A Confederacy of Cowards
23/01/24 07:29
January 23, 2024 (Vol. 18 No.5) - A rose by any other name is a rose. And a coward by any other name is a coward. Nikki Haley is a coward. So is Ron DeSantis. In fact, you can name almost anyone who claims to be a leader of the party formerly known as "Republicans" - they are all cowards. And we all may pay a dear price in the loss of our basic freedoms and human rights because of their criminal spinelessness. Nikki Haley, a former governor of South Carolina who does not appear to understand the role her state had in leading the original insurrection against the United States in 1861, would have you believe that she is the only brave person standing up against the chaos that was - and still is - the mental midget of a moron America kicked out of the White House in November 2020. But as late as Monday, the day before the New Hampshire presidential primary, she could not give a straight answer to the question "Is Donald Trump mentally fit to serve as president?" Her answer - "He is, but he is in decline" (paraphrase) - was just as lilli-livered as her inane response to the question about the cause of the Civil War. (Apparently, slavery had nothing to do with it.) She is now the only "viable" challenger left between The Serial Sex Offender and the Republican nomination. That's because her last remaining rival for the exalted position of "last loser," mushy-mouthed Ron DeSantis, dropped out of the race over the weekend. He failed to stop The Man Who Would Be King - and Haley also will fail - for a fundamental reason: They are afraid to take him on. Unfortunately, they are not alone in their absence of a moral backbone. Practically every elected official in the Neo-con Republican Party (a/k/a "The New Nazis") has fallen in line with the Most Dangerous Man-Child in America out of the fear of offending his "base." (When used as an adjective, base means "of a person or a person's actions without moral principles.") Some of these erstwhile "leaders," such as New York congressman and political prostitute Elise Stephanik, are groveling at the Orangutan's feet in the hope of becoming his vice president or a member of his cabinet. No one in this Confederacy of Cowards is willing to call him out for what he really is: A convicted rapist, tax cheat, seditionist, mentally incompetent and morally bankrupt wannabe dictator. During The Defeated Former President's reign of terror, he undermined our allies, gave aid and comfort to our enemies, condoned racial and political violence and treated the death of more than a half-million Americans during COVID-19 as a political inconvenience. Don't get me wrong: These party leaders are not stupid people. They know what he is and many do not like him. But they are scared of him and his ability to summon his Proud Boy followers. Leaders lead. They don't cower in fear. As one who grew up as a Republican and worked in politics for a Republican governor whom I still admire, it pains me to say this: If you truly want to make America great, don't ever, ever vote Republican. In a world in need of vision, they have given blind loyalty to charlatan, a crook, and a Cowardly Liar. That's it for now. Fear the Turtle.