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George Will can turn a phrase with the best of them.<\/p>\n

The noted columnist and television commentator is well-known for a lot of things, which include: his ardent political conservatism and his equally ardent love for baseball.<\/p>\n

I’ll set aside the baseball expertise for a moment and focus on what he has said about the presumptive Republican Party candidate for president of the United States.<\/p>\n

Will has given up on his Republican Party because of Trump’s emergence as the standard bearer in this fall’s campaign for the White House.<\/p>\n

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He has registered in Maryland, where he lives, as an “unaffiliated” voter. He no longer is a registered Republican.<\/p>\n

Actually, this isn’t huge news. It’s important only because of Will’s standing among the conservative intelligentsia.<\/p>\n

Even tough Will’s abandonment of his party isn’t a huge surprise, it stands to reason, given that the presumptive nominee has zero public record on which to run. Moreover, many of the positions he has taken in the past — such as being against free trade, being pro-choice on abortion — run directly counter to traditional Republican political orthodoxy.<\/p>\n

Frankly, I prefer the Texas method of registering voters. We don’t declare party affiliation when we get our voter registration card. We vote in whichever primary we want and our card might — or might not — get stamped by the polling place judge at the time we vote.<\/p>\n

Will’s best advice this year to Republicans?<\/p>\n

Suck it up. Prepare yourselves to lose the White House and then work like hell to win it back in 2020.<\/p>\n\n

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