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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTPM. Marshall. "General Kelly's paean to MAGA" (essential, frightening read)
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/general-kellys-paean-to-maga#more-1090497By JOSH MARSHALL Published OCTOBER 20, 2017 12:42 AM
Lost in the storm and anguish over John Kellys attacks today was a sobering reality. The ideological and rhetorical spine of his remarks was a paean to MAGA. The old days were good. We had real religion. Things were right with women. There was no abortion. Honor was sacred and respected. Now its all crap because of people like Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D), a showboater from Florida who transgressed our last sacred space.
Kellys words
It stuns me that a member of Congress would have listened in on that conversation. Absolutely stuns me. And I thought at least that was sacred. You know, when I was a kid growing up, a lot of things were sacred in our country. Women were sacred, looked upon with great honor. Thats obviously not the case anymore as we see from recent cases. Life the dignity of life is sacred. Thats gone. Religion, that seems to be gone as well.
Gold Star families, I think that left in the convention over the summer. But I just thought the selfless devotion that brings a man or woman to die on the battlefield, I just thought that that might be sacred.
That is the ideological spine. The rhetorical spine of his remarks was even clearer. Attacks on President Trump are attacks on the sanctity of heroism and patriotic sacrifice itself. Again, attacking President Trump is attacking the troops. Its the same maneuver driving Trumps war on the NFL. Kneeling during the national anthem to protest racism and police misconduct really isnt about police brutality or racism it all. Its spitting on the sacrifice of American soldiers.
How whipsawed must someone who was aghast at President Trumps lying about former Presidents and failure even to note the deaths of these four soldiers be to learn that they were in fact dishonoring military service and sacrifice and failing to respect the President who, in Kellys words, very bravely does make those calls.
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But his script turned out to be pure MAGA, pure Trumpism, in some ways more potent because it was wrapped in a lifetime of service but still no less odious.
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TPM. Marshall. "General Kelly's paean to MAGA" (essential, frightening read) (Original Post)
NRaleighLiberal
Oct 2017
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Girard442
(6,084 posts)1. Nothing Kelly said would have sounded out of place coming from someone wearing a Wermacht uniform.
mountain grammy
(26,648 posts)6. So true! chilling.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)2. Kelly's fascistic ardor is now fully evident
NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)3. giving this a kick
NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)4. kicking again for the night bunch
mountain grammy
(26,648 posts)5. Kelly's full fascist. K&R for this excellent piece.