The main speech writer for Reagan and both Bush’s has a word of warning, for the morons who now kiss the ass of Boss Hogg.

 As a young man, I was influenced by conservative intellectuals like George Will, Irving Kristol and James Q. Wilson. I served in three Republican administrations, including as a senior adviser in the White House under President George W. Bush, and voted Republican in nine consecutive presidential elections, beginning with Mr. Reagan in 1980. My political “tribe” was Republican; so were most of my friends. To see what the Republican Party has become is mortifying. As someone who loves America, I find it terrifying.

The Republican Party keeps getting darker. It has become anti-intellectual, conspiracy-minded and authoritarian, intemperate and brutish, transgressive and anarchistic. And there’s no end in sight.

Mr. Trump is a human blowtorch, prepared to burn down democracy. So is his party. 

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