CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OTOBER 19, 2018
IDENTITY POLITICS HAS TAKEN OVER WHAT USED TO BE CALLED DEBATE. I GIVE YOU THE SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN DNA-SMALL PERCENTAGE OF INDIAN BLOOD STORY.
YOU KNOW THE DETAILS IF YOU PAY THE LEAST ATTENTION TO THE NEWS, OR WHAT USED TO BE CALLED NEWS. IT IS NOW MOSTLY CELEBRITY STORIES AND HORSE RACE CAMPAIGNS. ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS DIED LONG AGO.
WALL STREET JOURNAL COLUMNIST DANIEL HENNIGER WRITES: “THIS LOOKS LIKE THE FUTURE OF POLITICS: PLAY TO A BASE JACKED UP BY SOCIAL MEDIA, HOLD IT WITH SCHEDULED FEEDINGS OF RED MEAT AND SIMPLY FORCE THE REST OF THE BEWILDERED ELECTORATE TO SORT IT OUT AND CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO POLES.”
PEOPLE AND POLITICIANS ONCE DEBATED ISSUES, SEARCHED FOR SOLUTIONS AND APPLIED WHAT WORKS, AS I WROTE IN A PREVIOUS BOOK BY THAT TITLE. TODAY IT IS ABOUT DESTROYING – EVEN SMEARING – YOUR OPPONENT IN AN UNENDING QUEST FOR POWER. THEN, WHEN YOU GET POWER, YOU DON’T SOLVE A PROBLEM; YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO KEEP THAT POWER BY WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY. IT IS WHY SO MANY HAVE BECOME CYNCICAL ABOUT POLITICS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
