Speaking of how the GOP got here. I faintly remember back in the 90's when Newt Gringrich was ascending to the Speaker of the House hearing some senior GOP folks concerned that the party was turning into simply an attacker attacking the other party. They warned of dire consequences to the GOP not actually having principles and a founda…
Speaking of how the GOP got here. I faintly remember back in the 90's when Newt Gringrich was ascending to the Speaker of the House hearing some senior GOP folks concerned that the party was turning into simply an attacker attacking the other party. They warned of dire consequences to the GOP not actually having principles and a foundation for what it was about.
I honestly didn't understand the criticism at the time....not because it didn't make sense, but I didn't realize that this was what Newt was all about.
Wow...so this is what happens when a ship doesn't have an agreed to, known destination, a working compass and a crew committed to getting to the final destination. You end up with a ship tossed by the waves, a crew that is ravenously hungry for direction (tired of directionless) and is constantly reacting to an enemy (that may or may not actually exist...but who cares). Thus the platform is created for someone like Trump to step in...eager for a cult following, glad to regale the crew with stories of the evil enemy, and has no other goals than to be the adored Captain of the world...
All of the officers under the Captain...have to make believe that they actually are going somewhere otherwise they would incur the wrath of the crew that thinks they are on the way to conquer their enemy and save the world.
Speaking of how the GOP got here. I faintly remember back in the 90's when Newt Gringrich was ascending to the Speaker of the House hearing some senior GOP folks concerned that the party was turning into simply an attacker attacking the other party. They warned of dire consequences to the GOP not actually having principles and a foundation for what it was about.
I honestly didn't understand the criticism at the time....not because it didn't make sense, but I didn't realize that this was what Newt was all about.
Wow...so this is what happens when a ship doesn't have an agreed to, known destination, a working compass and a crew committed to getting to the final destination. You end up with a ship tossed by the waves, a crew that is ravenously hungry for direction (tired of directionless) and is constantly reacting to an enemy (that may or may not actually exist...but who cares). Thus the platform is created for someone like Trump to step in...eager for a cult following, glad to regale the crew with stories of the evil enemy, and has no other goals than to be the adored Captain of the world...
All of the officers under the Captain...have to make believe that they actually are going somewhere otherwise they would incur the wrath of the crew that thinks they are on the way to conquer their enemy and save the world.