No virtue among those who would overthrow government
By Sid Schwab / Herald columnist
“Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation.”
— James Madison
A wretched situation, indeed. Because, whereas many of the Republicans in Congress — McCarthy, Boebert, Gohmert, Gosar, Taylor-Greene, Brooks, Paul, Cruz, Tuberville, etc. — are liars, stupid or nuts; not all of them are. Mitch McConnell, though a liar, is a genius at perverting everything Democrats are trying to do to help average Americans, which happens to include the majority of his red-state constituency. He can’t be ignorant of the damage he’s causing; by that, and by closing his eyes to Trumpism. Destitute in virtue, rich in avaricious cowardice, he remains silent; the poster-boy for the impending crisis (Flickr: tinyurl.com/mitch4u).
Everyone who cares about America’s future must read the recent dissertation in The Washington Post written by Robert Kagan, actual conservative and member of America’s most respected and balanced think tank, the Brookings Institution.
Titled “Our constitutional crisis is already here,” it’s a frigid dose of reality (Washington Post: tinyurl.com/2understand). (Non-subscribers have access to a limited number of articles.) If you profess love of America and its form of government, read it, as an act of patriotism. That includes Trumpists, professors for sure.
Madison’s quote at the start of this column also begins Kagan’s essay. Kagain continues:
“The United States is heading into its greatest political and constitutional crisis since the Civil War, with a reasonable chance over the next three to four years of incidents of mass violence, a breakdown of federal authority, and the division of the country into warring red and blue enclaves. …”
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