Wake Up

I've written here before that when a Republican criticizes Donald Trump and the GOP's blind loyalty to him, we should pay attention. Yesterday's Washington Post provided a perfect example (link here) in a piece written by a GOP political consultant with the title "Wake up, Republicans. Your party stands for all the wrong things now."

These two paragraphs cut to the bone:

"Republicans are now officially the character doesn’t count party, the personal responsibility just proves you have failed to blame the other guy party, the deficit doesn’t matter party, the Russia is our ally party, and the I’m-right-and-you-are-human-scum party. Yes, it’s [Donald] Trump’s party now, but it stands only for what he has just tweeted."

"A party without a governing theory, a higher purpose or a clear moral direction is nothing more than a cartel, a syndicate that exists only to advance itself. There is no organized, coherent purpose other than the acquisition and maintenance of power."

Truer words were never spoken. The GOP is now a cult run by a cartel. How and where it will end up is anyone's guess.