Republicans are in a screwball state of mind

I know I`m stating the obvious to most DUers, but our "friends across the aisle" are ramming their crazy train full steam ahead with the unfaltering goal of careening into any member of the electorate not in favor of banning Muslims, arming elementary school teachers or declaring "great swimmers" as another polar bear falls off the last two-square-foot ice floe. I`m starting to miss George W. Bush even though I believe he was the worst president in American history.

President Trump or President Cruz....beyond frightening, even if you don`t take into consideration that Sarah Palin wants to be Trump`s Energy Secretary. At first I thought Trump was playing with us, interested only in raising the value of his brand. Now I see his support growing in a Jim Jones, Peoples Temple way. The Constitution no longer matters, nor does the rule of law. And, to make matters worse, we have an enabling media, slavishly chasing rising ratings by repeating Trump`s demagoguery several times during each segment. It`s sickening.

The Republican candidate`s dangerous sideshow has made think long and hard about how much words matter. Words can be used to incite, denigrate, bully, shame, mislead. Or, they can inform, inspire, comfort, guide. So far, our three candidates have kept their feet out of the cesspool, and I hope that continues.