Win at any costs.
Including their honor.
Rep George Santos (R-NY) is perhaps the surprise politician of this Congress, caught in so many lies and deceptions that his inner life is hard to comprehend. My Arts Editor claims he’s really a head feint, a distraction from some far more important scandal.
Then along came Rep Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), whose account of a hard childhood has been questioned.
And now we have a third member of this elite group:
If you believe Middle Tennessee’s newest congressman, he’s not only a businessman, he’s also an economist, a nationally recognized expert in tax policy and health care, a trained police officer, even an expert in international sex crimes.
But an exclusive NewsChannel 5 investigation discovered that Andy Ogles’ personal life story is filled with exaggerations, a story that’s often too good to be true. [NewsChannel 5/Nashville]
When the slogan of the national party is Win at any cost!, this sort of result is, or should be, unsurprising. For those who can live with that dictum, they have the electoral advantage, as temporary as it may be, so long as they are liars who know their limits and how to play on their fellow citizens’ biases.
But this is going to be a short-term tactic, because voters will tire of being embarrassed. They will prove unwilling to re-elect such candidates, and then questions will be asked of newcomers.
And how much bigger will this group grow? Will the contagion of repulsion extended beyond the borders of the affected districts? Will this cause yet another wave of anti-Republicanism, joining the ripples caused by the misguided Dobbs decision, of the disastrous January 6th insurrection?
Are the Democrats once again setup by Republicans’ toxic culture to outperform?
Time will tell. My $5 is on Yes. I think James Carville’s remarks concerning the Republican Party are spot-on:
Democratic political consultant James Carville on Wednesday described Republican lawmakers who heckled President Joe Biden during his State of the Union speech as “white trash.”
“I tell people I have the equivalent of a PhD in white trashology, and we saw real white trash on display,” Carville told MSNBC anchor Ari Melber.
I’m beginning to sense another imminent Republican disappointment. The next election is a long ways away, but so far the weeds are not blowing the way of the Republicans.
