Mona Charen: The GOP Needs to Hit Rock Bottom

[brooklynite]

The Bulwark

Donald Trump undermined the institution of the free press, urging his followers to disbelieve everything except what came from the leader. And Republicans were silent. He weakened respect for law enforcement and the courts, suggesting that he was the victim of a “deep state” and that “so-called judges” need not be respected. And Republicans were silent. He enriched himself and his family. And Republicans were silent. He introduced doubt about accepting the results of elections. He scorned allies and toadied to dictators. And Republicans were silent. He ran the executive branch like a gangster, demanding personal loyalty and abusing officials, like the hapless Jeff Sessions, who merely followed ethics rules. He ignored the law to get his way on the border wall. Silence again. He violated the most sacred norms of a multi-ethnic society by encouraging racial hatred. Crickets. He made the United States guilty of separating babies from their mothers. And Republicans were silent. He undercut the credibility and honor of the Republican party by failing to dissociate it from kooks and criminals. And Republicans were silent.

Elected officials, terrified of their own constituents, have cowered and temporized in the face of a truly unprecedented assault on democratic values. They believed that they were powerless and acted accordingly. Since they were powerless when it counted, what difference would it make if voters were to make it official?

Consider something else that Sen. Murkowski said in response to Gen. Mattis. “When I saw General Mattis’ comments yesterday I felt like perhaps we are getting to a point where we can be more honest with the concerns that we might hold internally and have the courage of our own convictions to speak up.”

When one person shows courage, others are emboldened. If more Republicans had shown a willingness to stand for basic political hygiene, for elemental human decency earlier in this awful era, it might have become contagious.

But since that did not happen, the only thing that will send a message to the Republican party commensurate with its moral abdication over the past four years is to lose in a landslide. Not just Trump, but his silent enablers too.

[Raster]

1. I'll recommend this post, even though I DO NOT LIKE Mona Charen...

...for years she was part and parcel of the GOP* media talking heads. But I do agree: The Republican Party needs to burned to the ground. No quarter given.

Vote. Every. Republican. Out. Of. Office.
None of them deserves re-election.
All of them are guilty of subverting democracy.
Nothing will ever get better in the U.S. until the GOP* is gone!

#VoteEveryRepublicanOut #DeleteTheGOP

[agingdem]

2. Mona sweetie

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in what way is Lisa Murkowski showing courage? did she vote to impeach Trump?....why no she did not but she did courageously say his actions were "shameful".....and about "hapless" Jeff Sessions...the racist guy who eagerly endorsed Trump right out of the gate and spent his tenure as the Atty General regretting the one time he did something right?...Mona, you and your right-wing enablers got us here so shut up!

[jaxexpat]

16. No kidding and Bill Kristol and all the other "conservative" pond pundit scum too.

Where were they on Newt when it could have counted, when all this could have been stopped in it's tracks? Or "W"? The disastrous and despicable nature of the 21st century due to the GOP did not happen over night and these, "I'm really just an American and not really partisan", late comers to the altar of truth DO NOT IMPRESS me. Until they come wearing sackcloth and ashes, wailing in despair, prostrating themselves before the public they have wronged, they don't, just like they never did, deserve to wipe the sweat of a working man's brow. These people have made megabucks spouting their foolishness, corrupting the minds of America's most susceptible citizens. When approached on the sidewalk they should step into the street until that one has passed.

Can you feel me?

[agingdem]

18. Thank you...I thought I was the only one

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who isn't on my knees grateful for the Lincoln Project boys...don't forget these guys were instrumental in electing Mitch, Susan, Ted, Marco and the rest of the GOP sycophants they now are working their butts off to oust..I will concede this...I love their ads...and if any group of guys knows what pisses off Republicans they do...do I question their motive?...absolutely...does it come down to do they hate Trump more than they hate Democrats..and once Biden is in the White House are they going to go back to their comfort zone and once again start shooting arrows at our guys.?..only time will tell

[jaxexpat]

21. A conservative operator can only flip so many times before they are done.

At which time they're slapped onto their buns.

The hamburger rule of politics.

[calimary]

20. She stood with invertebrates like Susan Collins who blather on all day about their "concern"

and it means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

That and a dime will get you a few minutes on a parking meter.

Nice you've come to your senses, Mona. YOU HELPED BUILD THIS.

[Alpeduez21]

3. Problem is repukes have shown they have no bottom

[PCIntern]

4. She can also go take a shit in the ocean

Listened to her in the 80’s and 90’s Female Pat Buchanan

[UpInArms]

5. Is the enemy of my enemy truly my friend.

Mona Charen | Conservative University
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Mona Charen On her first tax return at the age of 22, Mona Charen listed her occupation as "pundit," explaining later, "You have to think big." In 1984, Mona Charen joined the White House staff, serving first as Nancy Reagan's speechwriter and later as associate director of the Office of Public Liaison.

[kentuck]

6. Should be required reading for every Republican

Mona Charen! OMG!

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. They'll have too climb up to see the bottom.

[Thekaspervote]

8. She being one of their most ardent voices from days past does give it credibility

[Initech]

9. I think listening to "medical experts" who believe in demon sex and alien DNA would be it.

But I am sure that they can definitely go lower!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. I have and even if I didn't I expect repositories of the public trust to be better than me.

If you think it’s obvious what they should have done, how many readers have faced such a choice: take a tough stand and likely lose your life’s work or muddle through and hope to emerge on the other side with your dignity and conscience intact? If you faced such a choice, did you take the stand and bear the cost?

I have and even if I didn't I expect repositories of the public trust to be better than me.

[pwb]

11. They were with Trump.

Should be all democrats running for Federal office have to say about incumbent pukes?
I expect your desired result, Trump and all his enablers humiliated.

[czarjak]

12. Arsonists don't get to bitch about the smoke from the fire!

[Tom Rinaldo]

14. She's now willing to burn the Republican Party to the ground

so for this moment at least, she is willing to take the heat.

[bucolic_frolic]

13. The long cycle of politics is like the stock market

before the fall, they are arrogant, giddy on power, convinced of their own invincibility, radical, moralistic, and find themselves immortal.

Ring any bells?

[maxrandb]

17. They hit that about 4 decades ago

[Danascot]

19. ... and haven't stopped digging since