Right wing media has been trying to mold the GOP base into an army of delusional paranoid crackpots for the last 30 years. Now they’ve succeeded. […]

As much as I would like to see the Republican party die at the hands of crazies, I don’t see it happening. What will save them in the end are high level donors. I always say follow the money. Donors will dictate what the party will or won’t do. […]

I agree Saleem. I don’t see the Republican’s party completely imploding and going away anytime soon if ever. However, I do believe that the GOP that was…is No More. Whatever that party used to be (or at least claimed to be) it certainly ain’t THAT anymore. And whatever it eventually becomes (in terms of its direction)? We’ll have to wait and see.

But let’s not sleep on this – some Repub donors are as batsh*t crazy (if not mores) as the right-wing kooks running that party right now.

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Legislators don’t much like legislating these days; the culture we’ve inculcated of politicians being more performance artists than agents of enacting actual policy means Greene isn’t exactly unique in her unseriousness. But Trump’s demagoguery had celebrity charm. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s socialist demagoguery has social media smarts. Sen. Ted Cruz’s demagoguery has, shall we call it, just enough subtlety and sophistication not to offend the senses too wildly.  

Greene has none, and if Republicans choose to embrace her, Democrats will gain a wildly powerful weapon in the war of whataboutism. Greene advances nothing but owning the libs, if you can call histrionic apoplexy over her delusions any sort of success, and she does not bring any sort of coherent policy agenda or popular appeal that can advance any part of the conservative agenda. If conservatives decide not to condemn and expunge a conspiratorial anti-Semite whose disregard for class or policy coherence is offensive to the intellect, we will regret it, and we will deserve it. […] – The Washington Examiner, Jan. 30, 2021