In the past year, columnist and former Dumbya speechwriter Michael "Mushroom Cloud" Gerson has exhibited growing alarm at the product of his corrupt Rethuglican Party, namely sociopath and f*cking moron Donald "Rump" Trump. Writing on the op-ed page of the Washington Post this morning, Gerson observes Rump's craven enablers on Capitol Hill, whose main purpose in life is to secure tax cuts for their wealthy corporate and individual donors:
"In the midst of a governing crisis, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) has once again risen to his role as the voice of bland complacency. Concerning the open warfare between President Trump and Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Ryan advises 'these two gentlemen to sit down and just talk through their issues.' [snip] GOP denial about Trump has generally taken Ryan’s form. The president may be eccentric and divisive, but Republicans need to keep their heads down and think of tax reform. This assumes that the main challenge is to avoid distraction from essential tasks."Gerson sees Corker's conflict with Rump as an inflection point for the cynical, spineless members of his party:
"Corker has given public permission to raise the most serious questions: Is Trump psychologically and morally equipped to be president? And could his unfitness cause permanent damage to the country? It is no longer possible to safely ignore the leaked cries for help coming from within the administration. They reveal a president raging against enemies, obsessed by slights, deeply uninformed and incurious, unable to focus, and subject to destructive whims."Permission or not, we anticipate few Rethuglicans joining Corker in opposition to the dangerously unfit buffoon in the White (Supremacist) House (after all, he's retiring, and they fear Rump's cult followers at election time), but Gerson gives it his best shot:
"The time for whispered criticisms and quiet snickering is over. The time for panic and decision is upon us. The thin line of sane, responsible advisers at the White House — such as Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson — could break at any moment. [snip] Any elected Republican who shares Corker’s concerns has a political and moral duty to state them in public. If Corker is correct, many of his colleagues do have such fears. Their silence is deafening and damning."There's been gambling going on in Gerson's Rethuglican Café for decades, and Mr. Gerson's feigned shock, shock! that gambling's been going on is the best indicator that the party he helped nurture over the years will stay silent, immoral and spineless.
