justoffal
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It is utterly hilarious that anyone who seeks any sort of credibility whatsoever would simultaneously attempt to accuse only one party of the chicanery, social dysfunction and predatory politics that they are well known for. Ergo I can safely assume without ever having heard the name before that the person who offered this work is a Democrat. Hundreds of equally scholarly works authored by Republicans can be found saying the same thing about the Democratic party.A grown-up Republican Party — even a deeply conservative one — would accept the rule of law, the norms of liberal democracy, and the legitimacy of the opposing party. It would seek to represent all Americans and would prioritize winning converts over destroying heretics. It would be a governing party, understanding full well that governing is impossible without negotiation and compromise. It would accept America’s responsibility to uphold the post-World War II global order. Its leadership would seek to address the real needs and problems of its working-class base while resisting the conspiracy theories, demagoguery and temptations toward political violence to which populism is all too susceptible.
The American Enterprise Institute's Norman Ornstein describes the ousting of McCarthy as symptomatic of the "nihilistic, radical politics" that have made the GOP a "radical cult."
The Niskanen Center's Geoffrey Kabaservice believes McCarthy was imperiled by the very extremism he encouraged and described the GOP as "a party that prefers temper tantrums to governing, fantasies about stolen elections to the hard work of appealing to swing voters."
Kabaservice told Politico, "It would rather destroy the federal bureaucracy than use it to implement conservative policies. Increasingly, it poses a threat to national stability and world order. Kevin McCarthy did little to resist the feral direction of his party and much to indulge it."
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‘What Is Broken in American Politics Is the Republican Party’
Fourteen experts on the roots of Kevin McCarthy’s ouster and why Republicans keep destroying their own leaders.www.politico.com
In the final analysis a real grown-up rejects party politics all together understanding that political parties are the foundation for division and destruction.
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