Vichy

March 3, 2023

During WW II, the defeated French adopted a policy of collaboration with Nazi Germany. The seat of government relocated to Vichy, France. Similarly, the Republican Party and the conservative movement have been defeated, and have chosen to collaborate with Donald Trump. To paraphrase the immortal words of Captain Renault in the movie, “Casablanca,” “The Republican Party has no conviction, if that’s what you mean. It blows with wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Mar-a-Lago.”

The Conservative CPAC confab has become obsequious. It is a Trump rally in drag, which is ironic. It’s pro-Putin agenda revolves around laptops, the deep state, CRT, and book banning. Can burning witches at the stake be far behind? Kevin McCarthy and his minions are collaborators. Will someone create an effective resistance that can eventually defeat the insurrectionists and quislings? At the moment, no one other than Liz Cheney is willing to take on the occupying forces head on. Unfortunately, there will be no assistance from the allies this time. They are going to have to do it themselves.