Tag Archives: GOP

Chaucer & a Trump-Enabling GOP

By Robin Bates | Published: December 5, 2019

For a story that captures GOP readiness to believe all that Trump says, there’s Chaucer’s “Merchant’s Tale.”

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Wycherley Describes Self-Deceiving GOP

By Robin Bates | Published: December 2, 2019

In Wycherley’s “Country Wife,” self deception defines the society. The parallels with Trump’s GOP are startling.

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Doubling Down on Trump’s Lies

By Robin Bates | Published: December 1, 2019

Defending Trump’s lies is like covering for Sam Spade’s implausible story in “Maltese Falcon.”

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Think of Trump Enablers as Wormtongue

By Robin Bates | Published: November 19, 2019

GOP legislators slavishly parroting Trump (and Putin) talking points in the impeachment inquiry reminds me of Wormtongue and Saruman.

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Albee’s Play Explains Trump’s GOP

By Robin Bates | Published: November 13, 2019

To understand how the GOP was drawn into Trump’s orbit and sullied, read the account of the young couple in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.”

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The GOP in Trump’s Coils

By Robin Bates | Published: October 9, 2019

Trump is like the witch in Lewis’s “Silver Chair,” casting a spell on the GOP that gets them to believe an alternative reality.

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“Rhinoceros” and Trump’s GOP Takeover

By Robin Bates | Published: September 8, 2019

Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros” brilliantly captures how creeping authoritarianism works. It’s only too relevant.

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Go High When Trump Goes Low?

By Robin Bates | Published: August 19, 2019

Tuesday Given that a recession would doom Donald Trump’s already shaky reelection chances, how will he behave if the economy suddenly tanks? On Nicole Wallace’s NBC program last week, the Rev. Al Sharpton said that Democrats must be prepared to deal with a man who has no boundaries and will do anything to win. Of […]

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John Wilmot Sums Up Current GOP

By Robin Bates | Published: February 27, 2019

Thursday One of the interchanges in Trump fixer Michael Cohen’s testimony before the House Investigation Committee yesterday jumped out at me because it had such an 18th century flavor to it. Kentucky Republican James Comer, seeking to undermine Cohen, challenged him with the following: Comer: “You called Trump a cheat. What would you call yourself?” […]

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