Thursday, January 02, 2020

From inside the house

The man who ran Mitt Romney's campaign in 2012 (and many other Republican campaigns) and has been a life-long Republican, Stuart Stevens, wrote one of the most scathing op-eds I've ever read yesterday. Here's the meat of it...

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 President 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.

Read the whole thing here. It doesn't pull any punches.