For many years I could count on Republicans to hold true to their tenets of limited government, lower taxes, strong military, and traditional social values. Agree or disagree with individual policies spawned by those principles, at least they were debatable by rational people on both sides.
Could we please have those Republicans back?
Look, some of them will need to fall on their swords and admit it was wrong to hand over the party to a single person and turn it into a cult of personality. But ya know what? I'll accept the mea culpa, and we can move on.
But the definition of "moving on" does not include minimizing the atrocity that occurred at the Capitol. Sorry, but that's just not debatable. Please leave that position to the Extreme Right.
And hey, Extreme Left, don't think that Portland was a good look for you. It surely wasn't. So as people are held accountable for criminal behaviors in the insurrection, including the failed leader, it would be a good idea to avoid rubbing every Republican's nose in it. Some of them are needed for a successful prosecution in the impeachment trial.
And by the way, if either the Extreme Left or Extreme Right think we, the Radically Moderate Middle, can put up with more election cycles of extremist voices and ideas, then you've got another thing coming.
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