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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Saturday, March 4, 2023

Still No Good Republicans

 Nikki Haley's appearance at Tragic: The Gathering is a great example of the descent of the GOP into blubbering lunacy. Haley is - most likely private life - a decent enough person for a politician. She did take down the Confederate battle flag from South Carolina's capitol grounds, for instance. 

Yet, she has to embrace the drooling idiocy of modern "conservative discourse."

I have said and will continue to say that certain rhetorical flourishes among left wing activists (Defund the Police!) were counterproductive. But you don't and never will hear Joe Biden talk about defunding police forces. Meanwhile, the very best (presumably) that the GOP has to offer is that treating trans people with respect is worse than a pandemic that killed over a million Americans.

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