—Also saddening is the fact that one assumes learned conservatives wouldn’t be so prone to buy into these cult of personality type populists - but it would appear our side is just as susceptible as the the left.
Its a sad state of our politics. Conservatives so hungry for leadership that they become oblivious to the direction leadership may be going.
Fortunately these things usually burn themselves out before it is too late, but one can look back in history at comically ridiculous populists that did make it into power and understand, by looking at what is going on these last few months, at how it happens. Neither side is immune to the sway of these cult of personality types, it's just disappointing to see up close and first hand.