnie]

Well, Hitchens would be absolutely horrified by Trump, and would probably write a column every week to air his grievances about him.

He would just hate this cycle as a whole, really.  Sanders, Clinton, Trump, and Cruz all go against his core values and beliefs in different ways: Trump for his demagogy, Cruz for his sanctimony and evangelism, Hillary for her entitlement, Sanders for his dovishness.

[DINGO Joe]

Hunter would have loved it, he thrived off of chaos.

[Thunderbird is the word]

Well, Hitchens would be absolutely horrified by Trump, and would probably write a column every week to air his grievances about him.

He would just hate this cycle as a whole, really.  Sanders, Clinton, Trump, and Cruz all go against his core values and beliefs in different ways: Trump for his demagogy, Cruz for his sanctimony and evangelism, Hillary for her entitlement, Sanders for his dovishness.

He'd have a field day with the Hillary/Kissinger stuff.

[Thunderbird is the word]

Brietbart seemed to be pretty critical of Trump. I wonder if he was still alive if he would have had any effect on conservative support for him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlsqj8aQ1Po

[Mike Thick]

I'd give just about anything to hear Buckley's thoughts on Trump.

[Ronnie]

I'd give just about anything to hear Buckley's thoughts on Trump.

Voilà: http://www.mediaite.com/online/heres-what-national-review-founder-william-f-buckley-wrote-about-trump-in-2000/

[Thunderbird is the word]

Well, Hitchens would be absolutely horrified by Trump, and would probably write a column every week to air his grievances about him.

He would just hate this cycle as a whole, really.  Sanders, Clinton, Trump, and Cruz all go against his core values and beliefs in different ways: Trump for his demagogy, Cruz for his sanctimony and evangelism, Hillary for her entitlement, Sanders for his dovishness.

I think that he might have leaned slightly towards Bernie just as the least possible evil.

[libertpaulian]

They'd write about how a Trump vs. Hillary election signifies the beginning of a post-Christian America.  For the first time ever, you'd have two candidates who say they're religious, but deep down, probably don't give two craps about faith.  Plus, their views on social issues don't exactly line up with the "Christian America" utopia the deeply faithful want to impose on us.

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I'd give just about anything to hear Buckley's thoughts on Trump.

Voilà: http://www.mediaite.com/online/heres-what-national-review-founder-william-f-buckley-wrote-about-trump-in-2000/

Yeah, I think it's a safe bet he'd be CruzOrBust.

[Meclazine for Israel]

diseased or deceased?

[MIKESOWELL]

I would love to hear what Maureen Does would have to say about Cruz. I loved her moniker of Shrub for George W. Does anyone remember the journalist Robert Kelly? I believe that was his name.

[Thunderbird is the word]

I would love to hear what Maureen Does would have to say about Cruz. I loved her moniker of Shrub for George W. Does anyone remember the journalist Robert Kelly? I believe that was his name.

Dowd is still alive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Dowd

[angus]

I would love to hear what Maureen Does would have to say about Cruz. I loved her moniker of Shrub for George W. Does anyone remember the journalist Robert Kelly? I believe that was his name.

I think it was Molly Ivins who first called W shrub, way back in the early 90s when he became governor of Texas.  She died in 2007 but if she's doing an op-ed piece for Saint Peter's monthly magazine I'd imagine she has much to say of The Donald.  

Some Molly Ivins quotes:

"There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor does. The other kind holds people up to public contempt and ridicule -- that's what I do. Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful."

"The first rule of holes: when you're in one, stop digging."

"What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority."

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

“It is a peculiarity of the development of American fascism that at the present stage it comes forward principally in the guise of an opposition to fascism, which it accuses of being an “un-American” trend imported from abroad.” – Georgi Dimitrov, in his report delivered at the Seventh World Congress of the Communist International in 1935.

“When and if fascism comes to America it will not be labeled ‘made in Germany’; it will not be marked with a swastika; it will not even be called fascism; it will be called, of course, ‘Americanism'” – An uncredited New York Times reporter covering Halford E. Luccock in an article published September 12, 1938.

“Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged against provisions against danger, real or pretended from abroad.” - Letter to Thomas Jefferson (1798-05-13); published in Letters and Other Writings of James Madison (1865), Vol. II, p. 141)

[Coolface Sock #42069]

I'd give just about anything to hear Buckley's thoughts on Trump.

Voilà: http://www.mediaite.com/online/heres-what-national-review-founder-william-f-buckley-wrote-about-trump-in-2000/

Yeah, I think it's a safe bet he'd be CruzOrBust.

Yeah, I'm agreeing with jfern here. Cruz wouldn't have been Buckley's first choice but would be the only acceptable option left at this point.

[SillyAmerican]

Well, Hitchens would be absolutely horrified by Trump, and would probably write a column every week to air his grievances about him.

He would just hate this cycle as a whole, really.  Sanders, Clinton, Trump, and Cruz all go against his core values and beliefs in different ways: Trump for his demagogy, Cruz for his sanctimony and evangelism, Hillary for her entitlement, Sanders for his dovishness.

Yeah. Fortunately, we know exactly what Christopher Hitchens would say about Hillary Clinton, because he already said it:

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And yes, I'd love to hear what these folks would have to say about Trump, Clinton, Sanders, and Cruz in the context of this election cycle.