There's certainly an attitude in some measure of the conservative movement that I believe won't accept the legitimacy of any Democratic president, and I think Obama did fall victim to that - witness the 'birthers.'
I have conservative relatives. I maintain some relationships with some conservatives going back to the 1990s... Not in any meaningful way.
Trump's rise to power, fueled by hatred and portending crisis, threatens to eviscerate our constitutional system of government.
Being right doesn’t mean you win. You win by establishing credibility, a relationship, and trust.Collection: Mean
Courage, I now see, is a journey involving self-doubt and self-examination, with the end never in sight.Collection: Journey
The campaign of character assassination waged [against President Clinton] by the right was a singular, unprecedented effort. Nothing like it exists on the left. What I object to on the right is the obsessive hatred, the bigotry, and the personal savaging of their opponents, all achieved through an echo chamber of talk radio, the Internet and Rupert Murdoch's media outlets. That kind of well-funded disinformation campaign has no analog on the left.Collection: Character
Im a former, living, breathing, right-wing conspirator.Collection: Breathing
Ive been interested in watching the level of conservative misinformation that circulates through the media.Collection: Media
I have seen, and I know firsthand, indeed from my own pen, how the organized Right has sabotaged not only journalism but also democracy and truth.Collection: Democracy
You get to a point where the factual adjudication doesn’t matter because there are all these other outlets that are far less responsible, all talking about the ad, some of which have a political reason for promoting it.Collection: Talking
I didn't wake up one day and say, you know, 'Supply-side economics doesn't make sense.Collection: One Day