I'LL HAVE WHAT SHE'S HAVING

Sure, they said.  Scream your speech, they said.  It’ll be great, they said. 

There’s a theory that many of the tactical blunders that doomed the Nazi war effort can be attributed to the German leadership’s massive drug consumption.  Everyone from Hitler on down was befuddled by amphetamines and/or morphine.   Luckily for the rest of us, I guess.

It sure looked like Donald Trump Jr., and his girlfriend Kimberley Guilfoyle, opted for some sort of pharmaceutical pick-me-up prior to their pre-taped speeches at the Republican National Convention.   Given that the speeches were taped ahead of time, the producers could have asked for second takes.  Maybe they did, and what we saw was the best they could do.  Kind of a scary thought.

What’s scarier is that the Republican Party is just fine with all of this.  “Twelve more years,” and all that.  Earlier this summer, there was a mini-debate among Never Trump conservatives about the future of the Republican Party after Trump.  But when the GOP adopted its 2020 platform, they effectively burned every bridge (and every boat) that might lead back to “normal.” Their platform is, quite literally, “Support Trump.” 

No philosophy, no policies, just Führerprinzip.