OPINION:
What happened to “It’s the way you play the game that really counts”? Maybe it was never that way. It could be that winning was always the only thing that mattered. But we used to at least pay lip service to the high-minded rules of decorum.
The Democratic Party has decomposed to such a degree that any sense of respectability it once had has been cast aside. Winning has become more than just about power. It’s evolved into a moral crusade. Democrats believe they are the enlightened and Republicans, especially Trump supporters, are the antithesis of that.
Former President Donald Trump has driven the Democrats over the edge. This leads some to favor criminal prosecution of him regardless of actual innocence or guilt. In the end, it’s a moral war they think must be won at all costs. Any pretense of civility is out the window.
Democrats felt as though the rug had been pulled from under them in 2016 and they won’t let it happen again. As we watch the left resort to extraordinary measures to destroy Mr. Trump, it’s likely to backfire. This could end up making their pathetic political situation even worse.
SCOTT THOMPSON
Bloomington, Indiana
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