BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

PE—They have, on the surface, what was always supposed to be a distinct choice between parties, reinforced by conventional ideas of what they stand for, which did not always bear scrutiny. The difficulty—thoroughly justified—comes in trying to identify, comprehend, and credit what the parties affirm as their prevailing philosophies now, and what actual positions they vow to defend. Since the ridiculous implosion of the senile Biden apparatus and the Democrats frantic musical chairs farce to field a candidate, the Republican Party has undergone a hostile takeover by Trump. In abject genuflection to him, it has abandoned any pretense of a cohe…