George Santayana observed that those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it (usually in summer school in an unairconditioned classroom with a disgruntled history teacher, but I digress).I would point out to the Republicans that there once was a candidate from the heartlands with conservative but populist ideas, claiming to be a man of the common folk ("The Great Commoner") who stood up in court to advocate that the Bible was literally true and that evolution was not. But he was a Democrat, William Jennings Bryan--and he lost twice in the presidential elections. A lawyer from Nebraska, he was known as the Boy Orator of the Platte because people were captivated by his speech making style (although his opponents compared him to the Platte River--very shallow, and a mile wide at the mouth.) That was over a hundred years ago, so memories of it may faded in the Bible colleges of the plains. It has been said that history repeats itself (like an indigestible meal?), first as tragedy, and then as farce (and a third time as a minseries on the History Channel, and a fourth time unrecognizably in an Oliver Stone movie, and a fifth time...help! Stop me !)(Actually an indigestible meal repeats itself first as trajectory and then as farts--but I digress!)
Will the Republicans inherit the Windbag?
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