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Prologue

An accumulation of recent events have now made it clear beyond any doubt, that there remains only one major, domestic political party that is committed to protecting our democracy and preserving your individual freedoms and rights. That is the Democratic Party that stands in opposition to the maga movement with its commitment to settling scores and deconstructing our existing form of government so as to replace it with an authoritarian, White Christian nationalist one.

What has changed to remove all doubt?

Three very specific “moments” that came during the second hour of the Wednesday night (8-23-23) debate involving eight faux Republicans who are vying for the GOP presidential nomination. With each one, it became increasingly evident that with one notable exception (to be noted), all seven are in the thrall of the 2020 loser (1) and his rabid maga cult members. Consider what follows.

** When Chris Christie used his allotted debate talking time to praise former VP Pence for upholding the US Constitution on 1-6-21, he was meet with a chorus of lusty booing. In other words, shame on Pence for not just following the law, but also abiding by his oath of office. How dare he engage in such principled, honorable behavior.

** Debate moderator Fox’s Bret Baier asked for a show of hands in answer to the question “Would you support President Trump if he were convicted…? Six promptly signaled “yes, Christie hesitated but then went along leaving only Asa Hutchinson (the aforementioned exception) to say that the former president is “…morally unfit to be president”. That lopsided “poll” result shows just how fearful those seven erstwhile candidates are of that maga base. Cross them and you have no chance of being their preferred nominee.

++Given a chance to speak on the topic of “abortion”, Nikki Haley called for an end to the “demonizing” of pro-choice people, and for some good faith attempts to find common ground and arrive at sensible legislation to deal with this volatile issue. Again, the boos shook the rafters, making clear that in maga-world, compromise is a sign of weakness, never mind that the US Constitution was built on a series of important compromises. Of course, the maganuts had already signaled that the Constitution means nothing to them (see above).

End notes

What was once the venerable, principled party of Lincoln and Reagan has now been co-opted by a sizeable collection of voters who are prepared to willingly tear down the foundations of our existing government. Their goal is to replace it with an authoritarian one that would give them free rein in settling their grievances, while moving us towards White Christian nationalism. This movement flies in the face of what is abundantly clear; i.e. we are a nation defined by multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural differences. That inclusiveness, that acceptance of such differences, is what makes us great and gives real meaning to our claim of “exceptionalism”.

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  1. With the 2020 loser’s arraignment yesterday in Georgia, we can now appropriately refer to him as PO #1135809, that appears under his mug shot.

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