I really want to read this but it looks like I hit my "monthly limit of free articles" and, consequently, a paywall.

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I really want to read this but it looks like I hit my "monthly limit of free articles" and, consequently, a paywall.

So, I'm parking this here to read later ... in incognito.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-killing-the-republican-party/2017/07/16/048056dc-68c4-11e7-a1d7-9a32c91c6f40_story.html

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Bob Lai said…
Yeah, that paywall keeps me from reading articles. It doesn't encourage me to subscribe.
July 16, 2017 at 8:56 PM
Michael Meyer said…
We are getting to many paywalls in our culture
July 16, 2017 at 9:13 PM
John E. Bredehoft said…
I guess I can claim that sharing the first paragraph is fair use: "I did not leave the Republican Party. The Republican Party left its senses. The political movement that once stood athwart history resisting bloated government and military adventurism has been reduced to an amalgam of talk-radio resentments. President Trump’s Republicans have devolved into a party without a cause, dominated by a leader hopelessly ill-informed about the basics of conservatism, U.S. history and the Constitution."
July 16, 2017 at 10:05 PM
James Karaganis said…
Well, they're trying to kill us so my sympathies are limited.
July 16, 2017 at 10:09 PM
Neil Lund said…
That doesn't come out clear. Sorry
July 16, 2017 at 10:13 PM
Bob Lai said…
Trump didn't happen in a vacuum. If he's killing the Republican Party, it's because they enabled him to do so.
July 16, 2017 at 10:27 PM
Jerry Mael said…
The gop was defunct by LBJ and neocons long b4 orange man came along.
July 17, 2017 at 12:15 AM
Gerardo Tasistro said…
Open the link in an incognito window.
July 17, 2017 at 7:51 AM
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