So Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan (that prize) “will not accept” the
GOP nomination, according to the latest breaking news (March 16).
Meanwhile, Donald Trump reboots call for unity. For its part, the GOP has
fingers securely plugged in ears. Wilfully disregarding reality. (There were
weapons of mass destruction in Iraq; the president is not really nominating a
judge for the Supreme Court.) Trump’s insurmountable delegate count lead isn’t
a fact unless Republican Party elders say it’s so.
I can understand the tendency to say that we are living in interesting,
if not dangerous, times. Unless, of course, we adopt this new American way of wilfully
disregarding reality. What, me, worry?
What’s next? We haven’t come close to testing the limits of that …
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