George Will warns grotesque is becoming normal for GOP

[applegrove]

BY JOHN BOWDEN at the Hill

http://thehill.com/media/345447-george-will-warns-grotesque-is-becoming-normal-for-gop

"SNIP...........


"Twice Moore has been removed as chief justice of the state Supreme Court. In 2003, removal was for defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court regarding religious displays in government buildings. Reelected, he was suspended last year for defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision regarding same-sex marriages," Will wrote.

"Yet Brooks is the focus of ferocious attacks on behalf of Strange, who ignores Moore."

Senate GOP leaders like Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) are "shredding the remnants of its dignity" by financing such ads, Will argued.

"Is this Northern Gothic?" Will asked. "No, it is Republican Gothic, the grotesque becoming normal in a national party whose dishonest and, one hopes, futile assault on Brooks is shredding the remnants of its dignity."


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[mcar]

1. George effing Will

Where the hell has he been for the last 40 years. He and his ilk brought us this debacle.

[Solly Mack]

2. The grotesque has been the republican normal for a while now.

I get why some republicans feel the need to pretend otherwise, but that's their denial talking.

They need to pretend that before current memory, the republicans stood for something better - that way they weren't the ones supporting a party that was so obviously becoming what they are today.

But that's simply not true. Everything about the GOP for the last 50 plus years has led to this point in time.

George Will can tell himself (and the rest of us) all he wants that this isn't the republican party he once proudly belonged to, but he's lying to himself.

[riversedge]

3. Conservative columnist: "Grotesque" is becoming the new normal for Republicans

it needs a hashtag

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