James B. Earley

James B. Earley

Mounds, Il
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Saturday, March 5, 2016

Anguished Plight…….Of Today's Republican Party Comments

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Graven innuendoes, 'We want to take our Country back' and 'Make America great again, ' - harsh images giving rise to cryptic wonder. Threats of walls and hostile words of racial animosity belligerently hurled towards its own citizens; years, quietly ignoring abject acts of racism within its ranks, the Republican Party now finds itself inextricably bound to a quagmire of its own making.

Subtle racism's welcomed acceptance provided legitimacy to Tea Party insurgents, validating the group's insensitive assertions. Offering nary a word of criticism towards countering its wayward base, and through that inaction, 'I said nothing, and then...they came for me.'
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