Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
Perhaps one doesn’t qualify as insane if one repeats what others have already done, but if you expect different results when you repeat the actions of others your mental health is still in question.
What to make of the parade of Republicans who have attempted to distance themselves or their party from Rush Limbaugh, only to eat their own words within days or hours. Why go there, knowing what’s happened to those who have trod that path before. And why, if you’re going to try, would you serve yourself a meal of the same words those pioneers have eaten before.
The latest to chow down is Republican Congressman Todd Tiahrt, who actually echoed people like Michael Steele, by referring to Limbaugh as an “entertainer”. Not only did he diss Limbaugh, but he used the same terminology that forced Steele to his knees. My own theory for this bizarre behavior is as follows. These questions are usually posed to the hapless Congresscritter in question by rational people. In this case, it was the editorial board of the Kansas City Star. It is very difficult, even for someone as brain dead as a Republican, to admit to sentient humans that they owe fealty to Rush Limbaugh. They can’t bring themselves to do it, particularly if they are speaking to someone who is able to employ the most deadly threat to any Republican talking point: the follow up question. Even for a Republican, it’s not easy to admit that you take your marching orders from a drug crazed guy with serious mental health issues.
So, we have this parade of Republicans, each of whom does the same thing, each of whom presumably hopes against all odds that things will turn out differently this time.
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