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perle's avatar

Conrad Black is right on when he labels what the Democrats are doing as "A Step Toward National Suicide?" But his answer is to condemn Trump the victim, stating "Trump knew what desperate and sleazy people he was dealing with, and he doesn’t have a credible excuse for being so reckless."

Actually, he did not know. None of us knew. The adage "Politics stops at water’s edge" no longer rings true. He ends off with "the Republican Party doesn’t need, and the American public doesn’t wish for, an internecine war on the scale that would rage if Trump sought another presidential nomination. But another candidate plausibly pledged to the enactment of the Trump program and supported by Trump but not stigmatized by him, could lead the desperately needed national political purgation." Unfortunately an internecine war, hopefully won by ballots and not bullets, and on a tremendous scale, is called for if we are ever to re-establish a government of, by and for the people. If Trump is the only one committed to this, then he is our only hope.

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Joseph Kaplan's avatar

The key question was left unanswered: who or what agency is going to truly investigate FTX, etc? Who here doubts that SBF and sweet Caroline skate off into the sunset never to be heard from again?

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