A Race Like No Other: Burning Hillary At The Stake
On Tuesday, July 19, the second day of the 2016 GOP convention, Donald Trump, the inexperienced, inarticulate, potty-mouthed, dubiously reputable business man turned anti-government carnival barker officially became the presidential nominee of the Republican Party. Surreal as that nomination appears, even in the topsy-turvy world of 21st Century Republicanism, it came about because the Party hardliners…
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Very good summing up of the unbelievable and frightening spectacle of the horrific situation in American politics.
It’s shocking that someone like trump can have so much support.
The Crucible and memories of McCarthy are very apt, I think. The love of the witch hunt is in our hearts as human beings and I think every culture has a history of it.
The faces in the crowd might have been seen in the Roman arenas, might be taken from one of these Medieval paintings of Jesus being tormented by the crowd as he carries the cross or the crowds watching the burning of heretics — or in the race riots of the early 20th century or in many other examples of the ugliness and evil that lurks in the hears of men. You don’t have to be the Shadow to see it.
God damn the Republican party.
I really thought Christi’s “Guilty”, “Guilty” theme appropriate since the jury is still out on him and Bridgegate.