The current, far-right control of a spineless GOP, led by a spineless Speaker of the House, will doom our republic.
TAT readers,
This is a very short but necessary Saturday post and linked to an earlier post of mine on LinkedIn this morning. These things must be said out loud and even though statements like this always cost TAT, several subscribers.
My short statement revolves around a linked, Associated article about Kevin McCarthy’s spineless subservience to a GOP controlled by far-right extremists and their intention to shut down, the US government.
Our nation must purge ourselves of far-right extremism, if we are to survive.
Below is the article from the AP:
Speaker McCarthy gives in to hardline conservatives in hopes of solving government funding impasse | AP News
While you were writing that I've been poking around in Google Images looking for graphs showing the degree of polarization. What I see is that Newt Gingrich didn't cause our problems, he's just the opportunist that noticed conditions and set our current troubles in motion. The Republicans, based on their behavior rather than the public theater, have absolutely no interest in fixing this problem. They haven't legitimately won the presidency since 1988 and I greatly fear what happens when a major political party in this country expires.