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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum“Sooner or later, we all sit down to a banquet of consequences.”
Warning: George Will. Highfalutin' words ahead.
Trumps shallowness runs deep
By George F. Will Opinion writer August 3 at 7:05 PM
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The nation, however, is not immune to the lasting damage that is being done to it by Trumps success in normalizing post-factual politics. It is being poisoned by the injection into its bloodstream of the cynicism required of those Republicans who persist in pretending that although Trump lies constantly and knows nothing, these blemishes do not disqualify him from being president.
As when, last week, Mike Pence reproved Obama for deploring, obviously with Trump in mind, homegrown demagogues. Pence, doing his well-practiced imitation of a country vicar saddened by the discovery of sin in his parish, said with sorrowful solemnity: I dont think name-calling has any place in public life. As in Lyin Ted Cruz and Little Marco Rubio and Crooked Hillary Clinton?
Pence is just the most recent example of how the rubble of ruined reputations will become deeper before Nov. 8. It has been well said that sooner or later, we all sit down to a banquet of consequences. The Republican Partys multicourse banquet has begun.
By George F. Will Opinion writer August 3 at 7:05 PM
http://twitter.com/georgewill
....
The nation, however, is not immune to the lasting damage that is being done to it by Trumps success in normalizing post-factual politics. It is being poisoned by the injection into its bloodstream of the cynicism required of those Republicans who persist in pretending that although Trump lies constantly and knows nothing, these blemishes do not disqualify him from being president.
As when, last week, Mike Pence reproved Obama for deploring, obviously with Trump in mind, homegrown demagogues. Pence, doing his well-practiced imitation of a country vicar saddened by the discovery of sin in his parish, said with sorrowful solemnity: I dont think name-calling has any place in public life. As in Lyin Ted Cruz and Little Marco Rubio and Crooked Hillary Clinton?
Pence is just the most recent example of how the rubble of ruined reputations will become deeper before Nov. 8. It has been well said that sooner or later, we all sit down to a banquet of consequences. The Republican Partys multicourse banquet has begun.
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“Sooner or later, we all sit down to a banquet of consequences.” (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2016
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Jade Fox
(10,030 posts)1. "normalizing post-factual politics..."
Well put, Mr. Will.
Sadly, we've been moving in the direction of "post-factual politics" for some time in this country, largely due to the Right-Wing Noise Machine.
WhiteTara
(29,728 posts)2. A monster of their own making
and now George has a sad.
yellowcanine
(35,702 posts)3. "Banquet of Consequences" would be a great name for a rock band.