My argument this morning is tRump is the disease afflicting the Republican party, not a symptom of its decline from legitimate political party to a cult of personality. Most media pundits seem to be of the opinion that if Cheeto Jesus did not exist, someone else would have stepped up as the standard bearer of a party devoted to sham social issues that mask its slavish devotion to the priorities of the 1%.
I'm here to tell you it is virtually impossible to contain all the above contradictions in a single candidate. Just look at Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley. Meatball Ron's downfall started with his war on the "woke" Disney corporation. there is no way tRump would have picked that fight. The same with Haley and her non denial that slavery was the chief cause of the Civil War. In both cases, the disgraced, indicted former President would have vomited some word salad which would have appeased the public and confounded his critics. Reagan may have been the teflon president. tRump is the nonsense president.
The peculiar sociopathic skill set which both energizes his deplorable base and confuses his critics is not easily duplicated. A rational mind cannot contain the contradictions. tRump is truly a once in a generation talent. I'm not saying the GOP will regain its collective sanity when the Orange Julius fades from the scene. Too many wannabes will want to try their own mix of despicable social and political policies, but as Haley and DeSantis are finding out, it's impossible to out trump tRump. It will take several electoral disasters for the party to regain its status as a viable alternative.
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