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I’m wondering how much of a broken record I am becoming. I think we need to take more of a Sam Harris approach to this. That is, when lefties were saying we shouldn’t profile Muslims because they don’t really say they are going to kill us, he was saying, listen to what they really say.

Republicans are saying that everyone spies on each other, takes money from each other and meddles in each other’s election. If George Soros can run campaigns in Kyrgyzstan, who are we to say it’s wrong for Russia to do it here? They say we shouldn’t be the police of the world, and don’t seem too bothered by the consequence of pulling out of our police actions. They think we have the people here that we need, no more, so restrict immigration. I’ve known people who want to take down our government, but these people are not saying that. They are saying they are saving America. They really believe that saving billionaires will save them. They say that once someone is in office, they can do whatever they want until they are voted out.

It’s hard to take them at their word because it doesn’t make sense. But if you call them liars or power grabbers, you’ve lost the conversation, they are now in control and beyond reason. I heard this morning that in 1787 one of the founders didn’t want there to be an impeachment clause, then another explained that a President could use his office for bribery and self promotion, and he went, “oh yeah, that’s right”. What I see in interviews is, no Republican will directly answer the hypothetical question of how they would vote if Trump was shown to be acting in his own interest only. They dodge it every time.