To quote George Conway: "Nope, Donald Trump isn't a delusional narcissistic sociopath. If course not." A term that applies to people in the public eye other than Trump:Trump claims, unironically, that churches, temples, and synagogues have never been as unified or energized as they are right now -- because of him pic.twitter.com/dhBLb5pzLs— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 1, 2019
JMM is right. I still think Trump's insult is slightly worse, even though this one underscores my point that Beto and Trump don't belong in any comparison about the dangers of cults of personality. This is clearly a class its own.this is basically the most profound insult to christianity i have ever heard https://t.co/iMknYvzigg— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 2, 2019
Clearly, even Trump describing himself as the "chosen one" and affirming the guy who called him the "second coming" the "king of the Israel" doesn't bother Jeffress, I wonder how many of his fellow Southern Baptists are definitely not happy with this. Worshipers of Mammon.
ReplyDeleteBeto's big mistake is the same as Pete Buttigieg's they're too early. Mayor Pete has the excuse that in Indiana there was no path to a higher office, Beto has a better chance of that in Texas. Neither has the slightest thing in common with Trump and his cult. I hope Beto facing reality leads the others to do the same. It's absurd that most of them are still going through the motions. At this point you have to ask why so many of them, most of them with less chance of going anywhere than Beto did, are still doing it.
Some of this is the Obama example (jump from unfinished freshman Senate term to White House), but some is the new "generation gap."
ReplyDeleteBiden (esp.) and Sanders are too damned old and Warren's no spring chicken. The younger generations are staking their claim, but a few did strike too soon. Beto needs more time in office, Mayor Pete needs to be something other than Mayor.
It's always something.