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DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
Tue Oct 11, 2016, 12:51 AM Oct 2016

Donald Trump is the GOP’s chemotherapy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/donald-trumps-vile-candidacy-is-chemotherapy-for-the-gop/2016/10/10/73e40f30-8f05-11e6-9c85-ac42097b8cc0_story.html?utm_term=.be271afd0bde

OK, when the Washington Post and George F'n Will describe losing an election as "Chemotherapy" you know you are in the waters where the sharks jump and the ships sink.

"Trump is a marvelously efficient acid bath, stripping away his supporters’ surfaces, exposing their skeletal essences. Consider Mike Pence, a favorite of what Republicans devoutly praise as America’s “faith community.” Some of its representatives, their crucifixes glittering in the television lights, are still earnestly explaining the urgency of giving to Trump, who agreed that his daughter is “a piece of ass,” the task of improving America’s coarsened culture.Because Pence looks relatively presidential when standing next to Trump — talk about defining adequacy down — some Republicans want Trump to slink away, allowing Pence to float to the top of the ticket and represent Republicanism resurrected. This idea ignores a pertinent point: Pence is standing next to Trump.He salivated for the privilege of being Trump’s poodle, and he expresses his canine devotion in rhetorical treacle about “this good man.” What would a bad man look like to pastor Pence?"

OUCH..
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Donald Trump is the GOP’s chemotherapy (Original Post) DonCoquixote Oct 2016 OP
Scathing Mz Pip Oct 2016 #1
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Mz Pip

(27,452 posts)
1. Scathing
Tue Oct 11, 2016, 01:06 AM
Oct 2016

I've never been a George Will fan but he nailed it in this column. The last paragraph was great.

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