Conservative Republican former President George W. Bush just did what
the current GOP doesn't have the guts, the grace, the ethics or the honesty to
do: congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and VP-elect Kamala Harris on their
election win.
He is apparently not only following normal democratic etiquette (in
other words subordinating party interests to the voice of the people), but also
attempting to serve as an example to the rest of the GOP. The thing is, it is
no longer the GOP that he presided over in the era of 911 when Americans were
much more united. It is the usurped GOP of Donald J. Trump—no longer the
unifying party of Lincoln, but the divisive and dishonest party of Trump.
In that context, Mr. Bush can probably expect to be catalogued by
congressional Trumpsters as a "dangerous socialist"—as former
President Dwight Eisenhower would be if he were alive today.
That said, at least he'll be in good company, which is more than one can
say for any Republican who still honors the name but is remaining acquiescently
silent in the face of such shameless and tyrannical behavior.
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