Thursday, May 10, 2018

The Lickspittle Face of the Republican Party


George Will, a life-long conservative columnist who has carried water for every Republican president in my lifetime, writes that Trump is no longer the worst person in government:

Donald Trump, with his feral cunning, knew. The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America’s most repulsive public figure. And Pence, who has reached this pinnacle by dethroning his benefactor, is augmenting the public stock of useful knowledge. Because his is the authentic voice of today’s lickspittle Republican Party, he clarifies this year’s elections: Vote Republican to ratify groveling as governing.... Trump is what he is, a floundering, inarticulate jumble of gnawing insecurities and not-at-all compensating vanities, which is pathetic. Pence is what he has chosen to be, which is horrifying.

1 comment:

tuffy said...

totally agree with this.
it's what i've said since the beginning.
Pence is the scary one because he's not stupid and he means it.
sad. and horrifying.