Kevin Drum has a question:
Here’s the latest [tweet] from the head of the Republican Party:
Democrats hate our President more than they love our country.
Why is this kind of routine smear acceptable? It’s revolting—or should be, anyway—but nobody even notices or bothers to complain anymore. We accept that top-ranking Republican Party officials are allowed to casually malign the patriotism of half the country with no more than a shrug. There wasn’t even a reason for this tweet. It was just something to pass the time.
Oh, sure there’s a reason, Kevin. It’s to tell the Republican base that they’re so much better than any Democrat. This is actually an important message which must be reiterated over and over, like any message which is both vague and untrue. This tells the Republicans they are the select, the smarter ones.
And that’s an important message around Easter.
