Another great column from Michael Gerson. A sample:
The intellectual
bankruptcy and moral hypocrisy of many conservative leaders is stunning. People
who claimed to favor limited government now applaud Trump’s use of the
executive branch to undermine an election. … People who claimed to be patriots
now spread false claims about their country’s fundamental corruption. People
who talked of honoring the rule of law now jerk and gyrate according to the
whims of a lawless leader.
These conservative
leaders no longer deserve the assumption of sincerity. They are spreading
conspiratorial lies so unlikely and irrational, they must know them to be lies.
…
Perhaps the
assertion of obvious falsehoods about the election has become an entry-level
commitment of conservative relevance. Perhaps the base has become so
disconnected from reality that sanity is viewed as a betrayal. Perhaps
affirming the simple truth would result in declining fundraising, listenership
and standing within the conservative community.
This fear is
understandable but hardly admirable. It is the main justification of political
cowards throughout history. How could the world survive, the coward calculates,
without my influence?
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