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If we thought the worst of right-wing activism and Tea Party hoopla were behind us, we just got a wake-up call to reality.
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The forces of political nihilism not only remain alive and well within the Republican Party, but they are on the rise. Witness the way they shook Washington on Tuesday by removing from power Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, who had been one of the most implacable opponents to the reform of immigration, health care and taxation. His crime (in addition to complacent campaigning)? He was occasionally obliged, as a leader, to take a few minimalist steps toward governing, like raising the debt ceiling and ending a ruinous shutdown.
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Having unleashed the most destructive political impulses of his party, he finally fell victim to them.
-- New York Times Editorial Board
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I imagine that the destruction is not over yet; we are still in the middle of the storm. One wonders if life will ever get better again, or is it just a continual descent to utter catastrophe, like the end of the world maybe?
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The forces of political nihilism not only remain alive and well within the Republican Party, but they are on the rise. Witness the way they shook Washington on Tuesday by removing from power Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, who had been one of the most implacable opponents to the reform of immigration, health care and taxation. His crime (in addition to complacent campaigning)? He was occasionally obliged, as a leader, to take a few minimalist steps toward governing, like raising the debt ceiling and ending a ruinous shutdown.
[...]
Having unleashed the most destructive political impulses of his party, he finally fell victim to them.
-- New York Times Editorial Board
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I imagine that the destruction is not over yet; we are still in the middle of the storm. One wonders if life will ever get better again, or is it just a continual descent to utter catastrophe, like the end of the world maybe?
