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It& #39;s amazing that at time when the country& #39;s top two law enforcement officers not only fail to "faithfully execute” the laws, but actively subvert them...that people who actually have the balls to defend democracy/constitution are characterized as lacking judgment/seriousness. 1/ https://twitter.com/RichLowry/status/1123794482577707011">https://twitter.com/RichLowry...
Especially when that criticism comes from guys like Lowry…who self-anoint themselves as the serious, adults-in-the-room who protect the country from unrealistic, pie-in-the sky, Progressive Utopianism… yet gush over someone like Sarah Palin…2/ https://harpers.org/blog/2008/10/lowrys-little-burst/">https://harpers.org/blog/2008...
….Palin not only lacked judgment & seriousness, but also intellectual honesty/curiosity, competency, a working knowledge of the government, & most policies. This exposes two things. 1) The GOP is infected by a form of “political pedophilia”, so to speak 3/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/982604951263129601">https://twitter.com/Nick_Carm...
and 2) Many people who have historically been drawn to conservative ideology for its traditional, orthodoxical, strict constructionist perspective have completely abandoned their adherence to those principles. 4/
Instead they have pivoted away from previously established ideology, and towards a personal goalpost moving ideology that furthers their self-interest, preserves the tribe, and protects their personal investment (ego, financial, identity)…5/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1111278830528794626">https://twitter.com/Nick_Carm...
They have metamorphosed from a tribe that fought to preserve an ideological philosophy, to a rogue sycophantic cult whose ever-fluid and constantly changing "ideology" perversely and pervasively evolves to preserve the tribe. 6/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1029925443430887425">https://twitter.com/Nick_Carm...
There& #39;s a symbiosis between Trump & the GOP where despite knowing that certain actions/behaviors will result in an existential threat, they are unable to suppress their most self-sabotaging instincts. We have seen this with Trump’s presidential pursuits…7/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1086236089675767811">https://twitter.com/Nick_Carm...
...And we continue to see this with the GOP, who despite a post-2012 election autopsy and self-diagnosis that warned of the dire consequences of not expanding the party “tent”… 8/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1120287709786804224">https://twitter.com/Nick_Carm...
They consistently keep doubling down on positions & policies, and supporting and protecting a sociopathic narcissist with a decades long history of criminal activity, that creates an ever-contracting constituency… 9/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1120055255155085312">https://twitter.com/Nick_Carm...
The GOP know they can& #39;t win without Latino support (and women), yet they can& #39;t resist/help but to drink from the fountain of racism, Misogyny, etc… 10/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1120287847230005253">https://twitter.com/Nick_Carm...
The GOP is like an alcoholic who& #39;s dying of cirrhosis of the liver, and knows that drinking will accelerate the progression of the terminal disease, yet still takes a drink in order stave off the short-term pain and discomfort of drying out and detoxing. 11/
Trump is and has exposed a pathology that has collectively infected the GOP and about 40% of the country........the eradication of which presents an existential threat. 12/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1101822790317989888">https://twitter.com/Nick_Carm...
And as a result, the GOP has reached a desperate point of no return where the only chance at self (reputation/financial interests) and party preservation is to tear down every person, institution, precedent, norm, and law necessary...13/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1119709394671816704">https://twitter.com/Nick_Carm...
