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#NYTimesOpEd

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We're probably all going to forget about the anonymous New York Times op-ed in a few weeks, but in the meantime, I've dropped a lot of thoughts on it in various locales. The following is a preservation of those. The anonymous New York Times op-ed is a pointless rehash of the same old complaints we've been hearing about Trump since he descended the golden escalator. He is "amoral," "unprincipled," "not a real conservative," "not a real Republican," "petty," "unpredictable," "impulsive," "fond of dictators," etc. etc. etc. As far as information, it reveals absolutely nothing. And without a name attached to it, it confirms none of the old suspicions it so thoroughly catalogs. To be sure, most of the analysis of the article is focused on who might have written it, a clear sign that no one regards the essay as bringing out some hot new revelation. Moreover, the piece is sloppy in the extreme. For som...