The Metastasizing Cancer Of Trump

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2020/09/04/the-metastasizing-cancer-of-trump/


The Metastasizing Cancer Of Trump
September 4, 2020 at 1:46 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard

Andrew Sullivan: “Every hoary stereotype leveled against the right for decades has been given credence by the GOP’s support for this monster of a human being. If moderates have any chance of defanging the snake of wokeness, and its attempt to deconstruct our Enlightenment inheritance, we must begin with removing the cancer of Trump from the body politic. It is not an ordinary cancer. It is metastasizing across the republic and spreading to the lifeblood of our democracy itself. Removing it will not be enough. But not removing it is democratic death…”

“The only way out of this spiral is an unlikely figure, Joe Biden. An old-school moderate representing a party fast moving leftward, he is, quite simply, the least worst we’ve got. I’m worried the far left will eat his lunch in office, but that is a less pressing worry than the potential destabilization of the entire system if Trump wins in November. The potential for spiraling unrest in a Trump second term could prompt the dictatorial nightmare many of us have been worried about for years.”

[regnaD kciN]

1. Ah, good old Andy, the King of Bothsidesism...

Only he could write an anti-Trump opinion which spends most of its time attacking progressivism. And "...Enlightenment inheritance?" I think the phrase you're looking for is "Western Civilization," which, in the political sphere, is an exalted way of dog-whistling "white supremacy."

[malaise]

2. Hehehehehhe - it hurts to hear them saying what we've been saying for years

That said, better late than never

[MatthewG.]

3. Well said.

Sullivan is more of a centrist than anything else, and him having ever supported Bush Jr raises some questions about his political discernment, but here he’s fairly clear sighted.

One of the biggest dangers with Trump is that he’s so buffoonish and obnoxious people don’t always take the danger he poses seriously.

[CrispyQ]

4. This was published during the primaries but it's so spot on!