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Jul 8, 2022Liked by John Ganz

I know it goes against your ethos (post and fuck off), but I think having a copy editor would make your message more effective. You are not just a commenter on some random blog. You are one of the best political commentators today.

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Your last paragraph seems key. The dice are still rolling on the board; the gamble is not over. The rider is still trying to pull the reins on the tiger, and the fact that they haven't been eaten yet may only be a momentary reprieve.

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"And what will be the cost even if they can?"

Horrendous. But it will be paid by people very different from the conservative leadership, so they can live with it.

Nice essay, and I'm afraid you are right. Historians of America in a few hundred years -- I know, I'm optimistic to think there will be any -- will devote a chapter to how Mitch McConnell destroyed the nation. And somewhere in it, for comic relief, there will be a graphic about an obscure bit player named trump.

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