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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let me put it this way and it is an exaggerated analogy: if David Duke wrote an editorial about the hazards of multi-culturalism, I would not give his comments any consideration even if he cited some legitimate arguments.

This is not to compare McMullin to Duke but a critic has to have some basic credibility before one can take the individual's critique seriously.[/quote]
I get your point, but I don't think it's an accurate analogy.  McMullin, as I understand it, entered the race as a spoiler *because* he perceived Trump as a threat to the Constitution.  It's not like this is his latest argument in a series of trying to discredit Trump.  This op-ed sums up the entire reason he has opposed him from the start.  If he were just a generic #NeverTrump-er, I would find your analogy more apt.[/quote]

McMullin and other "never Trump" Republicans fundamental objection to Trump was that he was not a genuine conservative ..... and they are right about this. Trump has no fealty to any ideology which is both a strength and weakness. Their other concern was that he was not beholden to the "establishment" and special interests which made him less pliable.

His adherence or lack of adherence to the constitution was something that surfaced later.[/quote]

I dunno.  This August 2016 critique of him in the National Review discredits him for exactly the things he stated in his op-ed:

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/438951/evan-mcmullin-republican-party-establishment-third-party-candidate-conservatives

You have to read pretty far down to get to the multi-point critique of him, but it's consistent with the viewpoint he shared in NYT. [/quote]

This. McMullin has been beating thus drum for a while.

--a liberal Democrat[/quote]

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