I see allowing a Democrat to remain in power when it could have been prevented as a triumph of evil.And what shall we count it when Republicans seize various parts of this Democrat agenda in order to be elected?
If the Democrats are evil, isn't it because their agenda is evil, as well?
While we may not be able to right all wrongs at once, how can Republicans who promote what is wrong at a slower pace than the Democrats be doing anything but supporting evil by increments?
Republican incrementalism can't be defined as making problems worse at a slower pace than Democrats. It must be defined as solving problems, inch by inch, mile by mile, where and when we can, and throwing ourselves into the breach in the meantime.
And yet I'll wonder again this Fall, as I dutifully cast my straight-line GOP ballots:
What does it profit us to remove the Democrats, only to see so many of their values retained by timid, careerist Republicans once they enter office?
Seems to me the Republicans are doing what the Democrats wanted to do but couldn't.