When This Blows Over

…Tell me truly—how does that spectacle not destroy the
credibility of the Republican Party for at least a decade?
How does that freak show not blow up the party's claim
to have serious policies to help govern the country? How
does that carnival of unimaginative invective add up to
a governing philosophy? How does that massive, chewy
clusterfuck add up to a single rational moment of
human thought? I don't care if these guys believe in
evolution or not, but they at least should try to
demonstrate while they're on TV that, somehow, we've
come a respectable distance as a species since we
tottered out of Olduvai Gorge. I've seen better
organized riots. I've heard more coherent dialogue from
cats mating in an alley. I once heard a squirrel being
eaten by a coyote. The squirrel had better manners
while it was being devoured, and was better spoken
besides. Christ above, somebody separate these clowns
before they hurt their brains some more. Tail gunner Ted
Cruz said more than he knows, not least because he
doesn't know what "literally" means…
…It was sadly fascinating to watch most of the
commentary on television in the wake of this rock fight.
The English language was torn to shreds in the attempts
by the folks on the electric teevee machine to avoid the
obvious reality that was lying there bleeding out from
every orifice right in front of them.
By Charles P. Pierce Feb 14, 2016 (excerpted)