Once upon a time I was a Republican.
Both parties are being confronted with a sad truth: When you are afraid of the things that we think should scare you and vote the way we want you to because of it, that is good. When you aren’t afraid of the things that scare us, that is bad and must be changed.
I absolutely loath Donald Trump and did long before he ever even vaguely considered running for political office. It scares the beejesus out of me that a large percentage of my fellow Americans can’t see how ugly and dangerous the man has been and even worse, could be. I don’t think those people are stupid, but they have been sold a bill of goods for decades and now when the bill is coming due for the results of that bill, they are scared and willing to follow someone like Trump right over the cliff.
Can the GOP stop Trump without destroying themselves because they have been caught with their hand in the money & power cookie jar? Unfortunately, the answer may be yes. (Just to get my plug in: I’m counting on the midterms to stop both of them). Let us hope they have gotten wiser and a potential wave turns into a tsunami.
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