Originally published on my blog: www.civilnotion.com
The Republican Party is officially an Emperor with no clothes. How do I know this? I saw its ass hanging out on the Monday night debate. I don’t know whether Trump is as he appears. His apologists say “not.” Kelly Conway claims he doesn’t lie because he doesn’t know the truth. Governor Pence, in his earnest, toady manner, sights a decency not apparent to the naked eye.
Whether Donald doesn’t really see or simply chooses not to, makes no real difference. Neither blindness nor self-delusion are traits we should want in our President, let alone the presumptive leader of the free world.
What must he do to shake support? Party patricians, who swore they would #never Trump just weeks ago, are now defenders apologizing on behalf of a candidate clearly unqualified to be President and unqualifiedly a disaster waiting to happen.
The mic was not the only bum on the podium Monday night. His rants about others and raves about himself would have been embarrassing to most people the morning after. Not to Donald — denial and double-down are his middle names.
This entire election eludes me. The quality of candidates — and in this group I include Johnson and Stein — the willingness of supporters and surrogates alike to mansplain away the deficiencies and demeanor of the standard bearers is simply inexplicable.
Is the desire for change so strong? Are we, as a nation, so unhappy about our situation, so hopeless about our plight, so unwilling to do something positive, so frightened to tell the emperor he is wearing no clothes that we are willing to commit societal suicide? Is Donald D.D. Trump another Jim Jones? Is America another Johnstown, only on a grander scale?
No matter who emerges the winner in November, we the people will be the losers. The seeds of continued division and dissension are sprouting; I fear they will bloom ingloriously before the nation has the opportunity to pull this weed masquerading as a flower. All I can say is “God save America.”
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