What was once known as the Republican Party now exists only as a rump party eclipsed by the extremist, neo-fascist MAGA cult. They have promised vengeance on their political opponents for convicting their leader of multiple felonies. This is not just vitriol--they mean it, just as did their Nazi forerunners in Germany. Jews were not the only ones persecuted by the Nazis, so were Communists, Socialists, and other leftists, Catholics, and liberal politicians who stood in their way of seizing power. They fought in the streets and in the Reichstag. The Weimar Republic crumbled under the Nazi onslaught.
Joe Biden has warned us, but it remains unclear if his warning will be headed by a disaffected electorate. He pointed out at his Los Angeles rally that Trumpilini could appoint two more Supreme Court Justices, to replace Alito and Thomas which would cement MAGA control for the next forty years. American democracy would be rendered unrecognizable. It seems that a large segment of the 'Merican electorate is OK with that.
The MAGA cult has managed to block three out of four criminal prosecutions prior to the election, which is no mean feat. Conservative appellate courts in Colorado, Illinois, and Maine reinstated him to the ballot after being removed for violating the 14th Amendment insurrection clause. Democracy's one successful prosecution is not enough to stop the delusional MAGA horde since 'Merica has long surrounded prominent criminals with romantic halos--think of Jesse James, John Dillinger, Clyde Barrow, OJ Simpson, and John Gotti [above]. There are numerous other examples.
Don the Con will portray his conviction and possible incarceration as a badge of honor. Hitler used the same tactic when he was imprisoned for the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. While charged with high treason and sentenced to five years he spent only nine months in Landsberg prison where he wrote Volume One of his manifesto, Mein Kampf, which the Ochre Menace has never read*. Hitler declared he would ignore his conviction because the "Eternal Court of History" would acquit him. Sound familiar? You decide.
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| credit: M. Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution BC Idonwanna sez: Stormy was accurate! |