"F**k it, I'm out": Josh Barro quits GOP, joins Democrats.Oct. 2016

[elleng]

'Josh Barro is a columnist and political analyst for the New York Times (in particular The Upshot, their political commentary venture) and Bloomberg’s* Business Insider magazine where he is currently Senior Editor. He is also a Mitt Romney Republican (i.e., not from the crazy wing).

Today he has finally had it with the party he was born into.

And no, it wasn’t Trump who led him there, at least not directly. It was the GOP’s craven, spineless reaction to Trump that drove him over the edge. In particular he calls out Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Paul Ryan for “taking an action that risks the destruction of the American republic to advance their personal interests.”

I can only conclude from the available evidence that they love their careers more than they love America. And they are why I quit the Republican Party this week.'>>>

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/16/1583175/--F-k-it-I-m-out-Josh-Barro-quits-GOP-joins-Democrats

[applegrove]

1. That is good news. May he lead an ocean of people away from Paul Ryan.

[elleng]

2. Yes, MAY he.

This was October.

[More_Cowbell]

3. "party he was born into"???

Is that why you can't have an intelligent conversation with so many conservatives-- they became part of the GOP when they were born, and never gave it another thought?

[jodymarie aimee]

4. THIS IS 6 MONTHS OLD

JUST SAYING.....

[elleng]

5. YES. OP SAYS SO:

'"F**k it, I'm out": Josh Barro quits GOP, joins Democrats.Oct. 2016.'

[Hell Hath No Fury]

6. Every time this happeens --

a GOPer leaving the Party and joining the Dems -- it cements the DLC pro-corporate stance and pushes the Democrats that much further Right.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

7. Yep.

It's nice to have more people join our party.

I would rather they join over coming to the realization that Democratic ideals are superior to their regressive social agenda and feudalistic economic fantasies.

Is he still anti union? Is he still pro supply side economics? Is he still anti public education and anti strong safety net? Is he still anti marriage equality?

If so, fuck him and let him stew in his own juices. Because this shit didn't just start with trump. And it doesn't end with trump.

I never much understood converts, in just about anything, that switch their belief system from one extreme to the other.

[Nitram]

8. We need more Americans with the principles of Barro.