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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
He's just kind of see-through. He makes his share of good points but he's super desperate to push the anti-left agenda.
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Well, that's not surprising, is it? He's anti-left. That
is his agenda. Ben Shapiro is basically a good barometer from what we'd be hearing out of the GOP if Ted Cruz had been the nominee rather than Trump (minus the religious aspect). Basically, he's the type of guy who hates that Trump is President but is absolutely pumped that Mike Pence and Newt Gingrich are in power.
I don't recall ever having agreed in principle with him on anything except his disdain for Trump, but he's still worth listening on occasion to for the five minute version of "what would someone with a deep ideological commitment to right wing principles say about this topic?" Gives you a better understanding of what the other side is telling itself, even if it's unconvincing. For example,