A Strange Editorial
by tristero
I don’t disagree with this editorial but the language in which most of it is couched is quite bizarre.
The assumption is that there is a right wing to the Republican party on the national level to which Boehner and his ilk do not entirely ascribe. This assumption is false, built on the entirely spurious trope – still common among mainstream journalists – that there is something resembling rational thinking in the GOP. As the editorial says towards the end, by no stretch of the imagination can Boehner be considered remotely close to a moderate. What he and his cronies are disagreeing on are means to the very same racist, homophobic, fellate-the-rich end.
Distinctions among the extreme rightwing are truly distinctions without a substantial difference. A failure to recognize that helps perpetuate an extremely dangerous imbalance in American politics.