~charles bukowski
***********just when you think you can't be more outraged by the very existence of the gop presidential nominee, you accidently glance at the day's headlines and realize you were wrong.
we've reached a point in our little experiment in democracy where the republican candidate for president can overtly threaten gun violence against his political opponent and somehow stay in the race.
we've reached a point where, instead of spurning their out-of-control candidate, elected gop officials insist he was joking.
note to apologists: this is not how decent people behave.
to review:
during the gop national convention (if by "convention" you mean "dumpster fire stoked by angry, unintelligible mob"), delegates chanted "jail her," "kill her," and other christian-y, family values things.
one of the candidate's advisors (a new hampshire state representative) said the political opponent should be shot for treason.
the nominee and his campaign manager (if by "campaign manager" you mean soul-dead driver of the spiritual hearse) sought to delegitimize their opponent's certain victory in november by claiming the election is rigged.
and, most recently, the candidate said that a victory by his opponent would be so horrible, "second amendment people" might have to do something about her.
this, as thomas friedman writes, is how people get killed.
note to apologists II: you can't have it both ways.
establishment republicans can't say they love america and endorse this nominee.
conservative christians can't proclaim they love jesus but will vote for this heretic.
flag-wavers can't wrap themselves in the constitution and say this guy will defend it.
at this point, there are no more lines to cross.
"if she gets to pick, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. although the second amendment people, maybe there is, i don't know."
~ the leader of today's gop
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