But he's the enabler supreme, his incendiary words and deeds giving a blank hall pass to every two-bit reactionary who cares more about Fox News, reality TV and trashing anyone considered to the left of Czar Nicholas I. Sure, it's not all about Trump: before him, there were plenty of dimwits filled with hatred from head to toe. Sadly, and to a shocking degree, they're achieving success with these tactics and inching us closer to the edge of a cliff - a flailing republic plummeting into dictatorship. They willfully refuse to learn or understand the actual meaning of socialism (or communism for that matter) much the same way they reject the notion of critical race theory. Contrary to their ravings, it's not being taught in public schools - it's just being misused by them as a hot button, another way of Republicans twisting respectable and respected academic work into knots, using it to scare white people and roil their bigoted rage. Socialism - a concept that, when asked, I'd bet few if any of the GOP screamers actually could define, and yet they use accusations of socialism as if the real or imagined advocacy of such a thing would create chaos, Bill Murray-style: “Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together . (Full disclosure: I was employed as a writer by Sesame Workshop off and on for seven years and it was some of the most fun and fulfilling work I've ever done, but about as political as a set of Legos.) Or goofy-as-a-fox Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas singlehandedly blocking the nomination of more than 50 Biden appointments because he felt like it, while simultaneously attacking Big Bird and Sesame Street, allegedly for spreading horrifically liberal or socialist ideas. His rambling rant sounded, as per The New York Times, “like a Mad Libs of Republican attacks.”Īs McCarthy spoke, many of the more extreme and reckless GOP members sat behind him nodding in approval, including Louie Gohmert of Texas, Georgia's Andrew Clyde and North Carolina's Madison Cawthorn, who thoughtfully brought along a paper cup into which he could spit his masticated chewing tobacco. And he was one of those pleading with Donald Trump on Jan. 6 to call off the crazies rampaging through the Capitol, only to change his tune.
Observe House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s blab-a-thon, nonsensically bloviating for eight and a half hours on the House floor to stall the inevitable vote on Biden's Build Back Better bill. Fearful of offending their deranged former president and his followers, they backed down like the cowards they are. Look back at the insurrection of Jan. 6, at how so many Republicans initially made public comments denouncing the attack but within days had reversed their stance, suddenly declaring that the assault on the Capitol was a legitimate expression of outrage or even just a tourist visit. We have one of our two major political parties running on nothing but prejudice, malice, insults, fear, disinformation and bad, sometimes violent behavior. They want to create an authoritarian state in which they rule, no matter the will of the public. There's no moral compass or even a decent sense of humor among them.
There's a chance to fix things, yet it's a sad reality that Republican leadership lusts for power above all but lacks any decent ideas, practical programs or the skills or inclination to govern.
Lame jokes aside, an enormous change is necessary and here in our current crazy situation, I'm sometimes uncertain as to whether we'll ever get back to the real world and common sense without the defibrillating shock of some awful defining event.īecause the problem is huge. I'm beginning to think that when it comes to saving the United States and our fragile democracy, perhaps the only answer is to hit the off button and reboot.
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