{"id":35951,"date":"2016-08-17T07:03:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T13:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=35951"},"modified":"2016-08-17T07:14:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T13:14:26","slug":"trump-is-conservatisms-dunkirk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/08\/trump-is-conservatisms-dunkirk.html","title":{"rendered":"“Trump is Conservatism’s Dunkirk”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Capra's<\/a>
The retreat from Dunkirk
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It\u2019s still possible that Mr. Donald J. Trump could be the next president of the United States. \u00a0But it\u2019s quite unlikely, and he seems to be preparing for his historic loss:<\/p>\n

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\u201cInsiders to Trump: Drop Out\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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His only hope is that Hillary Clinton might self-destruct, leaving him as the sole electable survivor of this year\u2019s presidential reality show. \u00a0And she could, conceivable. \u00a0She\u2019s a terrible candidate, the second most unpopular in modern history. \u00a0But she\u2019s running against the\u00a0most<\/em>\u00a0unpopular. \u00a0Lucky Hillary. \u00a0Trumpulism managed to impose on the Republican Party the one candidate to whom she virtually could not lose.<\/p>\n

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\"Titanic<\/a>
The Trump campaign sets sail from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
(Wikimedia Commons public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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It\u2019s still possible that Mr. Donald J. Trump could be the next president of the United States. \u00a0But it\u2019s quite unlikely, and he seems to be preparing for his historic loss:<\/p>\n

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\u201cInsiders to Trump: Drop Out\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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His only hope is that Hillary Clinton might self-destruct, leaving him as the sole electable survivor of this year\u2019s presidential reality show. \u00a0And she could, conceivable. \u00a0She\u2019s a terrible candidate, the second most unpopular in modern history. \u00a0But she\u2019s running against the most<\/em> unpopular. \u00a0Lucky Hillary. \u00a0Trumpulism managed to impose on the Republican Party the one candidate to whom she virtually could not lose.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhy landslide elections don\u2019t happen much anymore \u2014 but could this year\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Donald Trump interview that should terrify national Republicans, annotated\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cTrump is Losing, and Losing It\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cA Landslide of His Own Making\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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The only real question seems to be how much damage Trumpulism will have done to the Republican Party. \u00a0Will it wipe candidates out down the ticket? \u00a0Will Republicans lose the Senate? \u00a0He\u2019s apparently fine with that. \u00a0Will Republicans lose the House? \u00a0He may not care. \u00a0Will it weaken the Republican Party for a generation, if not altogether destroy it? \u00a0Will it leave the United States with, effectively, a one-party system?<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Worst News for Trump in the Marist Poll\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cTo Save the Party, Pull the Plug on Trump Now\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ben Shapiro eloquently explains why conservatives should not support Mr. Donald J. Trump:<\/p>\n

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\u201cTrump is Conservatism\u2019s Dunkirk\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mr. Trump is\u00a0an unspeakably awful candidate:<\/p>\n

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\u201cMany people are saying \u2014 that Trump drives conspiracies and gossip\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cTrump vs. Trump\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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But his wife would surely represent a novelty among First Ladies:<\/p>\n

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\u201cOf Modesty and Melania\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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So whose fault will it be, when Mr. Donald J. Trump is revealed as (his words) a \u201cpathetic loser\u201d?<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs Donald Trump Craters in the Polls, Is Never Trump to Blame?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

To any true-believing Trumpulists out there: \u00a0I don\u2019t particularly hate saying that I told you so.<\/p>\n

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This was very nearly as predictable as tomorrow\u2019s sunrise.<\/p>\n

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Posted from Oslo, Norway<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 It\u2019s still possible that Mr. Donald J. Trump could be the next president of the United States. \u00a0But it\u2019s quite unlikely, and he seems to be preparing for his historic loss: \u00a0 \u201cInsiders to Trump: Drop Out\u201d \u00a0 His only hope is that Hillary Clinton might self-destruct, leaving him as the sole electable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n"Trump is Conservatism's Dunkirk"<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"    It's still possible that Mr. Donald J. 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