Bill Kristol, man. Can’t live with him, can’t live with him.
Remember when he used to say conservative things? I’m old enough to remember it (we used to write about it on Twitchy sometimes!), though the memory grows foggier and fainter with each passing day. Anyway, we’re clearly way past that point now. Now, not only is he not a conservative, but he’s an outspoken liberal Democratic shill. Some people out there saw it coming. They should give themselves a pat on the back.
In late December of last year, Bill decided to celebrate Boxing Day by taking a weird, out-of-Left-field swipe at Ben Shapiro:
Today’s conservative intellectual, ladies and gentlemen: pic.twitter.com/ACvzz010Kn
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) December 27, 2022
Apparently the point he was attempting to make was that Ben Shapiro is some kind of “witless” poser:
Perhaps the Republican Party can one day be regained from the hucksters, and the conservative movement one day rescued from the witless. But not soon, I’m afraid.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) December 27, 2022
The only point Bill made successfully was that he’s, in fact, the witless poser. And he made that point again yesterday with this tweet namedropping Shapiro as well as Ron DeSantis:
Watching @GovRonDeSantis, @benshapiro, and so many other right-wing culture warriors, one has to say that the anti-wokes seem to be crazier, and for that matter more illiberal, than the wokes.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) April 18, 2023
So basically, what Bill is saying is that Ron DeSantis and Ben Shapiro are actually way worse than the Woke Mob. How does that work, exactly?
Simple: He sold his soul to The Bulwark.
Pierre Omidyar: "Dance, monkey."
Bill Kristol: https://t.co/X0wikV64aa pic.twitter.com/0AVHMlKF0O
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) April 19, 2023
Yes, that’s pretty much how we’ve been picturing it.
We get it Bill, you're a Democrat now and don't believe anything you did for most of your life. https://t.co/80c0ozPhNs
— J L Fairchild (@J_L_Fairchild) April 18, 2023
Everyone has a price. Or at least Bill Kristol does.
The wokes can’t even distinguish between men and women and think damn near every white person is racist…but Bill thinks Shapiro is crazier. Lol
You agreed with Ben on 99% of political issues up until 2016 you hack https://t.co/SVoJG78OA1
— DemocraticDespotism (@DemocraticDesp1) April 18, 2023
Would be nice to see Bill look Ben in the eyes and actually tell him he thinks Ben is crazier than people who want to cut up the genitals of children, put them on hormones, abort 9 month olds, etc.
— DemocraticDespotism (@DemocraticDesp1) April 18, 2023
It would be, wouldn’t it?
And you wouldn't hold a candle against either of them. . I'm quite certain @benshapiro would be happy to debate. . .
— Christian R.🇺🇸 (@4fatherCA) April 18, 2023
Whaddaya say, Bill? You wanna be an armchair Karen? Or you wanna put some of that Bulwark money where your big, fat mouth is?
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