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Ivan G Thompson
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The Making of a Great America Where the Church and the Founding Fathers Fell Short
Religion & Spirituality
Author Insight
Republican Politics: Bad Reality TV
When I think of Marjorie Taylor Greene, I liken her to a reality TV star. Famous for some odd quirk or unbelievably obnoxious personality. She’s a reality star in a reality TV show turned horror movie sequel. Modeled after a reality-TV-star-turned-president horror movie. How did people like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump get elected into public office? How is Herschel Walker, formerly of my beloved Dallas Cowboys, on the ballot for a Senate office? Where are the candidates like Bob Dole, John McCain, and George Bush? The answer? The party I voted for decade after decade stopped caring about character. The New York Times-The Morning by German Lopez October 17, 2022 “Trumpism’s torchbearer One telling moment: Early last year, House Republicans met to discuss whether to remove Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming from a leadership position after she voted to impeach Trump over the Jan. 6 attack. (They eventually did.) In that meeting, Greene justified her support for QAnon and other conspiracy theories — and about a third of the conference stood up and applauded her. ‘The headline tonight is that we tried to kick out Liz Cheney, and we gave a standing ovation to Marjorie Taylor Greene,’ Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina warned at the time.”
Book Excerpt
The Making of a Great America Where the Church and the Founding Fathers Fell Short
This is an excerpt from the chapter titled "Any Republican Will Do":
My first opportunity to vote was in 1984; I was 20 years old. I remember being excited about the right to vote. I voted for Ronald Reagan. Four years later, I voted for George H. W. Bush. Four years after that, I voted for him again. Four years later, I voted for Senator Bob Dole. Then I voted for George W. Bush twice, then Senator John McCain.
It wasn't until Mitt Romney received the nomination to be on the Republican ticket for President that I began to ask myself, "will any Republican do?"
Mitt Romney didn't seem to be a bad guy. As a lifelong Republican voter, I didn't see how he fit in with Republicans that I had voted for in the past. I always have and always will admire George W. Bush. I admired the courage he displayed in banning partial-birth abortions and launching his faith-based initiatives. As a career military man, I also admired his stance on the conduct of the Gulf War and his response to the 9-11 attacks— it was in this light that I reviewed Mitt Romney's candidacy...
Republican leaders have lost their moral compass.
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