Perhaps the best line from the deeply missed Molly Ivins was at the 1992 Republican Convention, when she wrote:
Many people did not care for Pat Buchanan's speech; it probably sounded better in the original German.
Fast forward 24 years. We have gone from one crypto-fascist speech by losing candidate Buchanan to the whole convention echoing and out-demagoguing Buchanan’s 1992 rant, featuring:
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Trump’s acceptance speech outdoing Buchanan’s
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Multiple racist, xeonophobic speeches every night
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Calls for Hillary’s death by hanging or firing squad
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Republicans’ failure to condemn those calls
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The media’s failure to condemn those calls or insist Trump condemn them
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Screaming hysterical rhetoric from former mayor Giuliani
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An in absentia mass show-trial with ethically suspect Governor Christie inciting screaming condemnation for the other candidate
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Repeated screams to “lock her up” encouraged and incited by speakers
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A televised massive image of a message from a white supremacist on Twitter.
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Failure to condemn support from Klan leader David Duke.
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A candidate’s calls for mass round-ups and deportations
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Former Judge and Attorney General Mukasey accusing the other candidate of violating her oath before she’s sworn in
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The candidate calling for a cult of personality: “I am your voice, I alone can fix it. I will restore law and order”
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Every night dominated repeated Big Lies. “Our economy is not growing." (Rick Scott); “President Obama is Muslim” (Anothony Sabato, Jr.)
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Hyperbolic scapegoating of Minorities and Immigrants
Somewhere Molly is chuckling mordantly.