Until quite late in the piece you think David Brooks is attacking Cruz and the conservative pundits who support the radicalism of his methods, so enthusiastically supported by Tea Party types and opposed by the leadership and more responsible Republican office holders.
He is.
But he's also attacking Trump, and he does it very well.
Still, the indirect encouragement of fears of dictatorship and fascism is rather much.
The Governing Cancer of Our Time
Fears nurtured by things like this.
The One Weird Trait That Predicts Whether You’re a Trump Supporter
By the way, while I support the idea of a total moratorium on immigration as well as refusal of entry to Muslim refugees and significant reductions in Muslim visits to the US I support neither deportation of all of the 11 million illegals now here nor arbitrary shuttering of mosques or other persecution of Muslims.
Just saying.
George Will, a conservative radical, on the other hand, speaks faithfully for the people likened to Trump and fustigated for his rise by Brooks, deploring Trump and absurdly exaggerating his unconservatism.
“Hell,” said Alabama’s Democratic Gov. George Wallace before roiling the 1968 presidential race, “we got too much dignity in government now, what we need is some meanness.”
Twelve elections later, Wallace’s wish is approaching fulfillment as Republicans contemplate nominating someone who would run to Hillary Clinton’s left.
Donald Trump, unencumbered by any ballast of convictions, would court Bernie Sanders’ disaffected voters with promises to enrich rather than reform the welfare state’s entitlement menu -- Trump already says, “I am going to take care of everybody” -- and to make America great again by having it cower behind trade barriers.
If elected, Trump presumably would seek re-election, so there would be no conservative choice for president until at least 2024.
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