A Warning To The GOP, by Karl Denninger

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From Karl Denninger on a guest post on theburningplatform.com:

So Mitch McConnell thinks that this sort of nonsense is acceptable in American politics eh?

Normally at this point in the election cycle the GOP would be gearing up for attacks on their anticipated Democratic rival for the White House. But party leaders are so distraught at the idea of the blustery businessman heading the ticket, that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has taken to advising candidates to keep their distance from Trump.

According to the New York Times, McConnell is assuring Senate candidates running for reelection that they should feel free to run ads against Trump if they feel he is hurting their own campaigns. According to senators attending private lunches with the Majority Leader, McConnell is taking the approach that Trump will lose badly in the general election and that senators should sell themselves as a bulwark against a Hillary Clinton presidency.

So Mr. McConnell, you supported your party when they demanded a “loyalty oath” from Trump, but that doesn’t extend to the party? It’s one-sided?

Like hell it was — and is.

Let me point a few things out to you Mitch, and more than a few others — like Limbaugh, Levin, McMorris-Rodgers, Fox News, the Koch clan, Ryan and the rest of you.

You all exist politically and on a business level because we the people put up with you, and for no other reason.

That’s not a threat, it’s a fact. Nobody is or remains in business because they have a right to, they do so because people buy their product or service, either directly or indirectly. In the case of media it’s (mostly) indirect through advertisers. Nobody is or remains in a political office because they have a right to, they do so because people vote to allow them to.

Further, nobody has a right to live other than a solitary, singular life. Everything beyond that is voluntary. That’s right Mitch, Rush, McMorris-Rodgers and the rest: Nobody has to associate with you in any way. You’re not a protected class and can’t sue if you find a middle finger in your face instead of a friendly cashier, bartender, car repairman or similar. You do remember, Ms. McMorris-Rodgers, the very blunt and clear middle finger I erected at you on the phone a few years back, right?

How happy will you be when, not if, you can’t walk down the street, or for that matter anywhere out of the halls of Congress, without essentially everyone giving you the bird?

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